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No A10 Players Selected in NBA Draft, Bobcats Hard to Understand

Posted in Atlantic 10, Charlotte Bobcats, College Sports, Sports on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »

After having some great prospects like Pat Calathes from St. Joe’s the A10 yet again proved why it was a poor league by landing zero of its players in the draft. Why are any of the guys in the A10 going to get a shot when no one knows who they are because of the [...]

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Favorite Photos Of the Last Few Weeks

Posted in Photography on June 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I still have about 200 photos I’m editing for a future upload to Flickr as soon as ConnectedFlow fixes their FlickrExport plugin for iPhoto but in the meantime I thought I would post some of my favorite shots of the last few weeks. You can find directions to these locales and descriptions of the photos [...]

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UNC Charlotte’s New Front Entrance to Open on Thursday

Posted in City of Charlotte on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

UNC Charlotte’s new front entrance will open on Thursday, June 26th providing a much needed change to the university area. The additional traffic light will slow down cars on University City Blvd. leading to a friendlier environment for pedestrians.
I received this notification today confirming the new traffic pattern,
The construction of the new
Main Entrance on Route [...]

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Yet Another Reason Light Rail Builds Community

Posted in City of Charlotte on June 21, 2008 | No Comments »

From the Urban Planet Charlotte Forums, 
I gotta tell you guys what happened on the train this morning. It was the 7:52 train heading inbound. I got on at 485 and stood in the back. At I believe Archdale a man tried getting on the train with a shopping cart full of big boxes and some [...]

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Finally Finished Reading “The World is Flat”

Posted in Books, Commentary on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »

Started this book over a year ago and just finished it today. How many times does Friedman have to say “the world is flat” for us to get it? I’ve never read a book with so many anecdotal and innocuous stories just to prove that the title is far from misnomer.
Started this book over [...]

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Charlotte Doesn’t Get UNC Charlotte

Posted in Cause for Immediate Alarm, Charlotte 49ers, City of Charlotte on June 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In a recent Charlotte Observer article on UNC Charlotte’s Master Plan open forum for the community, one of the participants was quoted as saying,
“Students who are 18 to 21 years old really don’t make the bestneighbors,” said Richmond Baker of the Wyndham Place neighborhood.“They are really disruptive to communities near school.”
I think this quotation [...]

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Mandeep and Jessica Are Famous

Posted in Commentary, Friends, Photography on June 14, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve been wanting to take a picture of the Sears/ABC Store building ever since I first saw it last summer because I thought it exemplified the reality of mountain life better than about any other thing in Brevard.
Time after time I passed the building and never stopped to get a picture until Mandeep and Jessica [...]

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The Future of Email

Posted in Commentary, Technology on June 14, 2008 | No Comments »

Now that UNC Charlotte is considering the adoption of Google Apps, Information Technology Services stated they wanted to hear from some students on how we use email. To answer their call for a window into student technology use, I wrote up this quick essay which captured my thoughts on the topic:
E-mail was originally created as [...]

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