…aka airport road in chapel hill, you’ll drive through historic hillsborough (orange county’s county seat) and a place called yanceyville, before you cross the state line and intersect with us-29 in danville, virginia. us-29 is a beautiful stretch of road.…
usually happy hour is at “the library” but when school ends, they don’t open till later, so we started heading to “he’s not” to enjoy the weather. haven’t done much picture taking this semester, (who knows maybe this was the…
Known in our family as Melt-in-your-Mouths, these “thin, crisp, brown sugar cookies” are my absolute favorites. This cherished recipe originated with my maternal grandmother (aka Grandmommy) who passed it down to my mother and now on to me and my…
i’ve made hummus a handful of times now, for parties and at parties, so i feel confident to lay down my recipe. the roasted garlic gives the hummus a subtler flavor than raw garlic, and i think removing the shells…
it started with a few changes to take advantage of blogger’s new features, like previous post listings and conditional tags. then i decided to take the larger plunge and absorb my homepage into my blog which meant turning certain homepage…
if someone lends you some tupperware, usually so you can take some of their food home, you should return the tupperware cleaned and containing something new, preferably baked goods. anyway, this is what jennifer told us her mother does–and though…
last weekend i rode my bike out on nc-54 all the way to alamance county. on the way back i noticed that my pinky and ring fingers felt like they had fallen asleep. it bothered me most of the way,…
perhaps i never exactly was. perhaps i will be again. i mean i just went to a framing shop to get my undergraduate *and* graduate diplomas framed. to hang in my office! and i’ve been reading phd comics for the…
here’s the simplified scenario: i’ve got a publication table and a publication_status table. when creating a new publication, a record needs to be inserted into both tables. when updating the status of an existing publication, a record only needs to…
i was thinking today that i wish i could remember how long i’ve been hitting the trails off of estes. then just now i happened to be adding titles to some of my old posts and stumbled upon a dated…
update: BetterBlogThis version 2 is now available. blogger has this great feature called BlogThis!. i use it constantly to update the neatlinks sidebar on my blog. it’s a hunk of javascript that lives inside a link. in order to “install”…
6 years living in a place as a self-proclaimed bbq lover, and i just happen to hear about hillsborough’s yearly bbq festival recently. we browsed hot sauces, custom motorcycles, fire engines, marshmallow shooters, cheese grater lamps, puppets, soda can mobiles,…
question let’s say i have a table with one column containing the following 6 records: 3 3 4 5 5 6 is there a way with a single standard SQL query to count the unique records in that column? (the…
it rained on and off today, which put the kibosh on our outdoor movie designs. i thought it might be fun to go see fahrenheit 911 on opening night. a few people mentioned it–jane said the varsity had sold out.…
in the fall of 2001, i was just beginning my fourth year at unc, living in a single room in spencer dorm. on september 11, i was sleeping in. the alarm wasn’t playing music when it went off. people on…
apparently osama bin laden, al qaida, and the taliban were responsible. and people wanted revenge. i felt that way too. but within a few days i started thinking about the endgame. we could punch back. but then what? if you…
so i have this window in my new office, gets lots of afternoon sun, i thought: time for an office plant. stopped by lowe’s the other day, had no idea what i was doing. i was starting to convince myself…
stuff in glass bottles (from webb) #
be a patriot! subvert the patriot act #
quote of the day: frightening Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Congress should consider legislation that would prohibit judges from ruling on legislation dealing with certain subjects, including abortion and same-sex marriages #
from the washington post: The Original Bradley Smoker – i want one #
jamaican english creole: Rezedents Rights & Rispansabilities #
i updated my Essential Database Naming Conventions (and Style) based on recent experience and recent readings #
new photo albums posted! happy hour and graduation #
i lurve my method dish soap! #
umm, i don’t need one, but this is cool: Lava Mortar & Pestle #
postal service in the background, excellent trailer! Garden State #
hehe: Napoleon Dynamite #
OH MY GOD transformers get down #
sils phd blog (apparently the work of megan winget) #
ex-sils blog: In This Shitty Life of Mine #
who the fuck does he think he is? Lawyers Decided Bans on Torture Didn’t Bind Bush #
from boingboing: Mentality of Homo Interneticus (note to self: read later) #
what would happen if wired and adbusters had a baby? SWINDLE #
these look neat: ofoto’s photo books #
so many neatlinks: animated furniture #
i have to say, i like the Google Blog #
this is cool: infinite waterpark #
Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries #
excellent: creative protest #
quote of the day: he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine #
2 free prints plus shipping to correct an error! ofoto’s customer service ROCKS! #
portrait of clinton painted by Simmie Knox #
whoa: deep water soloing #
i love seeing Teletubbies Go to Paris in the same company as “Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Comet, Omega Man” #
Macaroni & Beef Ole: The recommended wine is: Merlot #
haha: Fellowship Adventure Group #
from supersizeme: gorske infinitude #
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holy crap awesome! tunneling ssh over dns #
quote of the day: Wal-Mart will face the combined power of 1.6 million women in court #
from the AP: grades don’t matter! #
awesome movie poster! controversy…what controversy #
wow, how often do you hear this? an ultra-conservative who is teaming with the liberal American Civil Liberties Union… #
ask and ye shall receive. neatlinks now have comments: #
We have a lot of warts, and I’m not sure if milk banks here would be willing to give supplies for this purpose. #
Orrin Hatch, skewered: The Obsessively Annotated Introduction to the INDUCE Act #
i own roasted garlic hummus #
sucks to be an air marshal: My partner goes to the bathroom, and they come after me with a sharp pen, stab me in the neck or in the brain and take my weapon #
i had no idea flight 77 hoax #
from the dth archives, this headline reads like the onion: Conservatives Call UNC Campus Liberal #
note to self: read more about the Creative Good #
infograph: iraq’s new flag #
possibly my favorite euphemism right now: dropping the f-bomb #
quote of the day: It may soon be possible to carry around an AK-47 assault rifle and an iPod with you down the street – and be arrested for carrying the iPod. #
this is cool: Stereographic photos #
civil disobedience: we will not enforce the r rating… #
something to learn? Microsoft Visual SourceSafe #
don’t forget, this weekend: 25th Anniversary Festival for the Eno #
blowing my mind: soft rim trackpoint caps #
hehe: tyler durden #
