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Clubjuggler : Telescope Viewing

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:34:39 +0000

It's an equatorial mount. The mount itself has a motor on it, but I need to refurbish the clutch on it because although the motor works, it doesn't actually move the telescope. See pictures of the mount here: http://flic.kr/p/7WnB7h

The Pointed End of the Spork : Adios AT&T - Adventures in jailbreaking an iPhone 3GS

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:10:41 +0000

"I cannot imagine it will be very long before Apple updates iOS to block it as it is a very real security risk." Nope, not long at all: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/11/apple-fixes-i...

The Pointed End of the Spork : Why The Apple Will Fall...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:26:34 +0000

The question I have is whether what you describe will happen before we have a repeat of Apple vs Microsoft and Android takes over the smartphone market.

The Pointed End of the Spork : I'm Pissed Off. You should be too.

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:07:58 +0000

120 days?!? Really?!? And once things get going, are they actually going to hold them to that 120 days or will the schedule slip as congress reduces the number of people going through the applications? What a stupid set of requirements!

Southern Kind of Life : Verizon leaving Durham

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:53:09 +0000

Good luck. Verizon won't even offer to sell DSL here anymore (at least it didn't last time I checked. My previous house up near the South Square area couldn't get DSL because they kept saying I was too far from the CO. They kept promising to put in a new CO so it would be closer, but it never happened. I got so fed up with it I went with cable internet. At my current house near Parkwood, I believe I could have gotten DSL, but seriously, 3Mbps compared to 7Mbps is a huge difference. And, $29/month is only the entry rate for the first few months (even with DSL). I've never yet found a comparable long-term rate for DSL (same price, same speed). However, that's not the worst thing. My friends at local ISPs have been universal in their hate of Verizon DSL. Apparently, the way they do it is just horrible (for the ISP, even). At least with cable it works (most of the time) without any hassle. I'd really love to have fiber to the home, though, like Wilson, NC has.

Clubjuggler : Cash For Clunkers Bankrupt!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:10:28 +0000

According to the senator from Missouri, the money put into the program, $1 billion dollars, was enough to fund 250,000 cars. That's a lot of new cars on the road!

Southern Kind of Life : Verizon leaving Durham

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:33:55 +0000

Ha! That's funny. What was first? (It's first when I search.)

Southern Kind of Life : Verizon leaving Durham

Tue, 26 May 2009 02:58:03 +0000

Yes, Frontier bought all the Verizon franchises in Durham.

Southern Kind of Life : Verizon leaving Durham

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:13:08 +0000

It would make so much sense for Durham to lay fiber to everyone's house. There's so many things that could be done with it. Besides the obvious of phone, cable, and internet, they could do real-time water monitoring or real-time power monitoring (with an agreement with the power company) or things no one has even thought of yet.

The Pointed End of the Spork : Early Stage Funding and My New Set of Allergies...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:52:10 +0000

Actually, disregard the white text on white background comment. It appears that the problem is with my Google Chrome browser.

The Pointed End of the Spork : Early Stage Funding and My New Set of Allergies...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:20:48 +0000

Have you heard of OpenNMS? They're a small company based in Pittsboro that provides an open source network management solution. Their software is under the GPL so all their money comes from services. They started up in 2002 and have been profitable that entire time. From what I understand, they've been approached by VCs but have so far turned them all down (although, I know they were considering it a few times). It sounds like they would probably agree with everything you've said here. BTW, did you realize that your comment box has white text on a white background? I had to type up my comment in an editor and copy and paste it into the comment form (I hope it comes out ok!). I wonder if the fact that I logged into Intense Debate has anything to do with it.... Finally, good to see you, if briefly, yesterday!

Gwen Bell Dot Com | Heart of the Start : Ask Them What They Want

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:00:57 +0000

"Restricting posts to three sentences max with a |more| link to read the whole post"

If you do that, I'd strongly suggest making sure your RSS/Atom feeds still contain the full text of your posts. There's nothing I hate more than having an rss feed that only has "three sentences max" and makes you click to go to the actual site to read the rest. In cases like that, I generally just don't bother.

IntenseDebate Blog : Introducing WordPress.com User Accounts & Auto-Login to IntenseDebate

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:32:33 +0000

I can't seem to create an account using OpenID. It seems to get to the handleOpenIdSignup.php part (I think that's the name, but that's from memory) and then I just get a blank page and can't go any further.)

Chapel Hill Startup Weekend — November 2-4 : How to Get to Chapel Hill Startup Weekend

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:27:51 +0000

Is there parking just outside the offices or should everyone park in the free lot at E Main and Roberson?