Keefer Madness

Tri-Cyclists Annual Time Trial at Iron Gate Winery

// April 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cycling, Local (Raleigh Durham)

It is almost time for the Tri-Cyclists’ annual time trial at Iron Gate Winery. Please join us this Saturday and stick around for some treats and posting of the times after you race.

Here is some pertinant information and please pass this on to others. Single day licenses will be available.
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Time Warner Cable Picks Triangle for Wideband Internet

// January 26th, 2011 // No Comments » // Internet / Web, Local (Raleigh Durham)

Looking forward to this, but not looking forward to being an early adopter to anything Time Warner Cable related. 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream is impressive though and would sure make uploading the daily off-site backups speedy. We already go with TWC’s upsell RoadRunner Turbo, but could probably be enticed to go up to Wideband, especially if we were allowed a trial period to test actual speeds.

Time Warner Cable Picks Triangle for Wideband Internet

Video Gaming Industry in North Carolina

// January 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Gaming, Local (Raleigh Durham), Video

UNC-TV did a great piece on the continuing to grow gaming industry right here in our backyards of central North Carolina.

Verizon Picks Triangle for 4G Launch

// January 6th, 2011 // No Comments » // Local (Raleigh Durham), Tech

With so many high tech companies in the Triangle here in North Carolina, it’s not really surprising that Verizon picked our area to launch their 4G service here in 2011. It’s their successor to the fairly prevalent 3G networks all the newest smart phones utilize. Speeds are reported to be in the range of 5 and 12 megabits per second down, and 2 to 5 Mbps up. Sprint and Clearwire have already released their fourth generation network versions in Central North Carolina.

Now if some providers of home Internet would pick this area so there would be some competition for Time Warner and Verizon’s Cable Internet and DSL respectively.

Verizon Picks Triangle for 4G Launch

Biking.Com's North Carolina Top 50 Cycling Clubs

// December 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Cycling, Local (Raleigh Durham)

Biking.com comes out with a list of the top cycling clubs annually. While I’m a little worried this is just link bait, I am still posting it, as it’s nice to see both clubs/teams I ride with featured in the list — the TriCyclists and the Gyros

Biking.Com’s North Carolina Top 50 Cycling Clubs

Great Time Volunteering Today

// December 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // General Posts, Local (Raleigh Durham), Personal Crap

So I got a fairly unique chance today to head out near Mebane, North Carolina to the The Conservators’ Center, a non-profit that has a lot of unique animals. They describe themselves as:

Conservators’ Center is a nonprofit organization that preserves threatened species through rescuing wildlife in need, responsible captive breeding, and providing educational programs and support worldwide.

iContact has volunteered with them many times, assisting in a lot of tasks. Today’s had to do entirely of the prepping of two buildings for Kinkajous to live in during the cold months of central North Carolina. My half of the team were in charge of setting up the innards of the building for Aleco and Abigail. We created all kinds of obstacles and playthings to stimulate the little nocturnal guys throughout the winter months.

Throughout the day as we worked, in the distance, we could hear the calls of the lions, coyotes and singing dogs — a very unique and cool experience. Here we were in a rural part of North Carolina, about an hour away from

While helping out the little guys was a lot of fun, the real treat was the way we ended the day — with an insiders’ tour of the facility, including the closest we’ll ever get to lions, tigers, and a bunch of other big cats and even a pack of wolves.

It was a very impressive and fulfilling day. When our little one is a little older, I’d love to take him out to see all the animals, though he’s already starting to get a kick out of animals already at 14 months. I’ll try to post a gallery of photos tomorrow to show some more of these beautiful animals.

Time Warner Rolling Out More HD Channels

// October 17th, 2010 // No Comments » // HDTV Bits, Local (Raleigh Durham), TV Talk

Sweet — ore HDTV goodness to Time Warner Cable subscribers here in Central North Carolina. The channels will be rolled out on two dates during November 2010:
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When Will Durham, NC Have More Internet Options?

// September 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // Internet / Web, Local (Raleigh Durham), Tech

Like many suburban areas of the United State, Durham, North Carolina has limited options when it comes to Internet options. It’s basically DSL from Verizon or cable Internet from Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner). It’s not really an option. Time Warner sucks as a company, but the speed is much better than DSL. Sadly, in this day and age of larger and larger files and more reliance on the Internet, the speed just isn’t enough.

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Cree Product Hits Home Depot Shelves

// August 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Eco, Local (Raleigh Durham), Tech

One of a local technology company’s products is hitting the mainstream consumer market. Research Triangle Park’s Cree, who specializes in solid state lighting products, now has one of their components featured on the Home Depot shelves (and web site). I love technology like this — looking to innovate in the spaces of energy efficiency, without compromising on reliability or quality of the light produced.

If the promised long life and low power draw numbers are true, this could be a big energy savings in the long term. Follow the link below to check out the product at HomeDepot.com.