Archive for June, 2008
Peddling away
June 19th, 2008 | 
Author: Well, my leg may look like aged beef but overall it’s feeling pretty good. I decided to see how it faired on the bike and things went quite well. I only went about two miles but I had no problem in riding the bike and getting around. I was mainly checking to see how the bike worked. I didn’t notice any problems when switching gears and the steering and handlebars seemed fine too. My pedal seems to have developed a crack on the side I crashed on, so I will need to replace that fairly soon.
My plan is to get back to riding 10 miles after work. I don’t feel there will be a problem. Knocking out 10 miles had become pretty easy and I was working my way to 20 before I was shoved off the road. I don’t see why I won’t be back to that level in no time.
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Flickr co-founders depart Yahoo
All is not well in the ivory tower of Yahoo!
Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the Flickr photo-sharing site Yahoo acquired in 2005, are leaving the Internet giant.
Fake’s last day was June 13, and Butterfield’s will be July 12, Yahoo spokeswoman Terrell Karlsten said. “Obviously Stewart and Caterina have made tremendous contributions to Yahoo. We appreciate all their work and wish them well,” she said.
Giving new life to old cemeteries
I’ve seen a few of these old cemeteries with markers from the 1800’s and they are truly fascinating to say the least. It’s amazing how many are “lost” or don’t exactly appear on a map or have a road that goes to them. I really hope they are able to work to preserve these sites as they are a spectacular glimpse into the past.
It’s a very unique experience to see headstones with similar dates or with similar conditions of death indicating an epidemic or some other tragedy came through. You can retrace major events and you can see which families were prominent in a given area. North and South Carolina have so many areas worth saving.
Lost and abandoned cemeteries, some neglected for decades, are coming to light all over North Carolina.
The graveyards may have elaborate markers, weathered field stones or no visible signs above the ground. But under a newly strengthened state law, they all require special treatment to preserve both irreplaceable history and human remains.