Wright Brothers Memorial, KDH
So you want to head to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a weekend getaway or a week away from it all? There are a variety of things to see and do, lots of great food to eat, and the beaches are some of the best in the US.
Whether it’s your first time or your twentieth, this post can help get you started to an awesome vacation. You’ll want to go back again and again. Let’s get started. Continue reading
Here are some posts from other places that I write, including opensource.com, southwestraleigh.com (Raleigh’s Creative District), and an exciting project that I’m involved with: CityCamp Raleigh.
See what else I’ve been saying around the web over the last few weeks. Continue reading
Yesterday, the family started a two-week adventure away from Raleigh. We left the house a little after noon and headed to RDU airport. We hopped on the FastPark&Relax after we got the same exact spot from last week when Merri Beth and I were in Boston. How crazy is that? While on the shuttle to the airport, we talked with Chief Dolan from the Raleigh Police Department who was also headed out to the Bay area. Continue reading
I’m pretty passionate about renewable energy. After I read Thomas L. Friedman’s “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” I was sold on higher prices for gas and putting solar panels on every roof in America. In fact, I was so eager to contribute, I had 18 solar panels installed on the roof of my home.
When I was checking out the energy infographic, “Interactive Transparency: America’s Energy, Where It’s From and How It’s Used” over at GOOD, I was re-energized on the topic of renewable and sustainable energy. Continue reading
Here are some posts from other places that I write, including opensource.com, southwestraleigh.com (Raleigh’s Creative District), and another project that I’m involved with: CityCamp Raleigh.
See what else I’ve been saying around the web over the last few weeks. Continue reading
After running the Flying Pirate Half Marathon on Sunday, April 10, I took this past Monday off from work. My initial plan was rest up and use it as a recovery day. That’s not how it turned out. Continue reading
Last night, I met with Alan Freeman and Greg Monroe from triDUG. Alan has kept the Triangle Drupal User Group (triDUG) on life support over the last year or so and it’s time for some other folks to help out. I put my name in the ring as one of those people. Continue reading
On the evening of March 27th, I discovered several WordPress websites I maintain were hacked. Most notably, southwestraleigh.com. My personal site, hibbets.net, was also compromised in the early hours of the morning.
As I started checking all the client websites I maintain for Red Waves, I found it was only WordPress sites that were compromised. It was easy to see, because the hacker took over the home page of the sites with a political message.
Last week I drove to Columbia, South Carolina to attend POSSCON—the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference. This was my first time attending and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I left with a good impression. Red Hat sponsored the event and had a presence last year. I think it was a good event for open source in the SouthEast region of the US.
My co-worker, Ruth Suehle, and I were representing Red Hat and promoting opensource.com at POSSCON. Early last week, we caught up with Travis Kepley, a Solutions Architect at Red Hat, who attended POSSCON last year. He gave us an overview of his experience.
I arrived late Tuesday night after a 3 and 1/2 hour drive from Raleigh. I checked into the Hilton near the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center and got ready for a busy three days. (Nice hotel and easy walk to the conference—big plus.) Continue reading
I started a project last Fall to start upgrading the South facing part of the house. There were two parts that I wanted to help with energy efficiency for our home:
In between long runs for my marathon, I worked on the two windows downstairs. The first part was to tint the two sections of each window. The tint / window film I choose is supposed to help with the following: Continue reading
