June 30th, 2009

From an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal this week: Visiting college basketball teams usually don’t enjoy playing in North Carolina, and now Internet businesses don’t want to compete there, either. But while the state’s hoops programs are a source of pride, a new Internet tax isn’t going to win fans among North Carolina [...]

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June 29th, 2009

Nice work to Bryn and her Sandia team, braving the triple-digit heat this weekend to raise money for cancer research.  The Livermore Relay for Life event brought in nearly $200,000! I came by for moral support after the sun went down. -Nick

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This interview is from the June 26th, 2009 Columns online newsletter.  I thought it was cute.  Go dawgs! Meet Dubs, the UW’s Live Mascot By Derek Belt EDITOR’S NOTE: Last year, the UW needed two rounds of voting to decide that Dubs would be the permanent name of Washington’s live mascot. Dubs I, an Alaskan [...]

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June 26th, 2009

Mission accomplished. -Nick

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June 26th, 2009

Now that summer’s here, I’ve been trying to run earlier in the day before it gets too hot.  But on my way out the door this morning I go to turn on the tunes and … nothing.  Battery’s dead. Do I plug it in for a few minutes and hope it lasts?  I don’t know, [...]

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June 25th, 2009

This week I had the opportunity to join deucejing in Mountain View for lunch and a tour of Google’s world headquarters.  The Googleplex is a pretty amazing place, and a lot has already been written about it so I’ll stick with the highlights of what I thought was interesting/cool/funny. When I first pulled up, I [...]

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