Category Archives: Totally random stuff

Chocolate Jazz

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Fred Stiening

So if you missed the Jammin’ Pig Concert, you have another chance for Ribs and Jazz in Nashville on July 25th.  I spotted this event on the Fisk University student radio web site. http://musicfestival.city/nashville One of the recent “polls” asked … Continue reading →

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Identify this bug

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Fred Stiening

ID’ing the holly plant was such a success, let’s wander into entomology or etymology. For you Yankees thinking of moving South, this place is full of scary bugs!  Run away! It wanted to ride on my car, but got bored.

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Jammin’ Pig *updated*

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Be there or be square Yesterday’s crowd Photoshop? *update* No pushing!

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34,591 pounds of cheese

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Wisconsin isn’t called the Cheese capital for nothing! WCCN-AM is housed in the former Wisconsin pavilion at the 1964 “World’s Fair” held in Flushing Meadows in New York. It wasn’t actually a world’s fair, and Wisconsin isn’t a country. The … Continue reading →

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Thunder Road to close

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

In 1973, the brand new Carowinds Amusement park opened near Charlotte on the North / South Carolina border. No longer did young people have to go to Myrtle Beach for summer fun. In 1976, they opened their brand new wooden … Continue reading →

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Fred Kirby

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

They don’t make local TV like this any more!

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Rockin ‘da queen

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Fred Stiening

It’s time for the CIAA basketball tournament which is being held in Charlotte, an important social event. There was a small police incident related to it last night. In case you aren’t familiar with it (very likely), the Central intercollegiate … Continue reading →

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Annual Charlotte NC Snow Day

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Fred Stiening

It’s Mid February and no snow yet – that might change tomorrow The server is in Texas, so it won’t be affected, but if ice pulls down power, I’ll have fewer options for Internet access. At least this isn’t Boston. … Continue reading →

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Charlotte to get Google Fiber

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Fred Stiening

If you had 1000 Mb/Second Internet access, how would you use it? I don’t download copies of an entire human genome in my spare time, don’t need a copy of every YouTube video featuring a cat. The current top of … Continue reading →

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Crime in the Big City

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Fred Stiening

6 days of data (source: Charlotte Observer) What – me worry? Remember that the primary purpose of government and newspapers is to scare you. Let’s have a look at homicide for the past 6 months – Charlotte’s population is about … Continue reading →

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