May is National Bike Month
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Jacksonville, NC, Onslow County, NC | 3 Comments
May is National Bike Month. It’s also Bike to Work/School Month and is home to Bike to Work Week (May 12th to 16th) and Bike to Work Day (May 16th). All of which are sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists.
In celebration, I will be riding my bike to work every day that I can (May 8th [...]
The Next “Biggest Thing to Happen in Jacksonville”
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Reading | Leave a Comment
Jacksonville, NC is getting a Barnes and Noble Booksellers (not a bookstore!) and the grand opening is tomorrow.
Tonight, however, the store is hosting a pre-opening sale (with some of the proceeds to benefit the Onslow County Library System) from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. It’s free and open to the public.
Come out and support the Libaries.
My Letter to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s CO
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville, NC, Military News | Leave a Comment
The following is the text of a letter sent to Colonel Richard Flatau, Jr., the current Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
As I promised, you should feel free to use the text of my letter as a starting point for your own.
Dear Colonel Flatau,
I attended the April 21, 2008 meeting of the City [...]
Bloviations Welcomes Visitors from Porter Novelli, Inc.
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Customer Service, Technology | Leave a Comment
Let’s all welcome our visitors from Porter Novelli, Inc. to Bloviations!
I noticed that a reader from Porter Novelli, Inc. was reading my recent HP-related posts for two hours and fifty minutes this afternoon, so I did a search and found out that Porter Novelli, Inc. is a public relations group. Guess who one of their [...]
Hewlett-Packard (HP): Strikin’ Out Alls Over the Place…
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Customer Service, Technology | Leave a Comment
It’s a bad day to be HP.
Not only has HP failed to repair and return my PC in a timely manner, but their online storage service has been offline for nearly a third of its lifetime (the service started 15 days ago and has been offline at least 5).
Read BetaNews for more.
Dear Hewlett-Packard (HP): I want my computer back, please
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Customer Service, Technology | 27 Comments
Remember when I said I was having PC problems?
I shipped the PC to HP’s warranty repair (thankfully, the PC is still covered) on March 27th. There was delay because I ordered an SATA hard-drive enclosure to save my data.
I was informed that the repair and return would be complete by April 8th (two weeks from shipment). [...]
City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission April 21 Meeting
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Jacksonville Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Org, Jacksonville, NC | 1 Comment
The City of Jacksonville’s Trails and Greenways Commission (a citizen advisory board met last night at the Jacksonville Commons Senior Center.
According to the City of Jacksonville’s application for and descriptions of the Citizen Advisory boards (warning: It’s an Adobe PDF), the Trails and Greenways Commission
…advises the City Council on all aspects of bicycle and pedestrian trails
and greenways within [...]
Gas man, gas man, can you spare a dime?
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Jacksonville Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Mainstream Media, Onslow County, NC | 3 Comments
Today’s Jacksonville Daily News, serves up an article and an editorial about the rising skyrocketing fuel prices.
In the article “Fueling motorists’ frustrations“, writer Jeff Golden (a new JDNewser? He’s not on the staff page…) spoke with two highly frustrated Jacksonvillians about the cost of fuel in Onslow County. Ms. Cheryl Uppington complains that filling up her Mazda 6 is [...]
Bicycling to Work, Commuting Dangers, and a Congressman Kills Three
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Fat Challenge, Jacksonville Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Org, Jacksonville, NC, Mainstream Media, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives | 1 Comment
And, just to be dramatic, the Congressman bit will be last.
They say May is Bicycle to Work month. Since I’m a good little lemming that always follows, I’m going to commute the entire month of May by bike (I will add a caveat here. If there is a position interview, I may drive.)
Remember Justin Schoenberger? [...]
Fat Challenge: Updates, Excuses, and Whines
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Bicycling, BrockNet, Commuting, Fat Challenge, Photography, Technology | 1 Comment
Ok. I’ve been a bad bad boy and I’m sorry.
First, my PC required serious treatment and was shipped to HP for warranty repair. This was on March 27th. It was anticipated that it’d be back home on April 9th. It’s not. In fact, according to a message left on my telephone this morning, my PC [...]
