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Performance Bicycles Opening in Raleigh

Keefer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:27:08 +0000

Sweet! Another Performance Bike shop is opening in the area — this one in Raleigh in the form of a 9,000 square foot Sutton Square shopping center store.

Performance is great for getting low-cost cycling accessories. I especially like them for affordable clothing and clothing-type accessories.

The Raleigh shop will be opening May 2010.

Performance Bicycles Opening [...]

Benefit Ride for Haiti – Carrboro, NC

Keefer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:16:37 +0000

Just a reminder — Sunday, February 28th 2010 the Tricyclists Bicycle Racing Club will be hosting a benefit bike ride for people suffering in Haiti. The minimum donation will be $10.00, collected on the day of the event. The ride will begin at 9:00AM from the Open Eye Café in Carrboro. Check in will begin [...]

Valentine’s Day is Time To Fertilize [Your Lawn]

Keefer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:17:51 +0000

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Did anyone else know that the holiday of red hearts and candy also had significance for your lawn here in central North Carolina? It seems this is the optimal time to prep those tall fescue lawns for spring, which is hopefully right around the corner. Time to get out there and [...]

Ride for Relief: Benefiting Those Suffering in Haiti

Keefer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:53:22 +0000

On Sunday, February 28th 2010 the Tricyclists Bicycle Racing Club will be hosting a benefit bike ride for people suffering in Haiti. The minimum donation will be $10.00, collected on the day of the event. The ride will begin at 9:00AM from the Open Eye Café in Carrboro. Check in will begin at 8:00AM. We [...]

Improvising On Two Wheels

Keefer — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:59:18 +0000

So central North Carolina got its annual one snowfall this weekend to the tune of about 6 inches here at the Keefers' abode. Last year, we got a similar amount just a few weeks earlier in January. Being born in Pennsylvania and growing up in the early teens in Baltimore, it's still funny to see [...]

Garmin to Open Wireless Technology Center in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

Keefer — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:43:43 +0000

I just happened to stumble onto this after looking on Twitter to see if Garmin had an official Twitter account. It seems Garmin is opening an office here in the Raleigh-Durham area, adding about 40 jobs to the local market.

Garmin to Open Wireless Technology Center in Raleigh-Durham, NC

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Good to Be Back in the Saddle

Keefer — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:26:03 +0000

So Amanda had a great revelation recently — with Tyler keeping us busy day and night and the fact that we're in the middle of the short daylight hours of winter, she suggested I take to the road on my bikes at lunch at work. Today, I did just that and it felt good and [...]

Laser Show Returns to UNC-Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium

Keefer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Man, I haven't been to a Led Zeppelin laser show since high school. They stopped doing them at Chapel Hill's planetarium soon after we went as a bunch of kids were going in high as a kite and trashing the planetarium. It looks like they're going with the old standards of Led Zeppelin and Pink [...]

SAS to Light Up Second Solar Plant at Cary Campus

Keefer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:56:20 +0000

Kudos to SAS for continuing to push for more green power in the Raleigh-Durham area This second solar farm can produce enough power to light 200 homes. The tech geek in me loves this type of thing, and I'd love to setup our home with solar power. We've done easy eco stuff like switching to [...]

Time Warner Cable to challenge Sprint in Triangle 4G race

Keefer — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:35:51 +0000

Looks like Time Warner is trying to compete in the high speed cellular network race locally. Just what Time Warner needs — something else to take their focus off of all the things they're already doing poorly. What? Yeah, I'm definitely a little jaded when it comes to all things Time Warner.

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