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A common problem relating to sharing photos is that the files to are TOO BIG! When I load up my 7-megapixel camera, photos are close to 5mb each! I want to put them on the net or email them to people, but the size limits me. Here I’ll show you how I run these through [...]

This review has been relocated to nc-reviews Sutton’s Drug Store Review. As part of my search for the best milkshake near Durham North Carolina, we took a trip out to Sutton’s Drug Store on Franklin St. in Chapel Hill. Word on the web has singled Sutton’s out as the home of a great milkshake, besides [...]

The American Tobacco Campus started up another summer of free concerts in downtown Durham. These concerts go on intermittently, about every 3 to 4 weeks, through early October. This year, all concerts are on Friday evenings. I think this is a great event and one that I’ll definitely be attending whenever I can. Last year, [...]

Summer is setting in (it’s 90 degrees right now), and so I’ve started thinking about milkshakes again. It’s time for milkshake season to begin, but who makes the best milkshakes in Durham? I’ve decided that my goal for this summer is to find the best milkshake joints near Durham (that includes Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary, [...]

I recently heard about a upcoming computer game called Cellcraft. The website isn’t updated much, but you can check it out at http://www.cellcraftgame.com/. It’s being made somewhere in North Carolina, but details on the web site are scarce. Anyway, the point of the project is to use a computer game to teach cell biology. This [...]

It’s strawberry season in North Carolina! One of my favorite things to do around late spring is go to a local U-pick farm and load up on fresh strawberries! These are a couple of the farms that are close to us: Waller Family Farm Jean’s Berry Patch Last year we went to Waller Family Farm, [...]

One great thing about living in the Raleigh-Durham area is the proximity to great state parks. From my location in east Durham, there are at least 4 great camping/hiking recreation areas within a short 20 minute drive: Umstead State Park, Eno River State Park, Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, and Falls Lake State Recreation Area. [...]