Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Short North doesn’t need Highball Halloween or the Gallery Hop

Posted on October 31, 2010 by wyliemac

If you’re not on @twitter, then you’ve missed a great conversation today about how events such as Highball Halloween and the Gallery Hop DESTROYS businesses and hurts residents. So, in the interest of preserving the conversation, @the270 is publishing a … Continue reading →

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Columbus Landmarks Award Winners Announced

Posted on October 15, 2010 by wyliemac

Press release below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2010 CONTACT: Kathy Mast Kane 614.221.0227\614.562.1207 kmastkane@columbuslandmarks.org Columbus Landmarks Foundation Announces 2010 Design & Preservation Award Winners Columbus, Ohio (October 14, 2010) — In a ceremony at The Ohio State University’s William … Continue reading →

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Going to Spooktacular with my the270.com t-shirt to combat the candidate t-shirts

Posted on October 14, 2010 by wyliemac

Politicians, do you really think I’ll vote for you if I see a bunch of your minions wearing t-shirts with your name on them at local events? Well, I won’t. And I hope someone sees me wearing this shirt and … Continue reading →

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Parachuting Into Michigan Stadium with the 101st Airborne Division

Posted on October 14, 2010 by wyliemac

via youtube.com Michigan may have lost to MSU, but this is so freaking cool.

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My thoughts exactly why @instagramapp rocks

Posted on October 10, 2010 by wyliemac

Interestingly posted on Posterous by me. If you have an iPhone, I highly recommend you get this App. Today, I saw some photos from Boracay, Philippines. Angie and I were there in 1997 and is easily our favorite island on … Continue reading →

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My Little Brother Just Discovered Rock and Roll

Posted on October 8, 2010 by wyliemac

via youtube.com Go Blue! Beat State. Video hat tip to M Go Blog: http://mgoblog.com/content/preview-michigan-state-2010

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@mattyoho @objo thanks, here’s my issue in a nutshell

Posted on October 8, 2010 by wyliemac

I followed Hivelogic’s instructions to install Ruby, RubyGems and Rails on Snow Leopard. Things seemed to go well. Below is where and what versions were installed: /usr/local/bin/ruby ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i686-darwin10.4.0] /usr/bin/gem 1.3.5 /usr/bin/rails Rails 2.3.5 However, when … Continue reading →

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Plan to Expand Rail Service Imperiled at State Level – NYTimes.com, Kasich against rail

Posted on October 4, 2010 by wyliemac

Republicans running for governor in a handful of states could block, or significantly delay, one of President Obama’s signature initiatives: his plan to expand the passenger rail system and to develop the nation’s first bullet-train service. John Badman/The Telegraph, via … Continue reading →

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IBM: CityOne – A Smarter Planet Game

Posted on October 3, 2010 by wyliemac

via www-01.ibm.com It’s been a month since IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. Friday was my official day as an IBM employee. I’m pretty excited about the opportunity at IBM. Here’s some of the things that IBM is doing with it’s Smarter … Continue reading →

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