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This blog needs some new direction

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Crosspost from an ancient blogger acount. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-blog-needs-some-new-direction.html Today we’ll try making it a music blog.Check out this band – http://www.myspace.com/dinosaurfeathers I went to Club Gibraldi this Friday evening to see The Fatty Acids. My original intent was to try and find The Vault to see The Box Elders which I heard about … Read more

Google Voice

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Crosspost from an ancient blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-voice.html Another post about a widget. sigh. It’s pretty exciting though. After months of waiting, I finally got a Google Voice number. If you’re not familiar, Google Voice allows you to ring several phones from one number, setup ring rule for which phone gets which call, … Read more

The Beginning of the End: Part 1

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X-posted from an ancient blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/beginning-of-end-part-1.html Well this will likely be my last post from China. Its been an amazing couple of weeks. The best way to develop cultural appreciation is definitely to spend some time embedded outside of your own. The last few days have really just been shopping and … Read more

Shanghai Noon

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X-post from an ancient blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/shanghai-noon.html Well Shanghai has been the toughest city to get the hang of so far. It seems that fewer people speak English here than the first two cities. Yesterday, I flew in from Xi’An at around 5:30 which really wasn’t so good. For one thing I … Read more

Adventures in Xi’An

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Cross post from an ancient blogger acount. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/adventures-in-xian.html Getting to the hotel here in Xi’An turned out pretty easy with a touch of good fortune. I probably should have just taken a taxi, but I was feeling pretty adventerous after using the subway in Beijing so I decided to take the bus. … Read more

ugh. airports…

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Crosspost from an ancient blogger account Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/ugh-airports.html So here I am in the international Beijing Airport 4 hours early only to find out your flight must be leaving in less than 2 hours for you to even get to the gate! Luckily I found this outrageously priced internet bar. At least the … Read more

So much to see, so little time…

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Crossposting from an ancient blogger account Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-much-to-see-so-little-time.html Wow. Long time, no post. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy exploring as you can imagine. Plus, I didn’t feel like I had much to post about saturday or sunday. Saturday and Sunday were just a ton of walking. Saturday my goal was to get … Read more

Silly ole Red Party

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Crossposting a few pieces from my ancient blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/05/silly-ole-red-party.html Would you believe it!? I can’t look at blogspot pages but I can totally post. whateves. I’ve had a great last few days here. Completely amazing. I’m learning something new every few minutes which my brain loves. The feeling of being immersed … Read more

Why State Schools Are Awesome

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Copying a few posts from my old blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-state-schools-are-awesome.html A few free minutes popped out of my schedule to blog. Today I went to UWM to talk to an advisor about what credits might transfer if I get into the physics program which apparently is a given for transfers with a … Read more