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Posts tagged Raleigh
Come on Irene
On Monday morning Irene was category 3, by Wednesday morning Irene was category 2. The day Irene hit it was a category 1, later to be downgraded to a mere tropical storm, guess the media has to fill the 24 hour news-cycle somehow. None of this means anything to me truth be told, but I thought the [...]
Adventures in RTP: Cheesecake Factory
First day at work in RTP felt somewhat like the first day of school. As we didn’t have security clearance I had arranged to meet Donald in the lobby at 8:30 and we spent the day as visitors, which meant we couldn’t get through any badge-locked doors without an escort during the day.
The “war room” [...]
Adventures in RTP: Arrival
Arrived in Raleigh on my 6 week assignment out here 6PM local time. The weather’s certainly a lot better than what I left behind in the UK.
On arrival at Raleigh-Durham International a courtesy bus took us to the Hertz Rental lot, which was about the size of Winchester, and after much haggling I [...]