The main calendar of my website has grown tremendously over the past year. As a result, I have elected to divide the calendar into two pages. All North Carolina comic cons and related events Read More …
Comic Con and Nerd event calendar expansion
News
June 2018 Comic Cons / Festivals
Check out these festivals, comic cons, and events for June of 2018 June 2018 – Comic Cons, tech events, and related festivals – For more information follow this link to the Con Calendar Bishopville, SC – Lizard Man Festival Cary, Read More …
May 2018 Comic Cons / Festivals
Check out these festivals, comic cons, and events for May of 2018 May 2018 – Comic Cons, tech events, and related festivals – For more information follow this link to the Con Calendar Charlotte, NC – Days of the Dead Read More …
Facebook For Journalists Certificate – Quick review
Earlier today, Facebook announced the launch of the Facebook for Journalists Certificate… Today, we are launching the Facebook for Journalists Certificate, a three-course curriculum designed by the Poynter Institute and Facebook. With these free online courses, Facebook and Poynter seek Read More …
Digitize old home movies – before it’s too late…
In 1932, Eastman Kodak released an 8mm film specifically designed for home movies. It was a filmstrip eight millimeters wide and available on small reels. The film was fragile, subject to easy breakage and damage from the usual suspects – Read More …
100th Anniversaries – Cheerwine (NC) and Duke’s Mayonnaise (SC)
2017 is the 100th Anniversary for two popular Carolina-born products. Eugenia Thomas Duke began making sandwiches in 1917 for Greenville, South Carolina area textile mills and soldiers at nearby Camp Sevier during WWI. Her sandwiches, featuring homemade spreads, became a Read More …
Radon Testing in the Carolinas…& my results
In January of this year I ordered a free radon test kit from the SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Radon is an odorless, naturally occurring radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. It is created by the breakdown of Read More …
The Venus Flytrap – A Carolina Native
I encountered my first Venus Flytrap many years ago as a teenager, while exploring a wooded area in Horry County with some friends who lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Since that time I have always been fascinated with this Read More …
The Emoji – There’s a Consortium for that…
You may have read by now that many new Emoji are on the way in Emoji 4.0, the latest update for those tiny little characters found in text messages, on Facebook, Twitter, and dozens of other devices. (Graphic courtesy of Emojipedia) What you Read More …