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RSS Feed Edit
Another visitor wrote in about RSS feeds displaying incorrectly. I can independently confirm this problem from where I’m sitting. Despite being a very nice platform, WordPress can be buggy from time to...
View ArticleMeet Durham’s Newest Neighborhood Mailing List
Neighborhood: Stadium Heights Current membership: 1 The moderator, Derrick, moved to Stadium Heights last June with his wife and found that there was an awesome community, but no mailing list. Thanks...
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Custom Header
I finally got around to designing a header for the website! It’s a little cartoonish, but at least it’s not a generic fern leaf anymore. Below are the work-in-progress designs. I used Inkscape as the...
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Migration to Fusion Tables
Google Maps is increasingly wonky. I’m seriously tinkering with Fusion Tables, not because it seems more reliable, but because it’s more current. Google has a way of letting their older, creakier...
View ArticleIndividual Neighborhood Maps Updated
I didn’t migrate to Fusion Tables after all. Too many hurdles. Too different from what I understood. I did, however, alter the Big Map to have ‘Terrain’, which is more aesthetically pleasing to my...
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Action Items
A little update, no big deal. Recently, I gave a little talk to some friends, and I’ll do a little write-up about that within the week. Most everything else has to do with me tidying up the website....
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NCTech4Good Meetup Talk
I was recently invited by Paula Jones to give a short talk for NCTech4Good‘s monthly Meetup (held the third Wednesday each month from 6:30-8:30pm). In addition to being an event organizer for...
View ArticleHow to Set up a Neighborhood Watch Program
If you’re enthusiastic about making the community safer, you may want to consider starting a neighborhood watch program. The purpose of a neighborhood watch is to educate citizens on how to help...
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What Makes a Neighborhood Safe for Children
Guest Post from socialmonsters.org: Keeping kids safe is a top priority, but in many cases it seems like today’s kids are growing up in a different world than their parents, and keeping them safe can...
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Nextdoor.com
Pretty cool interface. Lots of Durham neighborhoods listed. Only a little bit buggy. If your mailing list isn’t working for you, you might want to check out nextdoor.com. Thanks to my Super-Neighbor...
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