Driver who hit Jason Ray indicted

The driver who struck and killed UNC student Jason Ray has been indicted by a New Jersey jury for causing death while driving without a license. Armen Hovsepian initially claimed to be a passenger in the SUV driven by his father but a tip came in that placed him behind the wheel. Hovsepian could face up to five years in prison if convicted.

MT.Net wrote many times before about Jason Ray due to the conversations my wife Kelly had with him shortly before he passed away. Ray performed as the UNC mascot Rameses for three years and was expected to perform at a charity event Kelly was organizing.

Brad Cooper indicted

Brad Cooper was indicted today by a Wake County jury and arrested for the death of his wife, Nancy Cooper.

“This has really never been the case about a jogger being randomly attacked,” said Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore. “It has been a case of domestic violence of the very worst kind.”

I gave Brad the benefit of the doubt and in the eyes of the law he’s still considered innocent, but things aren’t looking good for him. In the vast majority of these cases its the husband whose guilty. This may be no different.

Downtown hawk

Just looked out and saw a huge hawk sitting on the top of the Raleigh Times building. I’m used to seeing hawks near woods but this is the first I’ve seen downtown.

It was bigger than any other hawk I’ve seen. Didn’t seem to be a red-shouldered hawk or a Cooper’s hawk. I’ve got to check my bird book.

CrapCam pic courtesy of my officemate’s iPhone.

Obama returning to Raleigh Wednesday

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will make another appearance in Raleigh Wednesday morning.

Never in my time in North Carolina have I ever seen so much presidential campaigning here. Its truly amazing.

This Wednesday, October 29th, please join Barack Obama in Raleigh, where he will talk about his vision for creating the kind of change we need.

Early Vote for Change Rally with Barack Obama

Halifax Mall
Government Complex
300 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

Wednesday, October 29th
Doors Open: 10:00 a.m.
Pre-program Begins: 11:15 a.m.

This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; however, an RSVP is strongly encouraged.

For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners allowed.

No dancing today

There have been days recently where I’ve felt like dancing down the sidewalk.

Today is not one of those days.

Pale Shelter

Pale Shelter
Tears for Fears

How can I be sure ?
When your intrusion is my illusion
How can I be sure
When all the time you changed my mind
I asked for more and more
How can I be sure

When you dont give me love
You gave me pale shelter
You dont give me love
You give me cold hands
And I cant operate on this failure
When all I want to be is
Completely in command
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Sitti by Neomonde

I got a sneak peek today of Sitti by Neomonde, the new joint project between Neomonde and Greg Hatem’s Empire Eats opening at the corner of Hargett and Wilmington Streets. All I can say is wow! Sitti takes Neomonde’s great food and provides it with the atmosphere its always needed.

I have always delighted in introducing my friends and colleagues to Neomonde. Its like I’m letting them in on a secret; like they become members of the club. Word of mouth is what led the first tucked-away, Beryl Road restaurant to double in size. It also led to the opening of a Morrisville location. With popularity came the pains of growth: even with the expanded size, the Raleigh restaurant sometimes has more diners than available tables.
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Polycom and Cisco VoIP phones compared

So $WORK ordered a new Cisco phone system to replace the Asterisk-based one I put together. Never mind that the Asterisk system cost 1/5th what the Cisco one costs and was set up in a day while the Cisco one in our German office still isn’t working properly after a month of configuration. Hey, its not my money, so I can’t really argue.

My office is getting this new system, too, but I’ve been leaving the set up of this system to the outside consultant $BIGBOSS hired. Still, I couldn’t help but figure out what it took to configure the Cisco 7965 phone to talk to our soon-to-be-replaced Asterisk system.
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Math Prof Rock Star

I swear Pandora will be the end of my wallet. After reading about the Red Elvises show, I created a Red Elvises Pandora station and this was the first song. This band reminds me of The Uninvited.

What other rock songs actually have the value of pi in the lyrics?

Math Prof Rock Star
Jim’s Big Ego

All the girls in the class room think he’s hot
he shows up wearing the sandals with the white socks
he hears them giggling while he’s got his back to the class
he thinks he’s got an eraser mark on his ass
and all the girls from the hall show up to hear him talk
even though most of the time he’s covered in chalk

Math Prof Rock Star!
woo hoo!
Math Prof Rock Star!
oh yeah!
Math Prof Rock Star!
who knew?
When he was young he never thought that he would be a
Math Prof Rock Star
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