The Progress-Index has reported yesterday that the Virginia Department of Historic Resources have added a ninth historic district in Petersburg, Commerce Street Industrial (see map). Old Towne is expanding down Bank Street and I think it’s in this area (correct me if I’m wrong). Read more…
Entries from June 2008
June 25, 2008
WTVR going to Sinclair
Heard it on WRLH’s Fox News at Ten last night. Sinclair will buy the assets of WTVR, the CBS affiliate, from Raycom Media (who bought the NBC affiliate, WWBT, from Lincoln Financial) for $85 million. They will sell WRLH to Carma Broadcasting. The deal will be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2008. The Richmond Times-Dispatch [...]
June 24, 2008
YouTube Tuesday: Flea Market Montgomery
It’s just like…it’s just like a mini-mall! Hey, hey! Those videos (below) featuring owner Sammy Stephens have gained 3 million views on YouTube as of this posting. They’ve featured on E!, VH1 and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Enjoy!
Short Version:
Extended Version:
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June 23, 2008
site update
Here are a few…
The “Today’s Word” and “Inspiration” RSS feeds are now on the right sidebar.
Got rid of the “Translate” link because no one was using it. I don’t know why…
Got rid of the Dogpile(dot)com widget.
Signed up for SiteMeter not too long ago. That wasn’t my first time. When DaBlog was on Blogger almost two years ago, I’ve [...]
June 19, 2008
Did You Know? #25
Did you know that on July of 1996, WRAL-TV (the CBS affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina) became the first television station in the United States to transmit a digital signal? And on October of 2000, the station aired the world’s first all-HD newscast.
June 17, 2008
YouTube Tuesday: Look Up More
Check this vid out. 70 Improv Everywhere Agents take over all 70 windows of a Manhattan retail building. As of this posting, it gained more than 500,000 views on YouTube. Enjoy.
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June 15, 2008
SW: Coyotes invade Richmond area
June 11th’s Style Weekly reports that the number of coyotes are increasing in Central Virginia…and in Richmond. A wildlife biologist for The Virginia Department of Game and Island Fisheries said that the area needs to brace for an influx of coyotes. Read more…
June 13, 2008
The smoke’s back…
…from that wildfire in eastern North Carolina. It will linger on tonight in my area, like last Friday morning. Here’s a portion of today’s National Weather Service report…
520 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
…SMOKE PERSISTS OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION…
AREAS OF SMOKE OR PATCHY SMOKE FROM THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP SOUTH ONE FIRE…AND FROM THE TYRRELL…HYDE [...]
June 13, 2008
Street View now adds Hampton Roads and southeast Virginia
The Hampton Roads area is now on Google Street View. They also include Williamsburg, Gloucester County, Franklin and rest of southeast Virginia. Go check it out. And as for metro Richmond area, parts of Colonial Heights are now added. GSV added Lakeview Avenue, The Boulevard (between Lakeview and Temple) and Temple Avenue (btwn. Boulevard and the Fort Lee line). In Petersburg they’ve added Market Street, Halifax Street [...]
June 10, 2008
YouTube Tuesday: How to paint the Mona Lisa with MS Paint
Check this video out! It’s the Mona Lisa…Microsoft Paint style. Although the video was time-lapse, but it took the artist two hours and 30 minutes to paint it. Wow! As of this posting, this video gained almost 7.6 million views on YouTube. Enjoy!
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