Month: September 2015

Short Cuts

15 Years Ago: Ryan Adams Releases ‘Heartbreaker’ ↬

Adams’ ambivalent relationship with his home state is captured beautifully in “Oh My Sweet Carolina,” featuring guest turns from Emmylou Harris and Pat Sansone from Wilco, but it’s more than that. The song captures the restless nature of young adulthood, when the desire to roam and the pull of deep roots battle for supremacy. “I was trying to find me something / But I wasn’t sure just what / Man I ended up with pockets full of dust,” he sings. We’ve all been there, and even if we haven’t Miss Emmylou’s harmonies are enough to make us feel like we have been.

Ambivalent, indeed.

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The First NC City to get 10 Gigabit Internet is … Salisbury?

Forget Google Fiber (or is it Alphabet Fiber?), Calix is the new1 potential disruptor in North Carolina’s burgeoning competitive broadband market. Calix, working closely with the city of Salisbury, is slowly rolling out its next next generation broadband service that promises up to 10 gigabit service. Catawba College students are the first to experience the blistering speeds, with other areas to follow over the next few months and years.

  1. If you can call a 5 year build out “new”. ↩