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Entries from December 31st, 2008

A sleeping website awakes

December 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · From the Stationmaster, My Birmingham

I think that The Terminal will take some advice from one of our readers who hinted that he didn’t want to see another year in review story or predictions about Birmingham, AL for 2009…
Those who’ve survived this year behind the scenes here will leave that job of interpreting up to you over on Magic City [...]

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Johnathan Austin appointed to City Council

December 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · On the agenda

The newest face among Birmingham City leadership is now its youngest. A majority of City Councilors voted to appoint 29-year-old Johnathan F. Austin to fill the vacant District 5 seat of William Bell.
Vickii Howell of Birmingham View describes it as “an Obama-like moment when the community organizer and relative political newcomer was chosen from among [...]

A local Tweetup group? Maybe…

December 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Online

A local user of Twitter has taken it upon himself to create a group on Facebook for folks in town who use the popular microblogging service. He’s also called a Tweetup for December 29 at Urban Standard from 4-6 p.m. So if you can escape work early that first day after the Christmas holiday, you [...]

A Wild Sweet Orange update

December 19th, 2008 · Comments Off · music

For those of you who haven’t ventured to Timetable recently, the band is currently a nominee for this week’s Freshman vote on MTVu – their video for “Either/Or” is currently in 3rd place. You’ve got until noon today to help them take the stage tonight in Birmingham as the winner!
So if you missed them performing [...]

New pieces at BCRI fall into place

December 18th, 2008 · View Comments · Random Shots

Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
David Davis, building and grounds superintendent at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, adjusts the plastic covering Bull Connor’s armored vehicle at the Institute’s Human Rights Gallery on Tuseday morning. The vehicle was used by the Birmingham Poilice Department and the former public safety commissioner during the 1960s.
The armored vehicle has been cut in [...]

Dean and Co. invade the interwebs

December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Online

Screenshot of the new Dean and Company website.
So, those of us that have cable service here in Birmingham, AL are familiar, or at least know about Dean and Company. They’ve been on television for 30 years and now they’ve got a website. They were on Rick and Bubba this morning to formally launch it and [...]