Category Archives: Birmingham

We’re crunching numbers today

We bet you’re wondering why the site’s even quieter than it has been recently. Well, we’re sure that many of you had no idea that we were conducting a survey about issues that are affecting area young professionals as well as what made them most excited about living in The Magic City. Yeah, we were, in conjunction with YP NOW in preparation for an event tomorrow evening that brings together those young professionals as well as elected, community and business leaders from around the Birmingham metropolitan area.

We’ve heard of several things going on around town and we’re going to try our best to be sure that we cover it all… it’s just going to take us another hour to finish organizing these numbers so they can be presented (at least in raw form) tomorrow evening. We hope you understand… and we will be making sure that you know what the results are as well over the next few days.

Sidewalk Salon, Rojo

Tonight’s topic, Music and Your Film– How Soundtracks Can Make or Break a Scene, will feature local composer Annie Brunson sharing her experiences and wisdom on setting the mood to a film. There will also be a couple of reps from Apple telling you about some of their amazing programs that can help you create your own soundtrack!

For those not familiar with the Salons, they provide an opportunity for Birmingham’s filmmaking community to meet, greet, listen and discuss. According to Sidewalk’s description, “Guest speakers and topics provide a focus to each meeting, while the social environment of Rojo gives friends and colleagues a reason to get together monthly to talk about upcoming projects.” So head on over there!

Cost: $0 (includes snacks, the bar’s open too)

Location:

Rojo
2921 Highland Avenue, South (directions)

A little bit of everything on 2nd Avenue North

Urban Standard facade under construction

Photo credit: André Natta

Birmingham will soon have it’s own modern day mercantile as a recent string of downtown business openings continue. The sign covering the windows of 2320 2nd Avenue North seem to say it all. The business promises sandwiches, antiques, baked goods and home goods among other things (including one more location for free wifi access).

The one sign you can’t read is the one in the door saying that we all need to stop by come mid-November to see what Urban Standard will be like.

A look back: November 4 & 5

November4:

2006

The AmSouth/Regions merger was finalized.

November 5:

1963

The Birmingham-Jefferson County Regional Planning Commission was formed.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com logo

Random Shots: Dia De Los Muertos 2007

Day of the Dead 2007

Photo credit: André Natta

An image from this year’s festivities. If you’re reading this post before midnight on November 2, there’s still time to head on over to Bare Hands Gallery for Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead).

Ron Paul online support held up by bots?

Ron Paul photoThat’s the word from Gary Warner, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s director of research in computer forensics and others in an article on Wired.com earlier this week. It’s made the rounds throughout the blogosphere and it’s beginning to show its face in mainstream media.

The story maintains that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (pictured) had no involvement in an aggressive spamming bot campaign that is said to have inflated Paul’s online poll and support numbers. Makes you wonder just how accurate will these online polls will be as elections become more sophisticated?

Former commissioner indicted, arrested this morning

Former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White has been arrested this morning on federal bribery charges according to The Birmingham News and Fox 6. He is the third former county commissioner to face federal charges; the other two have been convicted.

There’s sure to be more information about this in the coming hours from all of our news outlets.