Ah, Mr. Spielberg, perched so daintily atop your E.T. money, we suspect that you never foresaw the rise of the GoPro camera. A manageable, smartphone-sized video camera capable of recording high-definition video while suction-cupped onto nearly any surface imaginable—Indiana Jones could have used one of these in the Temple of Doom, eh? Well, we’re not […]
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Why Do People Love Vintage Porsches So Much?
One of the biggest questions we get is why Porsche owners are so fanatical about the brand. Aside from upper echelon models of the 911 and 918, Porsches don’t have the horsepower and torque numbers that many people use to judge a car. Porsches use smaller engines, typically eschewing the power and size of a […]
You’re Going Back to School, Charlie Brown!
Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah. For those of us without year-round school schedules, the advent of school is celebrated chiefly by parents who can finally be free of their offspring for a solid eight hours a day, and retailers who know that parents are so willing to jettison their kids that they’ll buy nearly anything to ease along […]
Fun Summer Event: NC Museum of History State Exhibit
The North Carolina Museum of History is hosting its largest exhibit ever, The Story of North Carolina. As the title suggests, this exhibit is all about North Carolina: how it started, who started it, what changes it has gone through, and what its distinguishing features are. The result is a massive series of artifacts, multimedia […]
The Work Continues: Construction Update for July 15
We have a weekly update video about progress on our new building’s construction, and it’s interesting to compare with last week’s video. One of the things that stood out to us when we talked with General Manager Jason Jones about the construction was the pacing of the work. Tearing down the old Jaguar Land Rover […]