by Danny Marroquin

It was 10 p.m. on a Thursday night. Ice from the latest winter storm was just beginning to thaw, and the damp Tulsa parking garage was lit dimly by florescent bulbs and portable heaters. With doors set to open at 5 a.m. the next morning, already a line of four hundred curled around the yellow tape and metal gates…

Those interested in volunteering at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History are invited to attend one of two volunteer orientation sessions: one from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 20; and the other from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. The sessions will take place in the Kerr Auditorium at the museum, located at 2401 Chautauqua Ave. on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus…

by Gene Perry

Tate James found inspiration for the Norman bike co-op from near and far. He’d seen the bike library and community garage at the OKC Infoshop in downtown Oklahoma City, a similar program in Atlanta where his cousin worked, and, on a recent trip to Israel, a communal bike shop at a Kibbutz…

by Gene Perry

Across the street from Native Roots Market, a crowd gathered between a pile of shoes on one side, bicycles on the other. Event organizers Ken Teague and Isaiah McCaslin welcomed the racers, thanked the sponsors, and then they were off, scrambling to find their shoes, grab their ride, and head out to checkpoints across Norman…

Photos from the Bike Against Hunger alleycat race in Norman on September 20, 2009.

From The Journal Record:

On Aug. 29, members of the information technology community of Oklahoma City gathered to give of themselves and their Web-site-building expertise. For an entire day, five teams of developers and designers worked and coded to create interactive and effective Web sites for selected nonprofits lacking the resources and the know-how to produce a Web site that would actively propel their mission.

This Extreme Web Makeover was the first event put together by Code4aCause. Code4aCause brings together developers and designers to create technology to empower nonprofits who improve the quality of life in central Oklahoma. By tapping into local technology volunteers they’ve created a sustainable event to develop or improve the Web presence of selected nonprofits.

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