Daily Archives: May 18, 2009

You don’t say

May 18, 20093:30 p.m.

wu“It feels good to be loved.”

– WuShock, Wichita State University’s mascot, on getting his 5,000th Facebook friend (Maize High School freshman Gabby White)

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New iPhone app is Wichita based

May 18, 200911:30 a.m.

iphoneA couple of Wichita software engineers hope to quit their day jobs for games. Not to play games, but to create them.

Gregg Bolinger and Hycel Taylor recently had their first game approved as an iPhone application.

“It got approved in eight days,” Bolinger says. “It was really fast.”

He says anyone can pay $99 and submit an “app” to the iPhone App Store, and a team of people who work for Apple review whether to make the application available to iPhone users.

“It’s an interesting process because I’ve heard of apps sitting in the review process for months,” Bolinger says.

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Will the west-side Krispy Kreme close?

May 18, 20097:27 a.m.

doughnutsSomething is up at the west-side Krispy Kreme Doughnuts at Central and Tyler, but no one with the company is talking about it.

There’s a property listing circulating in the Wichita real estate community that’s marketing the building’s lease. The listing says: “Former Krispy Kreme for lease.”

But the business is still open.

Lane 4 Property Group in Kansas City, Mo., is distributing the listing, which says: “Confidential offering — please do not disturb ongoing business.”

A Krispy Kreme spokesman didn’t return several calls for comment. Nor did the broker listed on the offering.

The manager of the Krispy Kreme initially said he didn’t know anything about a change at the business. He then called back to say a Krispy Kreme representative would be calling, but that hasn’t happened.

The restaurant opened in 2003 to much excitement (“There is a God,” one patron was quoted as saying) from west-siders who were tired of traveling to the Krispy Kreme at Central and Rock.

It doesn’t look like the east-side Krispy Kreme will be affected.

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