Thursday, April 30, 2009

Rockets win first postseason series since 1997

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Congratulations are in order for the Houston Rockets, who just finished off the Blazers and won their first playoff series since 1997. Final...

Here comes swine flu! Let's all panic!

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Concern about the spread of swine flu is causing causing havoc with the nation's school system, as any school with a suspected case of t...

Gexa Energy sucks.

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Gexa Energy is a Retail Electric Provider headquartered here in Houston. We used them from the fall of 2006 until yesterday, when I switch...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Cheap terabytes

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Yesterday, Lori went to the store and purchased a 1.5 terabyte external hard drive for her computer. It cost her $110 after rebate. While th...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Shrinking a city

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Faced with an ever-decreasing population and budget shortfalls, the city of Flint, Michigan is considering physically shrinking itself: Inst...

UH Athletics Director Dave Maggard retires

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Given that he is 69 years old, it was clear that Dave Maggard's days at the helm of the University of Houston Athletics Department were ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Tax time!

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Apologies for the lack of posts over the past couple of weeks. I've been occupied with other things. Like taxes. Today, of course, is Ta...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The rise of the netbook

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Several weeks ago, my brother-in-law decided that he was tired of lugging his full-size laptop to his classes at the University of Houston. ...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

The collegiate equivalent of a participation ribbon?

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Somebody on one of the UH message boards took this picture of the marquee in front of Hofheinz Pavilion: On one hand, it does look sort of,...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Layoffs, Michael Murphy and the beginning of the end of the Chronicle

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Hopefully, everyone who read it enjoyed Michael Murphy's entry on his Chronicle UH sports blog last night. As it turns out, his entry...
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