Daily Archives: February 8, 2005

Heflin challenge coda

Greg Moses reads through the Hartnett report (PDF) and finds some items that undoubtedly will not get any further attention now that the Select Committee on Election Challenges’ meeting will be a formality, but should. Check it out. On a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Poetry for Physicists

Chad Orzel has a problem with GenEd science classes, and asks for some understanding from the humanities majors out there. Check it out. Continue reading

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Ask Jeeves buys Bloglines

Search engine Ask Jeeves has bought Bloglines for an undisclosed sum. Various mainstream coverage is here, here, here, and here. They say they won’t make any major changes, at least not at first, but you never know what will happen. … Continue reading Continue reading

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In the family

Tom Musselman, Official Dad of BOR’s Karl-Thomas Musselman, is running for City Council in Fredericksburg, Texas. If anyone reading this is from Fredericksburg, take a moment and check out his resume. And if you’re an Austin Lounge Lizards fan, you … Continue reading Continue reading

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Eric Zorn

Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn now has a Movable Type-powered blog with comments. Zorn had been blogging for the Trib before, but that was on their branded site with their software; now, though he’s still on the Trib domain and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hot Town, Cool City

‘stina brings word of a new documentary/community project called Hot Town, Cool City, which “attempts to answer the question — Why Houston?” Their website is currently under construction, but when it is up, it will apparently solicit input from the … Continue reading Continue reading

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