Daily Archives: April 19, 2007

It’s only a compromise if both sides give up something

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I’m as big a fan of Rep. Nick Lampson as you’ll find. Which just makes it that much harder for me to read stories like this in the paper. Concerned by the troop withdrawal timelines in a huge war funding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Not the campaign finance reform bill I was expecting

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Yesterday, there was a rally in front of the Capitol in support of three bills to limit campaign spending in Texas. Far as I can tell, nothing much happened to them. But one bill did make it out of committee, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The day without BlackBerry

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Thankfully, yesterday’s unpleasantness turned out to be not so bad. One of our servers hadn’t reconnected after RIM’s switchover at their network operations center, so we had to reboot it. As noted in my comment at Dwight’s place, we had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fund CHIP fully or lose money

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve spilled plenty of electronic ink arguing for a full restoration of CHIP funding in Texas. Among the many reasons for this is the fact that not doing so has cost Texas millions of dollars in federal matching funds. If … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Finding #755

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I love this story. It was one of the more forgettable home runs of Hank Aaron’s remarkable, record-setting career. But it was nonetheless historic, and the Brewers are going to great lengths this summer to commemorate it. The club has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TIERS for Albert Hawkins

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the state of Texas recently cancelled its contract with Accenture to run call centers to determine eligibility for benefits like Medicaid. But the call-center deal was only part of what Accenture was doing for the Health and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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600 Sq Mi

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Do you live in or around Houston and like taking pictures? If you do, Houstonist would like you to know about 600 Sq Mi, its first-ever photography show: It’s a juried exhibition of photographs from Houston, from Main Street to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The good, the bad, and the annoying

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve seen the 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time, and we’ve seen the 50 Best Tech Products of All Time. What else is there? Well, there’s the 20 Most Annoying Tech Products: Unlike PC World’s 25 Worst Products of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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