Daily Archives: December 21, 2002

Picture Yourself

Congrats to Christine for the blurb in the NYT about her self-portrait site Picture Yourself. Here’s the relevant bit for those who don’t feel like registering a bogus logon ID: Self-portraits in words abound on the Web. Now a visual … Continue reading Continue reading

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New frontiers in sports

You’ve been hearing all along how streaming video on the Internet is going to be the Next Big Thing. Well, Rice University sure hopes so – they just signed a deal to have their basketball and baseball games broadcast in … Continue reading Continue reading

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What to do with the Dome?

So now that we have the shiny and new Reliant Stadium for football, the Rodeo, and presumably monster truck rallies, what shall we do with the erstwhile Eighth Wonder of the World, the Astrodome? Well, State Rep. Ron Wilson has … Continue reading Continue reading

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Survey says

Here are the results after one full day of the Who Is Atrios poll: Name Votes Pct ============================= Mahir! 50 27% Sidney Blumenthal 32 17% Bob Shrum 21 11% Mickey Kaus 18 9% Christopher Hitchens 17 9% Mark V. Shaney … Continue reading Continue reading

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