Daily Archives: January 21, 2004

The best PR of all

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

If the weather around Super Bowl weekend is anything like it is now – mostly sunny, blue skies, in the low 60s – we won’t need any fancy schmancy PR campaign to make the frozen-tundra-area newsies like us. Hell, we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Technorati Beta

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The beta version of Technorati looks really good. It’s faster, it’s got direct links to posts that cite whatever URL you’re looking for, and it will index a lot faster. Read about it here. Via Sisyphus. Continue reading →

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Feel the hate

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t quite get this technology you hate but can’t live without thing. An annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology survey, known as the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, found that among adults asked what invention they hate most but can’t live without, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 4 Comments

It’s like an analogy

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Norbizness has the best response to the “weapons of mass destruction-related program activities” threat that you’ll see today. UPDATE: Slacktivist has an appropriately cheesy take on this. Continue reading →

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You’re not fully dressed without a smile

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

If we can just make it through the friendliness blitz over the next two weeks without grinding our teeth into dust, we’ll be OK. Drag a comb through your hair, shake out the rugs and, for goodness’ sake, tell the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 12 Comments

Special election runoffs

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

There were two special elections in Texas yesterday, both to fill State Senate seats, and both of them will require runoffs to pick winners. In the SD 1 race to replace the retiring Bill Ratliff, Democrat Paul Sadler held a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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