Daily Archives: August 26, 2005

Dance, Tom, dance!

Posted on August 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

You know that any article that features a photo of Tom DeLay standing next to an Elvis impersonator is going to be good reading, right? And so it is. I’ve opined before that DeLay’s actions so far indicate to me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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We’re Number Ten!

Posted on August 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The number ten national television market, that is. Houston is now officially a Top 10 television market, Nielsen Media Research said Thursday. Houston replaces Detroit, which dropped to No. 11. Nielsen lists Houston as increasing from 2,059,450 TV households to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in TV and movies | 3 Comments

Downtown parking

Posted on August 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

This makes so much sense it’s hard to believe no one had thought of it before. [T]he Downtown Entertainment District Alliance, which includes downtown merchants, has come up with a parking alternative aimed at eliminating parking woes: Those going to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 1 Comment

Those new speaker rumors

Posted on August 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

PinkDome and BOR report that rumors of a possible overthrow of State House Speaker Tom Craddick are intensifying. I don’t doubt that, though as Paul Burka says, there’s a ways to go between talk and action. There’s another possibility to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ten years of Windows 95

Posted on August 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Dwight gets a little nostalgic as he remembers the Windows 95 rollout a decade ago. The thing I remember is the Rice MOB doing a technology-themed show that was inspired by this. We actually set things up to be broadcast … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 1 Comment