Taxi TV Is Criticized By New Yorkers, Taxi Commission: Survey February 11, 2011 – Are you kidding me? TV in cabs? Aren’t we confronted by enough screens in public during the day? Blind Faith: A Decade of Apple Accessibility– The Mac-cessibility Network – News [Lioncourt.com] February 11, 2011 Mubarak's Assets Frozen By Swiss Government February 11, 2011 Hosni Mubarak’s resignation: Found posted this morning on Craigslist Cairo. February 11, 2011 Austin’s Amy gets ice cream…
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Classics: now with favorite buttons! February 10, 2011 The No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act: Republican social engineering through the tax code. February 10, 2011 Which Vermouth is Which? February 9, 2011 – My way of remembering which vermout is which goes like this: Italian sauces are usually red, just like Italian vermouth. Pisco 101 with Duggan McDonnell February 8, 2011 Texas schools nix Arabic classes over fears of Islam February 9, 2011 Apple device…
Republicans take more key chairmanships; Dems OK with choices February 9, 2011 – It’s a weird quirk of Texas politics that the House speaker always appoints at least a few committee chairs of the opposite party. I think that’s a good thing for the institution. ERCOT Asks for Power Conservation Ahead of Cold Front February 9, 2011 – Y’all should have thought of that LAST week. A Dozen (Minus One) Great Film Misquotes February 9,…
MGM Movies-On-Demand: 99 River Street (1953) February 8, 2011 – I saw this movie a few weeks ago. It’s a really good film noir. Austin's Snow Day 2011 Offers Rare Chance for Sledding February 8, 2011 – The first video just makes me happy. Huffington Post/AOL: It's AOL/Time Warner all over again – Media Criticism – Salon.com February 8, 2011 J. Paul Getty III, 54, Dies; Had Ear Cut Off by Captors February 7, 2011…
Disney Looking Into Cradle for Customers February 7, 2011 – Evil evil evil.
6 Ways to Upgrade Your Bar February 4, 2011 Stray Cats Take Over Taylorsville, KY (VIDEO) February 5, 2011 Expert Views | disability news | assistive technology | disability employment February 5, 2011 – This article focuses more on the bureaucratic infrastructure than it does on the actual tactics used to include disabled kids in scouting. But still, it’s worth applauding. I was part of an all-disabled troupe when I was a kid.No bad things…
"The Daily Show" Does the Speaker's Race February 4, 2011 – Look, I enjoy making fun of Texas Republicans as much as the next libr’l citizen of the People’s Republic of Austin. but this is a long stretch for a joke. Several points: 1) Joe Strauss had to fight for re-election primarily because he is not as conservative as the Tea Party red meaters he now serves with, and because he has not ruled with…
Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy … (The Onion) February 2, 2011 Search begins for new head of NPR News February 2, 2011 – Pick me. Pick me. Architecture speak: An essay on the ridiculous way architects talk. February 2, 2011 – I once served on a city board with a bunch of architects. I didn’t get the jargon thing so much as a sort of weird mixture of professional poise and…
Tea Party Democrats? Claire McCaskill and other senators get bullish on the deficit. February 2, 2011 – McCaskill is a genuine reformer; has been since she got elected. She’s been working on reform of the military contracting proces, systemic campaign finance reform, and a meaningful process for cutting the deficit and the debt. Reid is doing the Dem version of the kind of political line-drawing that Republicans have used so effectively to establish their conservative…
Narcissus Regards a Book – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education February 1, 2011 Shelly’s Podcast: 1-31-11 (voicemail: 512-394-4624) January 31, 2011 8 Essential Longform Reads About Egypt January 30, 2011 Fernet For Life January 27, 2011