Email AuthorJeff Balke
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Rockets Mediocrity: Blame the Strategy of the Owner
April 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by Marco TorresA Luis Scola (right) is great, but what the Rockets need is a Blake Griffin (left).There's something unholy about a team playing out the string of games...
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Hipster Lessons: 5 Ways to Make Indie Bands Less Annoying
April 24, 2012 in Rocks Off
Kennysun via WikipediaOf Monsters and MenMy girlfriend got a new car recently and it has satellite radio. The result has been a lot of channel-surfing and among the more regular...
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"Reply All" & the Five Other Dumbest/Most Annoying Things People Do with E-Mail
April 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
Hard to believe, but the very first electronic messages were around 50 years ago. It wasn't the sophisticated, snail mail-replacing juggernaut most of us use every day, but it existed....
Tough Week: Rockets Go from Sixth Seed to Out of the Playoffs
April 19, 2012 in Hair Balls
App of the Week: No-Wait Checkouts with the Apple Store App
April 19, 2012 in Hair Balls
Rockets Sweep Road Trip, Bear Down on the Playoffs
April 11, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Don't Do That: Five Big Mistakes iPhone Users Make
April 11, 2012 in Hair Balls
I mentioned in an item a couple weeks back that my aunt recently got an iPhone and has hit me up a few times for advice. Being the wise woman...
App of the Week: The Annoyance That Is the Facebook Reader App
April 10, 2012 in Hair Balls
Life Out Loud: Remembering Jim Marshall's Amplifier Legacy
April 05, 2012 in Rocks Off
Early Forecasts Calling for a Quieter Than Normal Hurricane Season
April 05, 2012 in Hair Balls
App of the Week: Houston, Texas Emergency Radio
April 04, 2012 in Hair Balls
Five Good Reasons to Start Backing Up Your Computer Now
March 30, 2012 in Hair Balls
App of the Week: Badge
March 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
Seven Dos and Don'ts for Online Passwords and How to Manage Them
March 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
Picking Rockets Team of the 2000s Not an Easy Task
March 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Celebrity Tech Endorsements: 5 Cool and 5 Highly Annoying Examples Of Product Pimpage
March 23, 2012 in Hair Balls
Annoying but effective.Celebrity endorsements are nothing new. They have been around as long as there were celebrities and companies willing to pay them to say they smoked Kool's or drove...
Anti-Social: Employers Want Candidates' Facebook and Twitter Logins
March 22, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Report: Texans Use Mobile Broadband More Than Any Other State
March 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
The next time you are driving down the freeway and some guy starts weaving over into your lane because he is busy on his phone, it's a safe bet it...
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The Good, the Bad and the Spam: The Complexities of Switching to Gmail
March 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
My aunt called me on Tuesday. She just got an iPhone. Admittedly, she is not technically inclined and was in need of a little technical support. Apparently, when she deleted...
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Virtual Reality: 10 Jobs Technology is Wiping Out
March 21, 2012 in Art Attack
That's right, Will Smith, these dudes are gonna steal your job.As a kid, I remember watching cartoons originally released in the 1940s and 1950s happily showing off the "house of...
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App of the Week: SugarSync and DropBox, Two Great iCloud Alternatives
March 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
App: Dropbox Platform: Most smart phones Website: Dropbox.com Cost: Free (includes 2GB storage) App: SugarSync Platform: Most smart phones Website: SugarSync.com Cost: Free (includes 5GB storage) There has been an awful lot of talk about cloud computing over...
Five Questions Answered About the Rest of the Rockets' Season
March 16, 2012 in Hair Balls
Spring Has Sprung: Cold Weather and the Drought Come to an End
March 15, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Who Are You? The Weird World of Twitter Bios Reveals Politics, Marital Status and Justin Bieber Love
March 15, 2012 in Hair Balls
Yeah, you are!It's a very odd thing to have a 140-character bio. Any person in marketing will tell you that good ideas require an "elevator pitch," meaning you could pitch...
Not Cool, Nerds: Company Turns Homeless into Hotspots
March 12, 2012 in Hair Balls
