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KCOH, Houston's Last AM Bastion of Old-School R&B, Is Sold
November 14, 2012 in Rocks Off
Historic Local Station KCOH Sold to Catholic Radio Network
November 14, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Ruh Roh! Ten of the Weirdest Gifts for Your Pet This Christmas
November 14, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by AZ AdamBlack Friday is nearly upon us, people, and while all those other fools will be out buying flat screen TVs, computers and trampling each other for a...
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Airsanity: Lin and the Rockets Struggle with More Than Airballs
November 13, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by GroovehouseHeroes and goats.I once interviewed MLB writer and former Astro social media maven Alyson Footer for a story about sports radio and she gave me a fantastic quote...
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Some Real World Techie Advice for Petraeus, His Wife, His Mistress and Cheaters in General
November 13, 2012 in Hair Balls
I'm no Dear Abby (she's shorter than me), but reading the sordid details of the David Petraeus affair and how the whole thing blew up in his face causing him...
Chill Out: Big Changes Coming in Houston Weather Next Week
November 09, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Twin Towers: A Fascinating Tale of the '80s Rockets and What Never Was
November 09, 2012 in Hair Balls
On June 5, 1986, I was barely 17 years old and on my way home from a music lesson. While cutting through a nearby neighborhood, my car, an amazingly awful...
Projection: Social Media Wins Big in 2012
November 07, 2012 in Hair Balls
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The Morning After: An Open Letter to People I Un-Followed During the Election
November 07, 2012 in Hair Balls
It's been a particularly rough election season if you spend any time at all on social media. Worse than Farmville, worse than exercise tweets and worse than food photos, the...
Promote-Gate: Facebook Charges for Promoted Posts Criticized
November 06, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Five Ways You Can Help Your Buddies Without Comcast Follow the Rockets Games
November 02, 2012 in Hair Balls
The saga continues with Comcast SportsNet. Game two of the very young NBA season is upon us and still no deals with U-verse, DirecTV or Dish Network to carry the...
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Beardsanity: Rockets Stars Inspire in Win, Team Still Has Issues (with Crazy Video)
November 01, 2012 in Hair Balls
Courtesy djflulaSee video below. You won't be sorry.So, this James Harden kid is pretty good. He torched the Detroit Pistons for 37 points, 12 assists (a career high), six rebounds...
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10 Totally Played Out Wedding Songs That Will Still Pack the Dance Floor at Your Reception
November 01, 2012 in Rocks Off
If a wedding song can bring THIS family together...Years ago, a wedding planner told me the basis of a successful wedding is remembering that primarily the ceremony is for the...
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The Five Scariest Moments in Your Computer Life
October 31, 2012 in Hair Balls
Scarier than this guy.There are plenty of good reasons to be scared this Halloween, be it Hurricane Sandy or the economy or JJ Watt (assuming you are an opposing team...
The Young Ones: Rockets Season Will Be Infused With, Complicated By Youth
October 30, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Advice on Handling Hurricane Sandy From the Gulf Coast (i.e. Hurricane Central)
October 29, 2012 in Hair Balls
Hey, East Coast, how you doin'? Sorry, our Jersey accent is a little rusty. We along the Gulf Coast have been watching with interest the furor over Hurricane Sandy as...
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Geeks Get Clever to Help Find Missing Children with Custom 404 Pages
October 29, 2012 in Hair Balls
If you've ever visited a Web site but went to a page that doesn't exist, you have probably found yourself stuck on a page that says something like "The page...
Candidates, METRO Referendums Confusing? Use the League of Women Voters Guide
October 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
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5 Simple iPhone Apps Often Used, But Easily Taken for Granted
October 24, 2012 in Hair Balls
I recently bought an iPad and as I was going through the apps on my phone to see what I might want to download for the iPad, I noticed a...
Much Cooler Weather Arrives in Time for Halloween
October 24, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Houston's 5 Best Live-Music Venue Web Sites
October 18, 2012 in Rocks Off
If you are reading this on the Houston Press Web site, you automatically understand the value of the Internet to deliver information. It's important if you have a business to...
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App of the Week: Camera Awesome, the Most...Um...Awesome Photo App Ever
October 16, 2012 in Hair Balls
App: Camera Awesome Platform: iPhone, iPad Website: Awesomize.com Cost: Free I've reviewed a number of camera/photography apps in this space. It comes with being a photographer who appreciates technology. I wanted a digital SLR...
There Be Pirates Here: UH Ranks Third on List of University Students Using BitTorrent
October 15, 2012 in Hair Balls
Rockets Start the Preseason Tonight, But Not on U-Verse or DirecTV
October 10, 2012 in Hair Balls
Beginner Pong: Rice Amasses 54,000 Online Students for First Coursera Class
October 05, 2012 in Hair Balls
