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October, Cooler Weather Here: Welcome to Fall in Houston
October 04, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by Jeff BalkeExpect more wispy fall and winter skies like this one for the foreseeable futureSure, I sometimes get a little envious of our northern neighbors with their lovely...
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Two Great Tastes? Five Reasons Pallilo and Zierlein Will Succeed on 790
October 04, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by InspireFate PhotographyThe best merging since chocolate and peanut butter?In a very funny Saturday Night Live skit from the `80s, Frank Sinatra played by Joe Piscopo was singing a...
Rockets Rookie Royce White Battles Anxiety in the Brutal Spotlight of Pro Sports
October 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
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GoDaddy Offers Apology to Customers for "Internal Network Events"
September 17, 2012 in Hair Balls
The top of emails sent to GoDaddy customers. GoDaddy is the most popular domain name registrar on the web, thanks in large part to its annoyingly incessant teaser commercials featuring...
Houston Area Could Have Temps in the 50s This Week
September 17, 2012 in Hair Balls
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In Honor of Being Duped: Our Ten Favorite E-Mail Hoaxes and Scams
September 17, 2012 in Art Attack
One of the best Internet hoaxes of all time.Last week, we inadvertently got taken by a Facebook post stating a collection of DVDs at Texas Children's Hospital had been stolen....
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Four Things It Appears the New iPhone 5 Still Doesn't Have
September 12, 2012 in Hair Balls
Schiller: "We designed the iPhone 5 to fit your hand. Exactly where your money used to be."— Brent Ozar (@BrentO) September 12, 2012 I've owned an iPhone for over a few...
Five Ways Facebook Is Altering Our Personal Communications
September 12, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Hurricane Season Is Over for Houston!! (According to Our Bold Prediction); Cooler Weather on the Way, God's in His Heaven, Etc., Etc.
September 06, 2012 in Hair Balls
Courtesy WeatherUndergroundYeah, you heard me. It might sound like a bold prediction, but it's actually safer than you think. I've often told my friends that my favorite day of the year...
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Five Ways to Avoid Political Fights on Facebook This Election Season
September 06, 2012 in Hair Balls
It's almost funny to look back now on those occasionally annoying e-mails we all got from relatives who liked to pass along rumors and popular myths that could easily be...
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Five Lessons Learned from Hurricane Isaac
September 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
Roker and Cantore ride out Isaac.The circus has finally left New Orleans as they begin their cleanup after Hurricane Isaac dropped boatloads of rain on the Big Easy earlier this...
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App of the Week: A Lot to Like in the Facebook App Update, But Still Missing Key Features
August 28, 2012 in Hair Balls
Facebook has never moved quickly -- or with great agility -- in the mobile domain. The Zuckerberg empire has made a number of mind-numbingly ridiculous maneuvers when it comes to...
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Rest Easy, Texas (Well, Not Too Easy): Tropical Storm Isaac Inching Its Way Toward Louisiana
August 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
GFS model run from overnight Sunday.Fortunately for everyone along the Gulf Coast, Isaac is still a tropical storm as of Monday morning. The storm has yet to form a solid...
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App of the Week: My Top Ten Most Used Apps
August 24, 2012 in Hair Balls
Almost five years ago, I was talking to a friend who had an iPhone. I swore up and down that after a failed BlackBerry experience in the mid-'90s, I had...
Uh-Oh, Texas: Why You Shouldn't Ignore Tropical Storm Isaac Just Yet
August 23, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Please to Kindly Eff Off: Texans Apparently Both Polite and Potty-Mouthed on Twitter
August 22, 2012 in Hair Balls
Fail or win?One side effect of social networking that is rarely discussed by the public at large is the massive amounts of data gathered every day about our habits online....
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Tropics Heating Up As We Reach the Stretch Run of Hurricane Season
August 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
Courtesy WeatherUndergroundForecast models for Invest 94L way out in the Atlantic.Despite June and July's tropical bluster, as predicted, it's been a fairly quiet hurricane season. With eight named storms, three...
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Know Your Local Media: Adam Wexler of Sportstalk 790's The Big Show Dishes on Bad Callers, On-Air Chemistry
August 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
It's been a long time coming for Adam Wexler, co-host of The Big Show mornings on 790 AM. Always one of the smartest guys in Houston sports talk, he bounced...
1560 The Game Goes Local With Clanton, Wessling in the Afternoons
August 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
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App of the Week: Apps That Helped on My Vacation...and a Few That Didn't
August 17, 2012 in Hair Balls
A few weeks back, I took a two-week vacation that saw me visit three states and travel by plane, car, shuttle and even by boat for a few minutes. It...
App of the Week: AroundMe Points You in the Right Direction
August 14, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Know Your Local Media: KPRC's Frank Billingsley Keeps You Calm During the Storm
August 07, 2012 in Hair Balls
As someone fascinated by hurricanes and living in Houston, the summer of 2005 was an odd and captivating time for me. A record was set for the number of named...
Five Uses for Your Umbrella Other Than Rain
July 31, 2012 in Hair Balls
App of the Week: Avoid Traffic with Inrix Traffic
July 30, 2012 in Hair Balls
Welcome Back, Hot and Dry. How Long Will It Last?
July 30, 2012 in Hair Balls
