For the last couple weeks I’ve been giving a bit of a hand to the civic hacking community in Houston that is playing a critical role in helping with the rescue and recovery efforts in Texas and has now turned its attention to helping prepare for Irma in Florida. Angela Shah of Xconomy ...
This Houston radio station wanted to interview me about last Sunday’s USA Today advice to bargain for a better rate on your TV and Internet bill. Fortunately, I had spare time during a long connection through Newark and an unusually uncrowded United Club in which to take anchor Scott Crowder...
� While reading my book, drinking diet Mountain Dew, and watching the passing people parade, I noticed that in Duluth, when it comes to teeth, �Houston, we have a problem.� The younger ones have generally good looking teeth, but something happens to people in their mid-20's. ...
My trip home from SXSW Wednesday started with my first of two flights getting delayed by at least two hours, ensuring that I’d miss my connection in Houston–and I never worried about getting home that day. That was because I had some of the best possible support in my corner: the age...
With our usual podcast companion John Quain out on a work trip, the Houston Chronicle’s Dwight Silverman joined us in his place. 6/9/2024: Why the US Falls Short on Easy, Cheap Cross-Border Money Transfers, PCMag I started gathering string for this story back in February when I travele...
For my city. In my lifetime. The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in a game 7 that wasn’t supposed to happen after… the team started the season with a 19-31 record… our bullpen was revealed to be built partially out of balsa wood… we had to claw our way into ...
Jackie Robinson turns 100 and MLB, New York City plan to party Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, turned 100 years old on Thursday. View Comments ... Baseball Heroes JackieRobinson JackieRobins...
Sharon Osbourne (manager; cofounder, Ozzfest):So what happened was, in 1996 I said to my agents for Ozzy, “Ozzy should be on Lollapalooza.” They went and asked, and the response was, “Ozzy’s not relevant.” Ozzy Osbourne (artist; cofounder, Ozzfest):They said, “Ozzy is a dinosa...
In a series of exclusive interviews, the MLB commissioner talks about cheating scandals, rules changes and his plans to return the game to a crisper form of itself.
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