mcchris + texas   18

KHOU: Student voters march at Prairie View A&M
The local political machine located an early voting location no closer to the campus of Prairie View A&M University, so students at the historically black campus marched down a highway to vote.
awesome  racism  elections  texas 
february 2008 by McChris
Texas License Plates
Folks can vote for a new Texas license plate design at this site. The new plates will go into production in January 2009.
texas  transportation  poll  design 
february 2008 by McChris
Texas Community Media Summit
"The Texas Community Media Summit will bring together Texas community media makers, stakeholders, activists, and advocates on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Union."
activism  citizensmedia  publicaccess  conference  texas 
january 2008 by McChris
Austinist: State-Commissioned Report Declares Texas Has Too Many State Reports
I needed a real-world example of recursion for a seventh-grade math lesson I was writing last week. I wish I could have used this doozy.
texas  awesome  publicpolicy 
october 2007 by McChris
The Sound of Crickets Chirping: Problems for Texas Startups
Sean McCullough suggests that because Austin Ventures is the only major VC organization in Texas, smaller and more interesting startups are stymied in Austin and Texas.
austin  texas  business  telecom 
october 2007 by McChris
Hutto’s Children: Maddening Structures of Absence
Hector Amaya discusses the juvenile internment camp near Austin that houses kids waiting to be deported.
texas  immigration 
may 2007 by McChris
PlexNex: a new Texas Bill for "Open Documents"
This doesn't require open standards as such, but is aimed at Microsoft's new Office standards. Now that pdf is an open standard, I wonder if there's some Adobe lobbying behind the scenes.
texas  Microsoft  standards 
february 2007 by McChris
CHUD: What if they released a movie and no one came?
The movie Zyzzyx Road grossed a total of thirty dollars in its six-day run at a Dallas movie theater.
film  texas  oldmedia  weird 
january 2007 by McChris
Handbook of Texas Online: Camels
Via Nigel. Apparently, the camels imported to Texas in the 19th century "smelled horrible, frightened horses, and were detested by handlers accustomed to the more docile mules."
Texas  history  weird 
november 2006 by McChris
HoustonSoReal: Even Rock and Rollers Get the Tazer Treatment in My Hood
On Friday Houston police officers responded to a noise complaint at the indie rock venue Walter's on Washington by charging the stage and tasering members of the band Two Gallant, destroying a vintage upright bass in the process.
stupid  texas  indierock  lawenforcement 
october 2006 by McChris
Urban Austin
Wiki "devoted to the architecture and urban design of Austin, Texas."
austin  texas  landuse  architecture  publicpolicy 
june 2006 by McChris
Think Progress » Desperate for Supporters, DeLay Turns to Stephen Colbert
DeLay's legal fund features a clip of Colbert's interview with Robert Greenwald on its site. Can they really be this dumb?
stupid  satire  TV  texas  politics 
may 2006 by McChris
Cow cams roam on MooTube
Longhorns, WebCams, and bad puns, oh my!
texas  TVontheWeb  PBS  thereal  TV 
april 2006 by McChris
Who got shot by Dick Cheney?
Nice little Web project by a former student. Make your own Dick Cheney headlines.
politics  humor  guns  texas 
february 2006 by McChris
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire
White House stalls big time on revealing Cheney's gunshot. The press conference today was awesome as reporters asked about the quality of information channels in the White House.
politics  guns  texas 
february 2006 by McChris

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