Archive for August, 2006
Dr. Pianka, Crazy or Logical?
I just recently read an article in last’s Sunday’s Express News regarding how a UT Austin zoology professor believes there will soon be a world wide human population crash . What has gotten him the most attention has been his striking quotes, one being the following:
“I actually think the world will be much better […]
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Global Warming hitting San Antonio, Texas…HARD
San Antonio is currently in a serious drought, a 17 month drought. We have only received 20.52 inches of rain since April 2005, which is only 43% of normal. We have hit the hottest average temperature’s this year ever recorded in history. We have had the hottest August ever recorded in history, hitting 102 degrees!
It’s […]
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What’s in a paleta?
If you are from outside of Texas, you are probably wondering “what is a paleta?” If you are from Texas, you should know what a Paleta is, and if not, shame on you!
Paletas are the ‘oh so good’ ice cream bars sold at El Paraiso. The original El Paraiso happens to be down the street […]
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50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days?
Is it humanly possible? That is 1300 miles in 50 days. Well, we will find out in 3 days as Sam Thompson goes on to complete this mission. As of today, he is at 48 marathons in 47 days. Sam is a professional runner but no runner is crazy enough to do what he is […]
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Have you Hurd?
2nd Preseason Game, Cowboys are now 2-0 as they finished against the Saints, 30-7.
Sam Hurd, a San Antonio Native, made the last touch down of the 2nd quarter from a 13 yard pass from Bledsoe. Hurd is a 21yr old Rookie coming from N. Illinois. Before college, Hurd attended Brackenridge High School in downtown San […]
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Slashed Tires jeapordizes San Antonio’s chance of a Pro Football Team?
More than 70 hotel guests at the Red Roof Inn located on the East side of downtown San Antonio had their tires slashed. Yes, this is an unfortunate situation and I sure would be pissed if it happened to me. But one man quotes the following:
Y’all want to get a national football league team here […]
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San Francisco or San Antonio?
San Francisco is such a great city. Although coming from August in San Antonio to August in San Francisco was a huge temperature change, like 40 degrees! I went running from my hotel to Fisherman’s Warf and actually had to wear a long sleeve shirt over my shirt because it was so cool. We also […]
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LinuxWorld 2006-San Francisco
After being at LinuxWorld for a week, surrounded by ‘techies’ that all had their own blog, I figured it was time for me to join the blogging community. I was at LinuxWorld to represent ServerBeach, A PEER1 Company.
LinuxWorld was great. Although I had never attended LinuxWorld, it was much smaller than I had expected. RedHat […]
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