After almost a year of innactivity on this site we have two announcements to make. First, HomeTexas.Org is moving a new home on the web. Second, with a move to a new web host we are also archiving this version of HomeTexas.Org.
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Brad's patent-pending Fearless Playoff Predictions are here for the 2006 NBA Playoffs.
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This past Sunday, the NBA and NBA TV tried a little experiment with the broadcast of the game between the Houston Rockets and the Orlando Magic. In what was billed as a "Silent Game", NBA TV aired the game without announcers.
As soon as I heard that the NBA was going to try this out, I had to tune in and see how they would pull it off. Would it be a silly gimmick or groundbreaking television?
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This will be the first installment of a small series of articles on what is being said about "design" on the Internet. As a by product, this series will also highlight a couple of sites that I visit frequently and hold in relatively high regard for their quality content.
First up, we take on a recent article posted at AListApart.com.
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AP News - E! TV is proud to announce a ground breaking new series that will debut this spring. Building upon the tradition of excellence and the strong reputation of our long running series Wild On..., E! will explore the most important stories in our culture with the new series War On...
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Some time ago I ran across a site where a witty individual produced Spam Poetry.
Astounded by the amount of spam I've received recently, I was inspired to create my own little bit 'o poetry from the subject lines of the spam messages over filling my inbox. Every word is taken straight from an actual email and is presented in the same case or lack of case as in the original message.
And so I give you my first (and perhaps only) entry into the Spam Poetry field...
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Question: What is worse than a product slogan lodged in your brain for decades on end? The Answer: When you've held onto that goofy ad campaign for all those years and then you finally run into a situation that calls for the product and it lets you down miserably.
Thus begins my tale...
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I have left the A&M football team alone up to this point of the season. I just couldn't write about them. It has been that ugly and most likely it will get much worse over the last month of the season, starting today.
But this week, one number has been thrown around regarding the Aggies that I just can't let slip by: 115
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A new NBA season brings us a new NBA preview. I've ranked the Western Conference teams from top to bottom based on how I think they will finish the regular season. Rankings due not reflect the predicted playoff seeding, as division winners will earn the top three playoff spots. I would rank the Eastern Conference, but I really don't like any of those teams.
And so, here we go...Continue reading "NBA 2005-2006 Preview"
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An often neglected step of the software development process is the post mortem. I'm sure there are numerous other names for this process, but the general idea is to look back at the project from the beginning with the intent of reviewing the process, the decisions and the outcomes of those decisions. This process helps you identify not only what you did wrong, but what you did right and helps you improve your future projects.
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