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Look out, custodians!
UTSA’s University Center is starting a demonstration of a new SMS-based feedback system, so clients (mainly students) can report on the quality of meeting rooms and restrooms. I suspect the restrooms will quickly become a lot tidier. I hope the system is not so successful that it gets cancelled… Read more
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The Super Bowl Finger Malfunction
So let me get this straight: Madonna is working her butt off trying to punch up a career which is getting a little long in the tooth, so she puts together a Super Bowl halftime show that very graciously showcases a whole gang of pop entertainers. In return, singer M.I.A. expresses her appreciation for being Read more
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Two-fourths of a good idea
Uncle Sam wants kids to read more, so he blankets the web with ads like this: Which I think is pretty cool because (1) I’ve been an Edgar Rice Burroughs junkie since junior high school; John Carter and Tarzan turned me into the voracious reader am I today, and (2) I can’t wait to see Read more
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Greenie Fratricide
Your energy-efficient windows are melting my Prius! Am I the only person who finds this amusing? Tip from Drudge. Read more
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Inside a Death Panel
This is how it happens, with some faceless bureaucrat hoping people will knuckle under to their inhuman policies. But some folks fight back. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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You too, Time Magazine
Hey, TSA! Kelly Cogan’s Silver Spoon Bakery is laughing AT you, not with you. Cupcakes. Tip from the Instapundit, who strikes me as more of an apple-pie-and-ice-cream sort of guy. Read more
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Baby needed new shoes
Looks to me like Roger Soler’s Broadway Store is fixin’ to shut its doors. The Mrs and I dropped in yesterday afternoon; she was looking for a new set of runners to replace the ones she was wearing (comfy, but wearing out). Her only qualification was stylistic, nothing garish, since she isn’t thrilled with the Read more
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