30 September 2008
Post-Ike blogger gathering Saturday, Oct. 4
Now that Houston is almost back to normal following the storm, it seems like a good time for a post-Ike blogger gathering.
We're planning on hitting the West Alabama Ice House on Saturday, October 4, from 6 pm - ????
If you're a local blogger, commenter, reader, whatever -- feel free to drop by and have a brew (or several) with us!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/30/08 09:39 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (17)
30 August 2008
Labor Day weekend
Things might be a little quiet around here (unless something interesting pops up, such as a hurricane!), so here's hoping you all have a wonderful, relaxing holiday weekend.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 08/30/08 05:24 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (2)
19 July 2008
The blog is going on vacation....
The blog is going on vacation over the next week....
I have travel this week (a pleasure trip and a work trip), and Anne Linehan has a number of things demanding her attention over the same time period, so it's unlikely we're going to have much time for posting.
So we're going to turn it over to ya'll for a while.... Please feel free to use this thread to discuss any Houston-area news that pops up over the next week. We just ask that you abide by the usual rules of the forum, and treat your fellow readers and commenters with the usual courtesy. Enjoy!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/19/08 12:20 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (19)
03 July 2008
Happy Fourth!
Here's wishing everyone a very happy Fourth of July weekend.
Happy Birthday, America!
ANNE ADDS: If you live in unincorporated Harris County, be sure to thumb your nose at the Chron killjoys. Klein Oak Band is running the Fireworks Warehouse on FM 2920, west of I-45 and across from Spring Tabernacle, as a fundraiser. If you live in far north Harris County, drop by, say hi, and spend some money. I'll be working 'til 2 this afternoon.
Happy Independence Day!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/03/08 10:17 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (4)
02 June 2008
Stuff we're working on...
In light of Anne Linehan's post on METRO's latest "service improvements" we thought we'd share a few things that we're contemplating for the little blog.
First, we're considering a new blog category and separate forum section to post and track citizen TXPIA requests. We started with the idea of tracking Tom Bazan's requests (which routinely result in stonewalling from METRO), but then thought we could just as easily post additional relevant requests sent by readers -- and then let the submitters keep track of their status in the forum. The Sheriff's Office is hardly the only local governmental entity that stonewalls TXPIA requests, after all.
Second, we've long had a sidebar of "Local Blog Talk" link postings, where we try to highlight local bloggers posting about purely local affairs. As blogging about local matters has grown, we've posted more and more to that sidebar. Unfortunately, there's not currently an RSS feed for it, and it's not featured as prominently as we would like. So we're contemplating just rolling those updates into the regular blog stream, with their own category and RSS feed for anyone who wants to track them separately. The posts would be along the lines of Instapundit-style one- or two-sentence linkposts.
Let us know in the forum what you think about these proposed "service improvements" -- and whether they should even be called "service improvements" (since we are not proposing cuts, that may not be the appropriate term).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/02/08 08:58 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (8)
22 May 2008
Memorial Weekend slowdown
Memorial Day weekend is nearly upon us, and that means a slowdown in posting here (especially since some bHers are off on a camping/floating trip).
Here's wishing everyone a restful, long weekend!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/22/08 08:34 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (17)
30 April 2008
Headed to Piraeus (and mostly points beyond)
I wanted to put up a short announcement that I'll be headed out of country to Greece for a couple of weeks, and won't be posting here (although I may check in from time to time depending upon connectivity).
If everyone helps to play nice in the forums (which is almost always the case anyway), I'm sure Anne and the other bloggers/mods will be most appreciative. :)
Oh, and Go Rockets!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/30/08 11:17 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (9)
31 December 2007
Less-than-world-class New Year's greetings
We'd like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Sadly, our quirky little burg didn't manage to resurrect the world-class New Year's Eve Star event. Recall that Carol Alvarado was too "event-ed out" last year to plan what we were led to believe was going to be a huge annual event. And this year, she apparently was too depressed over term limits to be bothered with the event. The new leadership at the GHCVB apparently couldn't be bothered either -- because, you know, it's more important to advertise to the world that our little city has celebrities!
We do suspect that, even without a world-class "annual" event like a New Year's Eve Rising Star, most Houstonians will have a fine time tonight. Somehow, Houstonians always seem manage to muddle along just fine, even if our leaders occasionally have "world-class" envy.
Thanks, as always, to everyone who reads, comments, lurks, links, amuses, or otherwise contributes to the little blog community here. We're looking forward to 2008!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/31/07 08:32 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (7)
27 December 2007
Technical difficulties
Apparently, the web host had a hard drive crash earlier, which knocked us off the web for a bit.
Unfortunately, they had to restore from a backup that wasn't exactly current, so some posts and comments have been lost. I was able to restore the posts from web feeds, but all comments past a certain point have been lost permanently, unfortunately. Sorry about that!
We may have to consider a new web host before too long, as this is annoying!
UPDATE (12-29-2007): I've added some backup redundancy via a couple of scripts we're now running via a cron job. Details are here, for anyone who is interested in a similar backup system for their own blog (recommended after our recent experience).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/27/07 10:03 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (8)
23 December 2007
Holiday slowdown
There is likely to be little blogging over the next couple of days as the big holiday approaches, so...
Merry Christmas, everyone! Or, as my very inclusive compatriot said last year, "Merry Whatever Holiday You Celebrate!"
UPDATE: A Pancho Claus sighting! And Elves and More gives away 16,000 bikes!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 12/23/07 05:58 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (9)
08 December 2007
O' Come All Ye Faithful (readers, commenters, critics, etc)
It's well past time for a blogHOUSTON gathering.
We missed having an anniversary get together, so we'll just have an omnibus Merry Christmas/Holidays/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/2007/Anniversary celebration.
If you're reading this, please feel free to join us at Byzantio on West Gray on Saturday afternoon, December 15.
We'll get underway about 3:00 pm and carry on as usual. We may retire across the street to Barnaby's for dinner if anyone is interested.
If you're a reader, blogger, commenter, pol, journalist, critic, friend, or just really like Greek bars, please feel free to drop by and say hello.
And if we don't get a chance to say so in person -- As always, thanks to everyone who helps keep the blog fun for us!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/08/07 05:01 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (15)
21 November 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
Posting is likely to get slow here as we gorge on turkey and dressing and football and such over the next few days.
Here's wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
ANNE ADDS: Don't forget the shopping, Kevin!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/21/07 09:03 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (10)
18 November 2007
A big welcome back to Houston's newest Bikram Yoga instructor
For the past nine weeks or so, our fine copy editor Cathy has been out of town, immersed in intensive classes with none other than Bikram himself to become a Bikram Yoga instructor.
The training is finally done, and Houston's newest certified Bikram Yoga instructor is back among us.
We're really happy to welcome back our copy editor and favorite Bikram instructor. Well done, Cathy!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/18/07 11:14 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (5)
19 September 2007
Happy Birthday to us (and an announcement)
Anne Linehan reminded me a few days ago that the blog's third birthday was approaching.
Sure enough, our first posts here were on September 19, 2004. So, Happy Birthday to us!
We weren't quite sure how our city-specific, LA Examiner-like follow-up to the successful Chronically Biased project would fare, but we at least had in mind a web project that we thought would be fun and different.
It's definitely been fun! That it continues to generate interest among the city's pols, journalists, bloggers, and our wonderful commenters is even more gratifying. Whether you agree with our posts or not, we're pleased when Houstonians take more of an interest in our great city. That's sort of the point of it all.
That and having a drink with our net friends! We'll definitely be planning a birthday celebration in the near future.
But (now for the announcement part)... it will have to wait a couple of weeks. On Friday, Callie and I are off on a long-planned excursion to Greece (and Turkey, if I get my way) for a couple of weeks. We may check our email if we find suitable internet cafes, but we intend mostly to be unplugged. So, starting Friday, no posts from me until sometime in early October. Please play nice while I'm away (and keep an eye on those crafty pols). Opa! :)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/19/07 08:14 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (6)
22 August 2007
BTC meetup, Friday night
Lose an Eye, It's a Sport announces a Friday night blogger gathering (of sorts).
The Byzantio Transportation Consortium will be getting together for some '80s music courtesy of Houston's best cover band, Molly and the Ringwalds, this Friday at the Continental Club at 7pm.
We may retire afterwards to the West Alabama Ice House to chat about transit policy, the Texans, or whatever comes to mind.
Lose an Eye writes more about the Byzantio Transportation Consortium (a grassroots organization!) in this earlier post.
Come hang out with us Friday night, if you're so inclined.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/22/07 12:24 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (25)
13 July 2007
Slow blogging...
This doesn't happen very often, but things might be a little slow around here, as Kevin is already off on a (long) weekend adventure, and I'll soon be heading off on a (long) weekend adventure.
Y'all enjoy whatever weekend adventures you have planned, and see you soon!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 07/13/07 01:11 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (9)
26 June 2007
Coven Gathering/300 Club celebration: Saturday, June 30
As threatened here, we've decided to have a long-overdue blog gathering on Saturday.
We'll be honoring Vernon Guy and the rest of the 300 Club (commenters with 300 or more comments).
The festivities will take place on Saturday, June 30, at Byzantio on West Gray, from 4pm - ????
If you're a bH reader, blogger, commenter, 300 Clubber, or just feel like sitting on the patio and having a nice drink or Greek appetizer, please feel free to drop by.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/26/07 10:52 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (21)
31 May 2007
Off to Dallas
Almost two weeks ago I told you that my son's baseball team -- the Spring Klein Red Sox -- had won the USSSA South Zone tournament for their age and class level. With that win, the team began preparing to go to the USSSA Class A Texas State Tournament.
And that time is here, so my family is heading up to Dallas tomorrow for a weekend of baseball and fun. Woo hoo! We have lots of Gatorade, bug spray, sunblock, and excitement. We are ready!
Go Red Sox!!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 05/31/07 09:47 PM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (7)
24 May 2007
Radio silence (or something like that)
It's time for my annual Memorial Day Weekend float/camping trip, so I'll be mostly unplugged from the net for a few days and definitely not posting here (although I probably can't resist checking email with my smartphone every once in a while).
Here's wishing everyone a great Memorial Day weekend. :)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/24/07 08:54 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (7)
15 March 2007
Show us your basketball knowledge
Commenter Greg544 emailed earlier and asked if we were planning on an NCAA tourney contest along the lines of our football pick'em.
We hadn't originally planned on doing so, but since he did us the favor of setting it up, why not?
You can make your picks here.
You'll need a CBS Sportsline account. The password for the bracket is bloghouston. Picks are due by noon on March 15.
We don't have any prizes to offer this time, but maybe we'll do a post-tourney gathering at Byzantio and I can buy the winner drinks.
Good luck!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/15/07 06:55 AM | Announcements | Technorati | Comments (1)
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