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Comment of the Day: There's Enough Jargon In This iPhone5 Comment For All Of Us

We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning or afternoon from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula i ... More >>

Turn The Radio Off: Where Do We Find New Music?

Aside from the better gas mileage and the smell, the best feature of my new car is that it has multiple audio inputs: Bluetooth, USB, auxiliary -- if a device emits sound, my car can probably play it if I find the right cord. It was finally time for me to leave the radio behind and embrace a realit ... More >>

James Adcock, Child Rapist, Keeps Bluetooth on During Arrest

Photo by DPSJames Adcock, sans Bluetooth​James Adcock of Vidor was one of six Texas sex offenders arrested for committing parole violations on Halloween night. Because if a registered sex offender violates his parole on Halloween night, it's probably not for a good reason. Adcock, 25, is fro ... More >>

Mosquito Invasion: Five Tips On How To Survive

Blood suckers​When your historic drought is temporarily broken by some welcome rain, you're gonna get mosquitoes coming to life. This past weekend was a slap-happy affair, as the so-called "floodwater mosquitoes" broke out of their eggs and tried to feast on human flesh. Five ways you can su ... More >>

Houston's TranStar Gets Some Major Tech-Geek Love

From a TranStar PowerPoint on the system​The Web site Jalopnik, home to all things automotive, takes a lengthy and glowing look today at TranStar's use of Bluetooth devices to track traffic jams. "[N]o one has tried snatching real-time data directly from Bluetooth devices along a network of s ... More >>

“The Listening Post”

Installation artist Tim Brown is on the line and ready to take your calls

Ain't Nothing Wrong With A Texas Mathbook

Teachers in a California school district are up in arms over the fact that publisher McGraw-Hill mistakenly sent unedited copies of math textbooks riddled with errors. In addition to typos and problems with the answer-keys, the books, approved for California academic standards, came with covers for ... More >>

Step Right Up: The favorite Tom Waits songs of tons of local and national music figures

Honor Bound

A fictional look at the future of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame