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    October 26, 2011

    You Can Now, Somewhat Easily, Find Your Car That Some Bastard Has Towed

    The above is a video showing Houston police chief Charles McClelland explaining the city's new website that helps drivers locate their car if it's been towed and no one's around to tell you where it went. The explanation involves such things as "using technology as a force multiplier, and helping u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Five Reasons Why Perry's Attempt to Block Negative Social Media Content Is a Bad Idea

    Controlling negative publicity is tough business in the modern world. Virtually everything is caught on tape -- good and bad -- and the Internet provides the ideal place for opposition. From anonymous commenters to bloggers to people on social networking sites, it is impossible to prevent negative c ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    Primus

    Controlling negative publicity is tough business in the modern world. Virtually everything is caught on tape -- good and bad -- and the Internet provides the ideal place for opposition. From anonymous commenters to bloggers to people on social networking sites, it is impossible to prevent negative c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Lights Out Houston Begins Tonight

    If you're around downtown at 10 p.m. tonight, expect to see a sudden change. Tonight begins the annual Lights Out Houston campaign, where businesses douse their nonessential lights during non-business hours, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Last year almost 90 million square feet of needlessly lit office sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    App of the Week: SeamlessWeb

    List pulled from the 77027 area code.​App: SeamlessWeb Platforms: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, plus a mobile friendly Web site Web site: SeamlessWeb.com Cost: Free As long as there have been restaurants and lazy people, there have been food delivery services. From the milk man to the pizza de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    There's an App for That: SeamlessWeb Takes Aim at Food Delivery

    A list of available restaurants in the 77027 area code.​For those with a love of food and obsession with their smart phones, these are amazing times. There are apps that give iPhone and Android users all sorts of options when it comes to food, from finding happy hours to ranking restaurants. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Before Networking Was Social: Ten Early Social Websites That Are Dead or Dying

    Who needs Classmates.com when we have Facebook?​Social networking today is a foregone conclusion. Many of us wake up and check Twitter on our smart phones or pull up Facebook on our laptops. We surf YouTube videos in our spare time, find dates on Match.com and spend hours reading music, politi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Sam Houston State: Bomb Threat Evacuates Library

    Sam Houston State has evacuated the Newton Grisham library after a note was found containing a bomb threat. "-A note was found at the Newton Gresham Library indicating a bomb was planted on the third floor of the building," the school announced on its web page. "The building has been evacuated and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Dallas Cowboys: America's Most Popular Team, To America's Discredit

    Dallas Cowboys: America has no taste​The Neilsen Company, the people who give you TV ratings, have done an extensive study on how popular various NFL teams are.According to the Wall Street Journal, the study examined "each team's local and national TV rankings, how often they're mentioned on the I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    10 Reasons Your Restaurant Website Sucks

    Your restaurant website probably sucks​I have spent more than ten years consulting with companies in a wide range of industries on the design and development of their websites. It's a job that can be quite challenging because I often work with organizations who don't know very much about websi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    The Buc-ee's Backlash Begins (Finally)

    ​The Heavens parted and we heard Angels singing...And on the eighth day, God created Buc-ees. And He saw that it was good.-- Testimonial on the blog at Buc-ee's official Web site. For what is, in the end, merely a chain of roadside truck stops that don't even allow trucks to stop, Buc-ee's and it ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Where is the Avant-Garde Cinema Today?

    Aurora Picture Show explores the link between avant-garde and YouTube

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    While You Weren't Tweeting: Post-Holiday Hangover Edition

    No, this is definitely not spaghetti Sheesh. Check out the yawn on you! You'd think someone had cut your head in half. Sure, it doesn't beg notice that it's Monday morning. THE Monday morning following an incredibly steamy, incredibly dehydrating 4th of July weekend. You've already debated quit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Social Distortion: The End-All, Be-All Cure For Your Social Media Sickness

    You log into Facebook, and you're hit with the sudden pang of 172 unread messages in your inbox, 146 unread updates, 59 event invitations, and a partridge in a pear tree. Your Google Reader is uncomfortably lodged at 1000 unread, and it hasn't been touched in ages, sorta like your sexy bits. You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Social Distortion: The Little Election That Could

    Note:  Feel free to sing along with John Denver at any time.  This is wholesome social media activism the whole family can enjoy! There was a land of Persians with loads and loads of hope,All gearing up to elect a new President that was not a dope,And as the polling stations began to chug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Social Distortion: Did Shallow Social Media Sink Susan Boyle?

    You probably had no idea who the hell Susan Boyle was seven weeks ago. And if you'd seen her mugshot, you probably wouldn't have cared. 'Twas easy to judge the homely, have-not warbler by her cover - 'til she opened her mouth, that is. In a flash, The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell was a househ ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Perverts, Beware

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • News

    May 7, 2009
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    April 23, 2009
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    April 16, 2009
  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Local Guy's Suit Against Pat Robertson Helped By Racism From Pat Robertson's Students

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Honey, It's Not What You Think

    After more than forty years of marriage, there are few gifts a husband hasn't already given his wife. But local man Shelly Neider has managed to find one."One year ago Shelly Neider of Houston wanted to give his high school sweetheart and wife of over 40 years a gift to express his love," Becky Lewi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    The City Of Houston Takes On Orbitz And Priceline

    The City of Houston and the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority are currently suing multiple travel websites such as Orbitz and Priceline over tax revenues it claims the sites owe it. Online travel sites pay wholesale prices to hotels for rooms and then customers book those rooms at a mark-up fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    My Prayer (Is To Be On An E-Mail List)

    Hair Balls is now being prayed for by a network of faithful across America. And it's free. (We think.) A Houston-based company called My Prayer Initiative offers the service (we'll get back to that), which, according to them, is the first of its kind.The press release My Prayer Initiative sent ove ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Girl In A Coma

    Hair Balls is now being prayed for by a network of faithful across America. And it's free. (We think.) A Houston-based company called My Prayer Initiative offers the service (we'll get back to that), which, according to them, is the first of its kind.The press release My Prayer Initiative sent ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Welcome Back to Work...

    So, the boss made you come in the day after Thanksgiving, huh? Yeah, and we're guessing there isn't a whole lot to do seeing as how everyone else's boss gave them the day off. (Luckily for us, the news never rests! ... or something.) Well, nod off not, Internet friends. Hair Balls is here with lin ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    Caught In The Net

    So, the boss made you come in the day after Thanksgiving, huh? Yeah, and we're guessing there isn't a whole lot to do seeing as how everyone else's boss gave them the day off. (Luckily for us, the news never rests! ... or something.) Well, nod off not, Internet friends. Hair Balls is here with lin ... More >>

  • Music

    June 5, 2008

    Denny's Adopts Rock Bands

    The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side

  • Music

    February 21, 2008

    Leslie & the LY's

    The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Cover Story: Saving Lobo from Montgomery County's Animal Control Department

    The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    “Lawndale Has Many Friends”

    Brian Piana creates an entire art installation to gain Top Friend status

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Solidarity, Baby

    Brian Piana creates an entire art installation to gain Top Friend status

  • News

    October 18, 2007
  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Move Over, MySpace: Not So Fast

    Local musicians aren't ready to write off MySpace just yet

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Move Over, MySpace

    With friends like these...

  • Music

    May 17, 2007

    Dan Hunter and the MySpace Race

    Can clicks become sales?

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    Boys Like Girls

    Can clicks become sales?

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    "Booty"-licious

    KC says shake it

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    Rev It Up

    Roaring engines, screaming guitars and...Net safety?

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Lord of the Cover Bands

    Lonnie Posey rules the retread roost

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    MuteMath

    Saturday, January 21, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    Bee Keepers

    A spelling bee brings out the stalkers

  • Music

    June 9, 2005

    Angular Acid-Glam Gorecore?

    Too much music, too many genres

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    Electric Avenue

    Is MySpace.com the future of the music business, or just another Web site?

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Tea Time

    "255-0+Tea"

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Sports Bar

    Nick's Sports Bar & Grill

  • Dining

    December 30, 1999

    Hot Plate

    Dreyer's new "Dreamery" lineup

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Serial Killers On-line

    Victim advocates condemn sales of murder-related items

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Get The Goods On All The Bads

    We Snitch on HOUSNITCH! What's really behind City Hall's whistle-blower Web page?

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    The Post is Dead (Again)

    We Snitch on HOUSNITCH! What's really behind City Hall's whistle-blower Web page?

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