Austin's best hot spot for an eco-friendly life!

Family owned and run, Wanderland is the most creatively conscious "hot spot" in Austin for the shopper gone green. Owners Kurt and Christie Hawkins opened their doors around Thanksgiving, and have already impressed...

Hacked road signs warn of zombies, raptors ahead

" COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Hackers are messing with electronic road signs in some states, warning of zombies and raptors down the road. Traffic safety officials aren't amused. The latest breach came during Tuesday...

December Data Confirms Community Banks Winning Battle for Deposit

Deposits in REWARDChecking accounts jumped another $183 million in December. Demand deposit accounts are now being offered by 477 community financial institutions across the country, an 82% increase in the network from a year ago. Follow link for the data study report.  ...

Augie Garrido, U of Texas Baseball Coach, Arrested for DWI

University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido was arrested Saturday for driving while intoxicated.  UT athletics director DeLoss announced that Garrido Augie Garrido has been suspended indefinitely with...

Winter weather across the US, closes schools and airports

As the harsh winter weather continues across the United States, snow, sleet and ice have forced the closures of hundreds of schools, roads and airports, stranding travelers and causing accidents. The National...

Power Breaks, Try Smart City Grid, Austin Texas or Boulder Col.?

Solar Life a reality in Smart City Popular science from DER conferenceIntegration of Renewables,  Nice 12-2008Local, DGAs run the City power not banksDGA = Distributed Generation AssociationAustin Texas...

8. Mob Rule: Mark Zuckerberg SXSW Interview: 2008 in Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

‘YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!’

In a manner reminiscent of Col. Nathan Jessep, Jack Nicholson’s character in A Few Good Men, I’m tempted to tell Texas Longhorns football fans, “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!” It appears, however, that...

Single-Celled Giant Upends Early Evolution

"Slowly rolling across the ocean floor, a humble single-celled creature is poised to revolutionize our understanding of how complex life evolved on Earth. A distant relative of microscopic amoebas, the grape-sized...

World's fastest supercomp for science

The attempts to make powerful computing system is always on. America's Department of Energy's (DOE) has developed a high-performance computing system .Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been proclaimed the world's fastest supercomputer for...

Americans go online to Demand the Debate

John McCain may not have time to debate the issues but an online movement demanding he make time is building serious momentum.  Their website says:"Americans are facing tough choices - how to pay bills, how...

Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths

"HOUSTON – Tens of thousands of residents first hunkered down to wait for Hurricane Ike's brutal punch. Those survivors on the wrecked Texas coast must now wait again — for food, water and ice, for the...

Good Samaritan Turns In Olympian's Missing Gold Medal

Gold medal winner, Brendan Hansen, who won the medal in the now famous relay in Beijing with Michael Phelps, had lost his medal over the weekend, but a good samaritan has turned it in today.It went missing when...

Fireworks at Gnomedex

I'm technically on vacation this week so I missed Gnomedex this year.  Too bad because it sounds like there were some real theatrics.  According to CNet:"uber-blogger Robert Scoble, who at one point...

DANA 2008 Downtown Living Tour to Take Place in October

The Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA) is holding its 5th Annual Downtown Living Tour Sunday, October 19th, from noon to 5 pm. The event showcases homes and the benefits of living in downtown Austin. The Downtown Living Tour attracts hundreds of attendees...

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