August 2011
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Longhorn Hellraisers: Students Jam-Pack the 5th... →
longhornhellraisers:
By Jim Nicar | The Alcalde
Before Bevo, before Texas teams were the “Longhorns,” before orange and white were the University colors, how did students root for UT?
The 5th annual Big Yell program jam-packed new Student Activities Center multi-purpose room…
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June 2011
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CSS3 regions: Rich page layout with HTML and CSS3 →
This is a great piece from Adobe Labs. CSS regions and exclusions propose to help developers display web pages like traditional print media (among other things) and Adobe is doing some great things to push HTML5 to the forefront.
I’ve downloaded the prototype so I can play with it so I’ll most likely be posting whatever I come up with soon.
May 2011
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March 2011
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Visual Budget is here!
The big day is here! Visual Budget has launched at Kickstarter.com, and the race to our fundraising goal of $10,000 begins! We hope you will join us in our launch-day festivities by being among the first to see our project video. And we ask you to please remember our launch-day task-list to help make this project go viral:
Please visit our Kickstarter page and be one of the first to donate...
February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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Make Internet Explorer Render Like Chrome with... →
I really hate debugging css in IE6 sometimes so this is some good news. Google’s Chrome Frame plugin for Internet Explorer is public now.
Mashable:
The Chrome Frame plugin can be used for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8. Once the user downloads the plugin, the browser detects the single meta tag added to the site on the developer’s end, and Chrome Frame switches to the Webkit rendering ...
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“At the end of the day, if you’re dead and the choices are don’t...”
– Alex Albrecht, Diggnation Episode 273
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Flash vs. HTML5: Adobe Weighs In →
This is a really good read. It’s a good move on Adobe part to embrace the new technologies. If you could export Flash movies to HTML5/CSS3 that would be sick but I don’t know if that’s the way Adobe is going.
Mashable:
Adobe, understandably, has a different position. It believes that Flash and HTML5 can exist side-by-side and that each has its own set of strengths and...
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My First Gowalla Trip -- Dazed and Confused style →
This is my first Gowalla trip. Dazed and Confused filming locations around Austin. There are a few more spots I could have included but I haven’t had the time to go out and create them in the Gowalla db. It’s pretty legit though. Check it out if you have the time.
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Super Mario Collection Confirmed as a Port of SNES... →
In Japan, Amazon has started taking pre-orders for Super Mario Collection Special Pack. The company posted a product description, which appears to have been removed from the listing within minutes. However, those few minutes were long enough for somebody to copy and paste the info into a story at Game Jouhou.
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Google’s Color-Changing Logo and What the Company... →
The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it’s likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its “can’t miss” search event on Wednesday.
Attend the Big Yell!
longhornhellraisers:
The Longhorn Hellraisers will be introducing UT students to some of the University’s oldest chants tomorrow, September 9th, at the Big Yell.
The event will be held from 5-7 at the Alumni Center on campus, and gives students a great opportunity to check out the Hellraisers, along with many other spirit groups, and to learn about some of the best and oldest UT traditions.
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Tre' Newton named as Texas' starter →
Tre’ Newton will get the start for the No. 5 Longhorns this week against Wyoming after scoring three touchdowns in Texas’ 34-17 season-opening win at Rice. Newton led the Longhorns with 61 yards on the ground.
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August 2010
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“What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany’s at midnight. Do I go for...”
– Dwight K. Schrute
July 2010
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June 2010
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Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. dies at age 87 →
Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s family says the two-term conservative Democrat has died at his Uvalde, Texas home at the age of 87.
Family spokeswoman Ann Arnold says the rancher and banker died Sunday after a lengthy illness. Arnold says Briscoe had been hospitalized in January and had returned home only recently.
Briscoe was governor from 1972 through 1978, presiding over Texas ...
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