Here’s some test video I shot with my new Flip MinoHD. It’s my nice bucolic back yard in the Houston Heights: three miles west of downtown Houston, one of the larger cities in the United States. I did a slight amount of editing with iMovie (not iMovie HD – if anyone knows the difference could … Read more
John D Was my roommate in Webster in the early 90s and the first resident of my house in the Houston Heights (I was living out of town when I bought it.) He now resides in the San Francisco area and has tempted me with the Maker Faire to bypass Los Angeles. I called up … Read more
Before you head to the Art Car Parade on Saturday, you should head by your polling places and vote. Particularly if you live in HoustonCity Council District H. My poling place for this off election is at Reagan High School – a different location than normal for me. I haven’t had or taken the time … Read more
It’s Art Car Week again in Houston. For hundreds of thousands of people it’s Art Car Parade time again. The parade rolls at 1pm on Saturday. It starts staging at 10am, and the best way to check out the cars is to get there early and walk up and down the staging area. Often the … Read more
I downloaded an app to give you more information that you need: Zillow. It will tell you asking prices for homes, and estimates of others. It told me the house across the street that was asking $850K looks like it went for $819. The other 3 (two are built), are asking $849K each. They’ve been … Read more
Google has some great lectures put on at their campus from people of all different backgrounds. I try to catch one now and then but keeping up with the volume is tough. I was clicking about the Internet and ran across a really great talk by Matt Leacock, designer of Pandemic. Pandemic is a nice … Read more