Last week I took the opportunity to hang out for an evening with a guy named Emmanuel Goldstein (nee Eric Corley), the founder of the venerable 2600: The Hacker Quartely, a magazine written by and for hackers. He was in town for the technology portion of the local South By Southwest conference where a founder …
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Bonus Means Free
On Monday, a friend won a free pass from KLBJ to the Wednesday night sneak preview of the Jet Li movie “Unleashed.” On the following day, another coworker won a pass from the same radio station to the same movie. They discovered that there was a surplus of passes between them, so they invited me …
You’ve Made It To the Bonus Round
Today has been a Dine-In Bonus Day for Shawn here. This afternoon I followed my gut instinct (read: hunger) all the way to the nearby IHOP which offered the kind of hot, toasted club sandwich I was craving. Going to IHOP on saturday has become a habit of mine as of late, a way to …
He Supports His Own, Too
Ok. That was damned cool. Tuesday, I got a tip from a friend of mine that a very special show was going to happen in town tonight. As I heard the details and as I researched more details online, I became more intrigued and I had to go. No choice in the matter. On the …
Went to Hellboy and Back
That. Totally. Ruled. I was dragging ass today because I stayed up super-late last night doing what? I took my roomate, and my pass for two, downtown to the Paramount Theatre, stood in line for 3 hours, and watched the never-before-shown-to-anyone world-premier of “Hellboy” a whole three weeks before its April 2nd release. And It. …