Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 23, 2009, 9:11 am
While I was shooting video of the pre-game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Texas Longhorns, the Wife took the following pictures. Tech Notes: All pictures were taken with a Nikon Coolpix P80. Pos...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 22, 2009, 8:53 pm
At last night's game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Texas Longhorns, the National Anthem was sung by soprano Mary Dunleavy. It was an outstanding performance.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 22, 2009, 2:57 pm
The halftime show for the Longhorn Band at the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Texas Longhorns.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 22, 2009, 12:43 pm
The final Texas Longhorns home game of every season is known as Senior Day. Last night at the Kansas versus Texas game, the senior football players were honored.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 20, 2009, 7:43 am
A few weeks back, I received a jury summons. I’ve never served on a jury, and I wouldn’t mind doing so, except that right now I’m relatively busy with client work. In addition, IR...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 18, 2009, 8:37 am
Lynn Bender is the man behind GeekAustin.org, a community for Austin's high-tech industry. The site contains news and postings of interest to the technical community, as well as information on the...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 17, 2009, 9:49 am
My first guest blogging was published yesterday. I discuss Conversion and Google Maps Optimization at the Conversion Scientist website.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 11, 2009, 8:07 am
Note: This is the second in a series of biographies of and interviews with the people who made things happen in Austin’s early internet history. In the early 1990's, Julie Fergerson managed the...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 8, 2009, 11:25 am
The UCF-UT game this weekend was also the Alumni Band day, so they marched at half time.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 8, 2009, 7:27 am
After a month away from Austin, the Longhorns had another home game. So that means halftime video of the Longhorn Band!
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 4, 2009, 10:38 am
Note: This is the first in a series of biographies of and interviews with the people who made things happen in Austin's early internet history. H/T to William Leake of Apogee Search for the idea b...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 2, 2009, 8:03 am
One of our favorite shows on Discovery is Storm Chasers, the chronicles of several groups of tornado chasers. One of the show regulars is documentary IMAX filmmaker, Sean Casey. The Wife pointed some...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Nov 1, 2009, 12:03 pm
A statement game. That's what the Texas Longhorns needed, and that's what they delivered, beating the Oklahoma State Cowboys 41-14, with two touchdowns coming from the defense. Texas moves to...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 31, 2009, 6:27 pm
Over the summer, I had tonight's game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Stillwater was one to worry about. It has all the signs of a trap game. Road game at night. Against a team who is solid ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 22, 2009, 6:55 pm
The Wife is a complete addict of HGTV. This afternoon I was watching a bit of TV with her before she had to get ready for the night shift, and as we watched "Color Splash with David Bromstad", somethi...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 19, 2009, 9:26 am
I will always take an ugly win over a pretty loss. And Saturday's 16-13 win by the Texas Longhorns over the Oklahoma Sooners certainly qualifies as an ugly win. Especially the first half, where T...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 12, 2009, 8:06 pm
As usual, I took a camera with me to the game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Texas Longhorns at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium last Saturday night. I can't really shoot the game fro...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 11, 2009, 5:58 pm
Here’s the Longhorn Band’s halftime show for the Colorado Buffaloes versus Texas Longhorns game. The theme of the show was a tribute to video games, and the video was shot by the Wife. Te...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 11, 2009, 3:48 pm
The Texas Longhorns kickoff to the Colorado Buffaloes at the start of the game on October 10, 2009.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 11, 2009, 2:22 pm
The Longhorn Band marches into Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the game against the Colorado Buffaloes on October 10, 2009.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Oct 11, 2009, 1:44 pm
As always, the Texas Longhorns coaches and players walked into Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium through the north gate two hours before yesterday's game against the Colorado Buffaloes. To c...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 28, 2009, 9:07 pm
The sunburn that remains on my arms this Monday evening reminds me that it was hot Saturday afternoon. Real hot. The weather report said the high was in the mid-90's, but it felt like it was at le...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 28, 2009, 12:39 pm
An afternoon game with nothing but sunshine meant that even a slow digicam could get sharp action photos at the UTEP Miners versus Texas Longhorns game on September 26, 2009.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 28, 2009, 9:30 am
The Texas Longhorns had a quick start to the game Saturday against the UTEP Miners, recovering a fumble and driving down to the three yard line. Tre' Newton took it from there.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 28, 2009, 8:05 am
The Texas Longhorns kickoff to the UTEP Miners to start the game on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Did I mention it was hot?
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 27, 2009, 10:37 pm
It was a brutally hot afternoon at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, with lots of empty seats (yet somehow more than 101K in attendance). Those of us there did our best to cheer the Longhorns a...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 23, 2009, 9:35 pm
Heading into the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns, if you had told me that Tech would only score twenty-four points, I would have confidently predicted a win by three or...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 21, 2009, 10:00 pm
As always, the Wife and I were in Section 127 (upper deck eastside at about the 28 yard line). As usual, I brought a camera with me to take some pictures. We started at the north gate to see the coac...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 20, 2009, 4:03 pm
Here's the Longhorn Band's halftime show during the Texas Tech versus Texas game on September 19, 2009.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 20, 2009, 2:10 pm
Saturday evening, September 19, 2009, Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium hosted the largest crowd ever to attend a game in the state of Texas (101,297 official attendance). I shot this video of th...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 19, 2009, 1:39 pm
Many Texas Longhorn fans still see the play in their nightmares. Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell throws the ball to Michael Crabtree, who tosses off a tackle from Earl Thomas and outruns Curtis ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 18, 2009, 8:42 am
© Copyright 2009 Nate Beeler - All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 13, 2009, 10:00 am
A Saturday of upsets and near upsets. Fifth ranked Oklahoma State lost to unranked Houston by two scores. Freshman quarterback Tate Forcier lead his rebuilding Michigan team to a four point victory o...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 10, 2009, 1:59 pm
It was great to see you speaking at the Apple event yesterday. You've lost some hair and some weight, but as you said, you're vertical and you're back at Apple. I'm glad you're the...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 7, 2009, 5:04 pm
I've been going to Texas Longhorns football games for quite a few years now, and I can't remember a season opener with such comfortable weather. The temperature was mild, and the little bit of...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Sep 7, 2009, 2:09 pm
Two hours before every home game, the Texas Longhorns players and coaches walk from their buses, through the north gate of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, and across the field to their locker ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 31, 2009, 3:54 pm
© Copyright 2009 Gary McCoy - All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 14, 2009, 12:41 pm
I stayed up way past my bed time last night to watch the entire Dallas Cowboys preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. Here are are some of my thoughts. The audio for the telecast was awful. Soun...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 13, 2009, 2:24 pm
Wednesday evening, the Texas Longhorns football team held an open practice at Frank Denius Fields (southeast corner of 26th Street and Red River) from 7pm to 9pm. Although it was raining prior to the ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 12, 2009, 12:10 pm
© Copyright 2009 Eric Allie - All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 12, 2009, 12:04 pm
© Copyright 2009 Keefe - All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Aug 10, 2009, 5:06 pm
As a child of the 70's and 80's, I grew up watching Harrison Ford movies. He played some of my favorite characters, from Han Solo to Indiana Jones. Here are his ten best movies.
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Jul 26, 2009, 10:09 pm
The Galileoscope is a $15 kit that allows you to build a refracting telescope. I ordered mine in mid-May and it arrived Tuesday of last week. The first thing I noticed is that it's made of fairly ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Jul 26, 2009, 8:23 pm
President Obama would like us all to believe that there are only two choices on healthcare: his plan and the current situation. In fact, he beats this straw man up whenever possible. His position is ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Jul 24, 2009, 7:39 am
One argument made by conservatives and libertarians against universal health coverage is that governments are incapable of controlling costs. This is incorrect. Before we dive into that, however, let...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Jul 22, 2009, 4:28 pm
The web is on fire this afternoon with the news that Amazon is buying Zappos. The deal is reportedly worth more than $800 million in cash and stock. From the Zappos perspective, the deal makes a lot ...
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Brian C. posted an article on BrianCombs.net - Jul 22, 2009, 12:02 pm
On May 15th, I placed an order for the equipment needed to attached my Nikon D200 to the Galileoscope I ordered the same day. I received an email two days later that the parts were backordered, but sh...
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