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Knight(s) to Leave Texas Tech?
Whenever the Texas Tech men’s basketball team has a (relatively) good or bad season, rumors are born that suggest coach Bob Knight is going to leave Lubbock and continue on to greener pastures. It seems that this year is no exception. I found this thread on the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s discussion boards today, in which the…
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Bring it On
Texas Tech’s loss to West Virginia last night in the Sweet 16 means only one thing to me: Bring on Baseball. I’m trying to not let a lot of the negativity surrounding baseball affect my love of the game. The biggest issue I’m reeling with right now is the Cubs loss of Joe Borowski —…
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Tech Writing Jobs in Lubbock
I spent a good portion of the evening looking at online job databases, and it’s a bit discouraging to see the quality of jobs available. I graduate in May (pending the passing of my MATC portfolio) and it’s easy to get discouraged about jobs in technical writing and technical editing, at least in the Texas…
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Bonds Submits
I was a bit disappointed to read today that Giants slugger Barry Bonds may not finish the rest of the season: “I’m tired of my kids crying. You wanted me to jump off a bridge, I finally did,” Bonds told reporters Tuesday, shortly after returning to training camp. “You finally brought me and my family…
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Saira Shah to Speak at Texas Tech
The Texas Tech Department of English has booked Saira Shah for the 2005 Convocation. If you’re within 300 miles of the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock on August 30, you should be there. If it’s not enough that at the age of 21 Shah crawled around on her belly covering the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan…
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Google One Step Closer to Launching Gmail
It seems that Google is getting one step closer to launching Gmail. While surfing this morning, I saw the a link below the search field inviting me to the service (see image). Here’s the word from Google: Since we launched Gmail in April 2004, we’ve been focused on improving the service, relying on our users…
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Apple to Boost Stock Ram?
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is planning to make 512mb of RAM the standard on all new computers, beginning at about mid-year: By mid-year, Apple is likely to include a minimum of 512MB of RAM in each of the Macs it sells, double the amount of standard memory shipping in most of today’s models. Sources…
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Apple’s Influence on Free Speech
The internet is booming with discussion regarding Apple’s decision to sue three bloggers who published information pertaining to unreleased products. In case you missed it, here it is within the proverbial nutshell: an Apple employee leaked product information to several bloggers. The information hinted at the design and features of Apple’s then-unreleased Mac-Mini and new…
Michael Castellon 