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Lake Travis vs. Killeen - Texas 4A Quarterfinals

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Future Texas Longhorn QB Garrett Gilbert took the field for the first time at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the first of many Saturdays to come, and his Lake Travis Cavaliers routed the Killeen Kangaroos by a score of 71-9 in the State 4A Quarterfinals.
Gilbert threw for 360 yards and four touchdowns. Unfortunately, he [...]

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December 7th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Dr. Mac (Bob LeVitus) Now Has a Blog!

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Well-known author in the Macintosh industry, long time Austin, Texas resident, and former boss of yours truly at Power Computing, Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus finally has a blog! Bob’s actually been blogging for a couple of weeks, but I just found out about it.
Some of my earliest web work was creating an online site for [...]

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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Astrophotography: Moon-Venus-Jupiter Convergence - December 1st

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The skies Monday night were clear as could be for the convergence of the three brightest objects in the night sky, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter.

That’s Venus at six o’clock and Jupiter at four o’clock. Obviously, the Moon is at eleven o’clock.
I shot in a part of my Cedar Park subdivision that is only partially [...]

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December 1st, 2008 at 10:04 pm

Astrophotography: Venus-Jupiter Convergence - November 30th

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For those that don’t know, there is an interesting convergence of celestial objects occurring right now. The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, have been moving closer and closer together over the last few weeks. Tonight and tomorrow night, they are only two degrees apart.
It was a tough night for astrophotography. The convergence occurs just [...]

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November 30th, 2008 at 9:30 pm

Texas versus Texas A&M Thoughts & Pictures

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Order was restored to the universe Thursday evening, with Texas defeating Texas A&M by the largest margin of victory in the series since the 19th century, Mack Brown getting his 200th career win, and the Longhorns taking sole possession of the record for the second most winning program in NCAA football.
Was it enough to hold [...]

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Texas versus Baylor Recap

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It’s good to be back to my underestimating ways with the Longhorns. I predicted a score of Texas 35 - Baylor 14, while the final score turned out to be Texas 45 - Baylor 21. I was also incorrect in how empty I thought it would be at kickoff:

While there certainly were some sparse areas, [...]

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November 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am

Texas versus Baylor Predictions

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After a last second loss to Texas Tech, the Longhorns return to the field against the Baylor Bears. It’s early and I’m still on my first espresso, so don’t expect anything brilliant, but here are my pre-game thoughts:
As a fan, the best thing about an 11am game time is that it means I won’t be [...]

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November 8th, 2008 at 8:17 am

KXAN back on Time Warner

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As I discussed perviously, KXAN and LIN had to cut a deal with Time Warner before November 1st. Lo and behold, yesterday the deal got done.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed by either side, but I don’t expect that Time Warner gave up much. In a down economy, KXAN simply couldn’t afford the reduction in [...]

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October 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

Texas versus Oklahoma State 2008

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On a hot, late October Saturday afternoon, the Oklahoma State Cowboys gave the top ranked Texas Longhorns all they could handle. I was wrong about the Over/Under (I picked the Over), but it certainly was the closest game the Longhorns have played all season. OSU was every bit the top ten team that they were [...]

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October 26th, 2008 at 10:49 am

Another Saturday; Another Tough Game for the Texas Longhorns

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November 13, 2004 - DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium - Austin, Texas - Oklahoma State is beating Texas by 35-7 with less than two minutes left in the first half. Fair-weather fans are already leaving. Texas puts together a nice drive to go into the half down by three touchdowns. Coach Mack Brown promises the team they’re [...]

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October 25th, 2008 at 8:16 am