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The Historic Building That Isn't: Wrecking Ball for 19th Century Structure
Austin HistoryPhoto by Jeffrey Kerr When does an historic building stop being historic? When it’s remodeled? Damaged and repaired? Covered over with a new façade? How about if its appearance is...
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This Week in Geek - August 9 - 15
Austin Events Life isn’t all about networking events and making business connections. Sometimes you need to find like-minded geeks for some relaxing fun. Once a week, we round up the best geek social...
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Day Trip: St. Edwards Park
Outdoors My favorite spot in the whole Austin area might just be St. Edwards Park. It’s an 80-acre park that runs along Bull Creek and can be accessed via Spicewood Springs Road just west of 360. It’s...
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As More Cyclists Take to the Road, Austin Tries to Keep Up
Austin News Tom Wald moved from Minneapolis to Austin in 1999. He’s been riding bicycles since he was a child, and it’s his main form of transportation. He says he sees Austin – and other cities –...
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Tech Events Roundup August 14 - 20
Austin Tech Once a week the Austin Post rounds up all the networking, social and just plain nifty technology related events taking place in the greater metro area.This week is full of great excuses to...
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Tape Stops Rolling This Month at Influential Sweatbox Recording Studio
Austin Music & Bands After almost 20 years in business, Austin’s Sweatbox Studio closes shop this month. Owner Mike Vasquez will pick up his family and move to Portland, OR to start a new career...
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I Want You to Be an Opera Critic!
Austin Music & Bands I have been posting reviews (example 1, 2, 3) of the Austin Lyric Opera for several years. Am I the only opera critic in Austin? I would guess many of you could do this and...
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Kickstarter of the Week: Jumpshot
Austin Tech Most of the time I try to find an interesting local Kickstarter that hasn’t reached its goal yet, but every now and then it’s fun to be part of something that’s already wildly successful....
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This Week in Geek August 16-22
Austin Events Life isn’t all about networking events and making business connections. Sometimes you need to find like minded geeks for some relaxing fun. Once a week, we round up the best geek social...
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Day Trip: South Gus Fruh on Barton Creek
OutdoorsPhoto by Stephanie Myers So far, in our journey along Barton Creek, we’ve visited Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls. Recently, The Bearded One and I visited the area on Barton Creek between Mopac...
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Austin Tech Job Roundup August 13-17
Austin Tech We’ve trolled Facebook, LinkedIn and odd corners of the Internet looking for the tech jobs you won’t find on Craigslist. Most of these come from people at the company in question hoping a...
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Q&A with Austin's 'Attorney That Rocks' on Music, Tennis and, Mostly, Hair
Austin News Whether you think they’re awesome, cheesy or just funny, the Austin billboards and commercials advertising David Komie, the city’s “attorney that rocks” are definitely eye-catching. So...
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A Less Visible Occupy Austin Protests On
Austin News Occupy Austin hasn’t been camped on the City Hall steps since February. But the movement is neither gone nor silent. Behind the scenes, the umbrella group for mass protests has been...
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The Flores Fight: Austin's Role in Booting Out the Texas Cherokee
Austin History In the early 19th century, a Georgia schoolboy named Mirabeau Lamar was tasked with answering the question: “Were the Europeans Justified in Conquering and Taking Possession of America...
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Tech Events Roundup August 21-27
Austin Tech Once a week the Austin Post rounds up all the networking, social and just plain nifty technology related events taking place in the greater Austin area. This week sees the return of BASHH!...
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The Only Bacon-based Craft Missing is a Slice of Bacon Jumping a Shark
Foodhttp://bacon.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bacon_land_2.jpegWelcome to Bacon Land. Bacon. It’s crispy, salty, delicious...and an excellent crafting material? As someone who doesn’t eat the stuff, I have an...
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Apartment Complexes Required to Offer Recycling as City Moves Toward Zero Waste
Austin News When Adam Cooper and Lily Brooks moved from Grand Reserve, their South Austin apartment complex, to a rental house off East Austin’s Manor Road on Aug. 1, they moved dozens of glass bottles...
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A Bird! A Plane! No, It's Austin Books & Comics!
Join Shane Shelton on a fun tour of Austin's premier comics and graphic novels emporium, Austin Books & Comics. Learn about the rarities, huge inventory and hallowed history of this...
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$5,000 to Tattoo Your Logo on Tesla Event Founder's Arm
Austin Events There’s dedication to your artistic projects, and then there’s getting advertiser logos tattooed on your arm. First, some background: Nikola Tesla, in the late 19th and early 20th...
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Kickstarter of the Week - The GRL Talk Book: 231 Quotes from Rockrgrl Magazine
Art BeatIt’s no surprise that a music capital like Austin would inspire a magazine like Rockrgrl. During its ten-year run, the award-winning magazine interviewed hundreds of successful female musicians...
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