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This Week in Geek August 15 - 21: Show and Tell Edition
This week, DorkBot is back to talk about the future of transportation, TechShop is hosting a maker show and tell, and Sound and Cinema presents a free musical tribute to Jurassic Park. If that’s not...
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Made in Austin: Sir EyeBot Probably Isn’t Reporting You to SkyNet
Steampunk is all about whimsically taking old technologies to their most illogical extremes, so it’s no surprise that members of Austin’s Robot Group decided to build a Steampunk themed robot.
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Day Trip: Bull Creek (East of 360)
Bull Creek is one of Austin’s greatest natural treasures. This Colorado River tributary winds its way through some of the most beautiful parts of northwest Austin and features more than one spot to...
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Overrated: Matt's El Rancho
The first time I visited Austin in 1978, I went to dinner at Matt's El Rancho at its original location on Cesar Chavez where the Four Seasons hotel now sits.
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Tech Jobs Roundup for August 16
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 friend of a...
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Top 5 Austin City Pools
August means two things. One, it’s hotter than … it’s too hot to think of a good analogy. And two, the kiddies are all finally headed back to school.
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Tech Events Roundup August 19 - 25: User Group-O-Rama Edition
This week, you can join Door64 for their monthly happy hours, share a drink with your fellow WordPress programmers at Black Star Co-Op, or learn more about TechRanch at their Chuckwagon Lunch. You can...
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The Frost Bank Tower - Soaring Skyscraper or Sore Thumb?
The Frost Bank Tower is one of those love it or hate it buildings. Count me in the latter category. (You might be able to argue me down to "dislike.")
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Austin Startups Postcast: Terra Pave Greens Texas Roads
This week, we got to talk to one of the engineers behind Terra Pave International. Talking to passionate, geeky engineers is fun. Co-Founder Yetkin Yildirim clearly lives and breathes paving...
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Seaholm District: a Lot More Than a Grocery Store
A lot of fanfare accompanied last year's announcement that Trader Joe’s was the first tenant signed on to the Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment. When the entire project is complete though, there will...
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Austin Kickstarter of the Week: Pixy Easy-to-Use Vision Sensor
Charmed Labs is bringing the eventual robot uprising one step closer with their camera sensor, Pixy, which promises a fast, teachable, arduino compatible vision sensor.
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Austin Kickstarter of the Week: Synergy Wireless Smartphone Charger
The folks behind Synergy have a good point. While cellphone technology has evolved dramatically in the past couple decades, chargers are pretty much the same. That’s probably because the feature...
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Hometown Fest Puts Community in Comedy
Comedians from across the country and all the way up to Canada will descend upon Austin next week to perform more than 120 shows as part of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
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Best Day Trip Ever: Krause Springs
Krause Springs makes Barton Springs look like a diaper-filled swampy hell hole. And I love Barton Springs. That’s just how magical Krause Springs is though.
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City of Austin: Don't Shut Down East Side Tubes
I was shocked and appalled to hear that the City of Austin has effectively shut down a locally owned and operated family business MOC Kayaks and East Side Tubes.
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This Week in Geek August 22-28: Game Your Week Away Edition
This week, you can join dozens of other gamers (and a lot of local game developers) at the weekly South Austin Game Night, get some lady time gaming action going with Girl Geeks of Austin, or try some...
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Made in Austin: Austin Bike Zoo Mixes Art, Engineering and Puppets
We talked to the folks behind Austin Bike Zoo, makers of amazing ridable bats (after all, this is Austin), butterflies, birds, and more.
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Tech Jobs Roundup for August 23
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 friend of a...
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Keep Austin Healthy: What you need to know about the Affordable Care Act
In my 31 years in Austin, I've seen our city evolve and grow. But the face of Austin hasn't changed. We're a city of academics and entrepreneurs, musicians and engineers, students and politicians.
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