Results tagged “laurencesimon”

Hello, Houston! This week we saw two very exciting, and very different, local blogs hit the ground running. The first is the Woodside Village Blog, the aim of which is to discuss the goings-on in Woodside Village, which includes several southwest Houston neighborhoods. Read the introductory post to learn more. We find ourselves wondering why this blog isn't called Woodside Village-ist (WVist?), but it's interesting, especially if you're familiar with the area. The other new blog is an extension of the ever-sarcastic Laurence Simon's enterprise, and it's called Fire Phil Garner. And has there ever been a better time to be snarky about the Astros? Regular features already include a "Least Valuable Player" award after each game, but our favorite part is the "IM IN UR DUGOUT LOSIN UR GAMEZ" subtitle.

Last night Mayor White, Richard Lewis (the city's Chief Information Officer... not that other guy) and the High Tech Texan hosted a conference call for bloggers about the city's plan for a city-wide 802.11g wireless network. A conference call with bloggers? It isn't a bad idea, considering the technology, though some have noted the call's shortcomings. We just want to point out that Laurence Simon didn't have the hairballs to admit he was from isfullofcrap.com,...

KHOU looks at Deathramp 527 today — the entrance ramp to the newly opened southbound Spur 527 from Milam Street. We talked about it earlier this week, and it seems enough people have complained about the ramp that TxDOT decided to step in and ... paint. "Some folks it appeared that you had to make an immediate merge. So we put the stripe there to improve that merge," [Spur 527 project engineer Quincy Allen] said....

So Houstonist isn't alone in being less than thrilled with Houston 1836, the name of our new soccer team: Laurence Simon (of This Blog is Full of Crap fame) has launched 1836 is Full of Crap, where he's soliciting 1,836 alternatives to the name. Oliver Luck claims that the name "1836" won fair and square in an online poll to determine the name of the MLS franchise moving to Houston. However, I, among many other...