I saw mention of this earlier, but ignored it because I assumed it was too far north to worry about it. It’s a bit of a big deal though.
The two outside southbound lanes of Mopac between 183 and Steck are closed due to collapse from all of the rain we’ve had over the last couple of weeks. If I read the News8Austin story correctly, they’ll be closed at least until early tomorrow morning, so those of you who take Mopac to get downtown from Cedar Park/Round Rock/Pflugerville may want to take I-35, 360 or 183 tonight and perhaps tomorrow morning. But don’t go the way I’m going because I don’t need any more damn traffic in my way.
The UT Campus Watch newsletter from UTPD has released their best crime stories of 2006. There’re an awful lot of ties, which kind of defeats the purpose making it a top ten, but who am I to argue?
Enjoy the results after the jump. Drum roll please. Number 10…
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A mix of things I’ve already seen and a few new ones.
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This one got linked all over the place today. Interesting stuff.
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Cory linked this one on BoingBoing. Must find time to watch.
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Another video of a talk from the 23c3 conference in Germany. Glad they’re distributing this stuff for free.
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Mastodon on tour in Europe.
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I love this blog. And I love Sydney Blumenthal. Un-fucking-believeable. How many times have I said that in the last six years? I’m sure I’ll have the chance for another two at least. If you’re only going to read one of my links today, read this one.
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I saw this photo used in an article on Nevada Thunder and thought it was funny enough to track down the original.