A mundane, yet oddly haunting image from Dean Terry’s doc Subdivided Just a reminder: Dean Terry’s Subdivided: Isolation & Community in America airs tonight at 8 on KERA-Channel 13. We wrote about this doc months ago, complete with an interview with the University of Texas-Dallas new media prof. Here ’tis…
The Department of Homeland Security today officially released a report in which it details just how well prepared 75 U.S. metropolitan areas in case of an emergency. Specifically, the DHS wanted to whether cities’ emegency agencies were able to talk to each other in case of some kind of a…
Data Drive Thru says its ad, starring 6-year-old chimp Cody, is cruelty-free, which probably won’t satisfy PETA. Didn’t the first two times… Yesterday, we mentioned how the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was opposed to an ad for Dallas-based Data Drive Thru’s new networking device called The Tornado…
We’re not sure how old you have to be to post your stats to Sports Groove’s Web site, but these look like likely candidates. Granted, I’m one of the few cyberdorks who somehow exists without a MySpace page. But I do know when I smell something sporty baking in the…
Today’s subscription-only Wall Street Journal takes a stab at the new Dallas Cowboys home set to open in 2009. You know the drill: 2.3 million square feet, 100,000 seats when counting standing room, two 2.1-million pound roof panels that open on a rack and pinion drive system so God can…
We’re a couple of days late on this, but Friend of Unfair Park Scott Henson, who runs the must-read Grits for Breakfast Web site, has posted his list of the Top Ten Texas Criminal Justice Stories of 2006. There are plenty of Dallas mentions on the list, naturally, among them…
The Texas Association of School Boards and the Texas Association of School Administrators released a joint study yesterday revealing how much teachers are making across the state — and for the first time, Region XI (which would be Fort Worth) has the heighest average salary, at least for the 2006-’07…
We just can’t stop staring at this new photo of DMN editor Bob Mong. Something about it makes us want to launch a haiku contest. Any takers? We have heard many stories coming from 508 Young Street about impending changes at Dallas’ Only Daily. So we did what we always…
Trustees gone wild! Actually, the video of DISD Trustee Jerome Garza isn’t all that exciting. But it sure is interesting. Exactly one month ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about how the DISD finally decided how to divvy up the School District Formerly Known as Wilmer-Hutchins. Contained within…
Dunno if this is Cody, but it is one of the chimps Data Drive Thru is using in its ad campaign that PETA’s opposing. Last month, Dallas-based Data Drive Thru announced that it was going to debut an ad at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas featuring two chimpanzees…
One of the restaurant closings I overlooked in my 2006 wrap-up was Lazlo’s Cuisine, the continental restaurant specializing in Eastern European cuisine that took shape in 2003 in the former Ruggeri’s Ristorante space in Addison. Lazlo’s was the work of Lazlo Toth, an 18-year veteran of Ruggeri’s who had an…
John Criswell may not be on TV anymore, but he’s still lookin’ good. The other day, BlogMaverick hisself Mark Cuban was bemoaning the lack of actual user-generated content on YouTube. Seems all you’re getting on the site these days are repeated postings of “Dick in a Box” and and movie…
Zac Crain may or not become mayor, but he does know the good rock from the bad. Gary Griffith, not s’much. A Friend of Unfair Park sends word today that he’s been listening to advance tracks from the double-disc comp due out shortly to raise some campaign dough for our…
Belo Corp.’s stock has suffered significant declines in the last two years. Seems the public doesn’t wanna hold that stock. Yesterday, newspaperman-turned-Interweb entrepreneur Alan Mutter posted to his blog Reflections of a Newsosaur this item about the beatings publicly held publishing companies are taking on the stock markets. In short,…
See, good things do happen to bad people. In the proud tradition of Michael Jackson selling tons of records, Barry Bonds closing in on baseball’s home-run record and even old man Potter being filthy rich in It’s a Wonderful Life, college basketball has a new coaching king. Unfortunately, it’s the…
It’s a new year, but the same ol’ news stories still keep cropping up — and this one isn’t going away any time soon. For months, we’ve written here about the backdated stock-option scandal at Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services, most recently about the firings — pardon, the resignations — of…
It’s time like these we sure as hell do miss the crap outta Barry Freakin’ Switzer, damn it. Be sure to tune in to NBC Saturday night at 7. It might be your last chance to watch Terrell Owens drop passes. It will likely be your last chance to watch…
Last week, I posted an item about 29-year-old Spc. Aaron Preston, who was killed on Christmas in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Three other soldiers died with him. Preston died just as the media was counting corpses at year’s end, and quickly his name became…
Last week, we mentioned how some folks in Atlanta — like, oh, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — couldn’t figure out how DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones picked Terrell Bolton as the new chief of police, especially since a Jones-appointed committee didn’t even recommend the ousted Dallas chief for the gig in…
Darrent Williams was coming back to Fort Worth this offseason to warn kids about living the same bullet-ridden childhood as he. One month ago tomorrow, the Denver Post ran a lengthy story on Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, the team’s second-round draft pick in 2005. In that interview, part of a…
Yes, this may indeed be a case of blogrolling, as we link back to a page that links to Unfair Park, but it’s worth it. Because, you see, I can’t think of a better way to end this year than by sending you to Cindy Chaffin’s The Fine Line, where…
While this is an open letter to all inappropriate and rude assholes that plague the music venues of Dallas and elsewhere, I would like to take this opportunity to dedicate this letter to a special someone — the guy in the front row (yep, the front row) during the amazing…
