http://houston.dionysius.com Things to do in Houston, Texas Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:03:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just wanted to make sure you are all aware that we have moved to a new meeting location. We were previously meeting in the University of Houston campus, but now we moved to a location very close to the Galleria. Hopefully that will make it easier for most of ... http://houston.dionysius.com/2008/02/28/houston-php-group/ If you live in Houston, you're probably finding out that yesterday comcast stopped supporting the old servers you use for outgoinging mail, which were smtp-houston.rr.com and similar names. The new information is different from what comcast recommends in their FAQ. Instead, use this: Server: smtp.comcast.net Port: 25 So far, that's been working. FYI http://houston.dionysius.com/2008/01/08/comcast/ Museum of Natural Science - free Tuesday evenings http://www.hmns.org/ Tuesdays 2 pm - 8 pm regular exhibits are free. Museum of Fine Arts - free Thursday evenings http://www.mfah.org/ Shell oil sponsors free Thursday night admission (4-9pm) to regular exhibits. Many of the city's more interesting people show up at this time. http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/free-evenings-at-houston-museums/ Houston Writer's Guild - first thursday of month Networking meetings are the 1st Thursday of each month at the The Daily Grind, 4115 Washington Ave, near the Heights. These meetings are informal and social. All Interested writers are invited and the meetings are free. Further networking is available through our email ... http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/houston-groups-writers-groups/ General http://brazos.booksense.com/ http://www.bluewillowbookshop.com/ Murder Mysteries http://www.murderbooks.com/ Technical Books http://www.brownbookshop.com/ http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/houston-lists-houston-bookstores/ http://www.soundexchangehouston.com/ http://www.soundwaves.com/ This list does seem very short. That's because Barnes and Noble, Amazon and other giant corporates have mostly obliterated the independent record store. http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/houston-list-best-houston-cdrecord-stores/ Freecycle. You post a message saying what you have and where you'll give it away, and someone responds and you meet. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HoustonFreecycle/ Craiglist has a section for giving stuff away free. http://houston.craigslist.org/zip/ http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/houston-how-to-get-rid-of-old-stuff/ Our brilliant city decided to make us all uneasy and install automatic cameras at red lights around town. I think it's a bad idea, even a stupid idea, to create more alienation when the real problem is traffic that drives people insane. But they got some instant revenue karma to ... http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/18/houston-how-to-avoid-red-light-cameras/ Here's a short list of links to help you and I both out. http://cbtcws.cityofhouston.gov/events/ http://www.visithoustontexas.com/visitors/events.php http://houston.craigslist.org/cal/ http://www.advancement.uh.edu/marketing/calendar/FMPro?-db=UHdates.FP5&-lay=DataEntry&-format=index.htm&-view http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org/en/calendarevents/monthly.asp http://www.houstonbusiness.com/calendar/ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5100892.html http://www.onlyinhouston.org/en/calendarevents/monthly.asp http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/cal.html http://houston.dionysius.com/2007/11/17/hello-world/