Some TEXAS MONTHLY Stories on High Tech
Heaven & Earth »
The break-up of the space shuttle Columbia was a chilling reminder that the astronauts who dare to dream and risk their lives for the benefit of all mankind are, at the end of the day, mere mortals.
by Stephen Harrigan [April 2003]
Ground Coverage »
Photographer O. Rufus Lovett discusses the three days he spent documenting the haunting wreckage of Columbia in East Texas.
Interview by Jordan Breal [April 2003]
Good-bye to All That »
Austinites thought the high-tech boom wouldn't change them, but it turned their city into something that more closely resembled Houston or Dallas in the golden eighties. Now they're paying the price.
by Mimi Swartz [June 2001]
Techs and the City »
A tale of two Houstons.
by Paul Burka [March 2001]
Love and War in Cyberspace »
Brandon and Denise were not like other people. They were smarter, more introverted. They adored computers, playing games online at three in the morning with people in Finland. When they and other hard-core techies moved to Walden, a Houston apartment complex with the fastest residential Internet connection in the world, it seemed like a wired paradise. For a while, it was.
by Katy Vine [February 2001]
High-tech • Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner »
Net profiteers.
by Joe Nick Patoski [September 1999]
Star Woes »
Chris Roberts shoots for a new set of stars.
by Eileen Schwartz [January 1999]
“Boom” Is a Four-letter Word »
No one will admit we’re in the middle of one, even as the economy surges. How come? Because the last time we had it this good, bragging only hastened the arrival of another four-letter word: “bust.”
by Helen Thorpe [July 1997]
Dr. Strangelove is Back! »
Llano, Texas, is about to become the heart of our missile defense system.
by Grover Ellis [September 1973]
So Long, Cosmic Cowboys »
One giant step backward for the Moonmen.
by Al Reinert [March 1973]
45 Years (Sat Nov 22 at 5:28 PM)
Can You Spare Some Change I Can Believe In? (Sat Nov 22 at 4:10 PM)
Even Worse, They're Cutting Back on Monocles (Fri Nov 21 at 8:39 AM)
