Entries Categorized as 'Announcements'

Electronics Waste (E-waste) Collection Event Nov. 15

Date October 8, 2008

Please join in on Texas Recycles Day by bringing your electronics to Space Center Houston on Nov. 15 for free recycling.
Accepted items include:
Computer equipment
Servers/mainframes
Printers/plotters
Cables/cords
Copiers
Hard drives
Power dupplies
UPS
Audio visual equipment
TVs
Laptops
Hubs/routers/switches
Cellular phones equipment
Consumer electronics
Phone equipment
Memory chips/RAM
Point-of-sale devices
Tape drives
Communications equipment
Telephone equipment
Monitors/LCDs
Storage devices
Fax machines
Peripherals
Processor chips
Circuit boards
Projectors
PDAs
Cable TV boxes
Cameras
We also need volunteers! Please sign up to volunteer your time at this [...]

Hurricane IKE Bytes!

Date September 16, 2008

The crew of Technology Bytes is alive and well after Hurricane IKE, however Tech Bytes is cancelled for Wednesday, Sept 17th due to power outage at the station and at the transmitter. We hope to be back next week.
Here’s hoping all of our listeners are fairing well and here’s to a speedy recovery for [...]

Technology Bytes Is Pre-empted

Date August 22, 2008

optical communicationsландшафтTechnology Bytes will not be broadcast on Wednesday Aug 27th and Wednesday Sept 3rd so that KPFT can air live coverage of the Democratic National Convention from Aug. 25-28 and of the Republican National Convention Sept. 1-4. We are also cancelling this months geek gathering while we search for a new location.
Technology Bytes will [...]

Plurk

Date June 3, 2008

Jay Lee is checking out Plurk. It’s like Twitter but seems to have a better interface and more features. Check it out here.

Tech Bytes Social Network

Date March 25, 2008

If you are a member of Facebook be sure and stop by and become a fan!
Tecnology Bytes on Facebook
If you are on Myspace be sure and add us as a friend!
Technology Bytes Myspace Page

March Geek Gathering

Date March 5, 2008

 

 

On Friday March 7th we invite you to join the crew of Tech Bytes and many of their fans who will be hanging out at Tropioca in Midtown at 2808 Milam at Drew for our monthly “geek gathering.”
Tropioca specializes in bubble tea, coffee and smoothies. They also serve up desserts, pizza and free wifi. [...]

Tech Bytes Geek Portal

Date January 16, 2008

If you look over in the right-hand navigation bar you’ll see that the Tech Bytes/Geek Radio web site is now aggregating the RSS feeds from Dwight Silveman’s, Barrett Canon’s and Jay Lee’s chron.com blogs.
That’s right! You can follow along with the latest posts from the comfort of our web site, if you’re so inclined!

Tech Bytes On Myspace

Date January 10, 2008

If you are a Myspace user you should drop by our Myspace page and add us as a friend!
You can find us at www.myspace.com/technologybytes

November Geek Gathering

Date October 31, 2007

On Friday November 2nd we invite you to join the crew of Technology Bytes and many of their fans who will be hanging out at Tropioca in Midtown at 2808 Milam at Drew for our monthly “geek gathering.”
Tropioca specializes in bubble tea, coffee and smoothies. They also serve up desserts, pizza and free wifi. Things [...]

Humberto and the SciGuy

Date September 12, 2007

The Houston Chronicle’s own weather geek, Eric “SciGuy” Berger, will call in
tonight on Technology Bytes to talk about the science of the tropical storm (Humberto) that’s bearing down on us here in Houston.
Eric does the SciGuy blog, and is a finalist for an Online News Association award.
We’ll bring him on right after the regular [...]