Ryan Joy (atxryan)

With a tagline like “Get your booze on!”, is it any wonder that I would immediately fall in love with this website. Not to mention it’s all web2.0ized with a simple interface, bold color scheme, AJAX updates, tag clouds, SMS tool, and community-feel! I fell in love. This is before I even realized it’s a [...]

I LOVE oysters, as does Jade. Luckily a number of our friends do as well because Jade and I bought over 100 of them on Saturday. I know, I know… you’re probably thinking, “Jesus, that’s a lot of oysters!” Well, they were on sale! What was an oyster lover supposed to do? Throw a party, [...]

It’d been a long while since I cooked something entirely new that I’d never before attempted, so last night as I left the office and the first pangs of hunger begun to be felt I got that familiar hankering to venture out and do something new. Walking toward the bus stop I pulled up CHOW.com, [...]

For those in the know, SXSW day parties and media mixers are where it’s at. Paying absurd amounts of money to get a wristband only to wait in line to see the handful of bands you can actually make it to still doesn’t make sense to me. Plus, some people have jobs! This year you [...]

When did Karl Marx write The Communist Manifesto? What exactly do Kasmir Lime leaves look like and where the hell can I find them? Just how much of a badass is Chuck Norris? Is it the second or third right after Manchaca where that Christmas party is being held? Where are dog-friendly restaurants in San [...]

Timed to coincide with this week’s print edition, the Austin Chronicle unveiled a newly redesigned website. Congratulations to their team for this effort. Following Jeff Beckham’s review of this redesign and original critique of their old design, I’d like to offer my first impressions: It appears that the backend functionality remains the same as do [...]

Al Minns & Leon James doing the Charleston set to Daft Punk’s “Around the World: View the original video here.

I spent this brisk February morning mountain biking through the Barton Creek Greenbelt with a few friends. I’d never been before, but after today I can see myself hitting that trail a lot more. It was a lot of fun and one helluva work out. We started at Hwy 360, rode through the Greenbelt to [...]

SXSW unveils first list of performers SXSW finally got around to releasing the first peek at this year’s lineup for the annual music festival. Plus… Public Enemy, Ozmalati, Mastodon, Against Me!, the Riverboat Gamblers and more are set to play free shows at Auditorium Shores.

I received a voicemail this morning at my work phone number from a Bill Barkus claiming to work for Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) and the National Republican Congressional Committee. According to the message, the RNCC wants to recognize me with their “national leadership award”. Of course I’m immediately skeptical as I consider: a.) why would [...]