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Why US broadband policy and providers are keeping us in the slow lane. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 8:37 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
Shameless plug for my few seconds of Morning Edition glory today: npr.org/2012/05/25/153… 9:10 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
@GWCChuck To the affordable part of Preston Hollow, around Royal & Webb Chapel, and much closer to our kids' school. 9:10 AM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to GWCChuck
BoingBoing “Freeware” compilation of LA Post-Punk and Indie-Wave music, 1977-1987 dlvr.it/1bmv5b 2:54 PM May 21st via dlvr.it Retweeted by d_kompare and 20 others
FilmCritHULK AS FAR AS HULK CONCERNED, SEASON 4 OF COMMUNITY JUST GOING TO BE A SCENARIO ABED PLAYED OUT IN THE IMAGINARIUM DURING THE ENDING SHOT 12:57 AM May 19th via web Retweeted by d_kompare and 121 others
Fascinating piece on the quest to preserve the SNES, and implications for the future of all hardware and software: tested.com/news/44376-16_… 11:34 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
@GailSimone Hmm. I'm still not sold, but I know it's getting near inevitable (though I think TPBs etc will still be available in print). 8:56 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to GailSimone
@nancybaym Yep; you need to recognize the tricks of the trade (staging, wide-angle lenses, etc.). 8:54 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to nancybaym
Still, home-shopping in Texas is a middle-class breeze compared to the coasts, from what it seems from my perspective. 8:53 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
@nancybaym Hopefully these homes live up to their Zillow sites! Otherwise, it gets trickier to meet our price and location range. 8:51 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to nancybaym
@rtfgrad Thanks! 8:47 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to rtfgrad
@nancybaym We've got a neighborhood picked out, and 10 homes to see there this week. Hopefully we'll know very soon... 8:47 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to nancybaym
@KelliMarshall Thanks! 8:30 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to KelliMarshall
@jmittell Thanks! Market's moving a lot faster this year than last. We had it up for 90 days last summer, got no bites. This year: 17. 8:14 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to jmittell
@jmittell Yep, all the way to...the other side of Dallas. We're getting much closer to the kids' school (which is 30+ mins away now). 8:13 AM May 21st via TweetDeck in reply to jmittell
On the plus side, we sold the house! Now we just need to land the next one quickly. 8:11 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
House inspection means only 3.5 more hours of angry barking dogs to go, but they'll get bored sooner than that. Hopefully. 8:11 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
tvoti And anyway, the proper way to finish "I'm not a Nielsen household" ISN'T "so I'm going to download this episode from Canada illegally." 4:15 PM May 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by d_kompare and 7 others
@mradamscott No Q, but regardless of how NBC shoes drop, you and all of P&R are fantastic. Thank you for a TV classic, and vote Knope! 4:09 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to mradamscott
Grades, done. 2011-12 school year, done. Cocktails, just starting. 3:55 PM May 10th via TweetDeck

Name Derek Kompare
Location Dallas, TX
Web http://dkompare.w...
Bio SMU media scholar/apologist, teacher, parent, fanboy, feminist, human, and occasional curmudgeon. Est'd 1969.