The Jeff Beckham Weblog

UPDATE (Dec. 20): The photo I took was included in the latest edition of the Schmap New York Guide.
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I got a note this week that one of the photos I took during our recent trip to New York was “short-listed” to be included in the Schmap New York Guide.
Schmap publishes digital travel guides for destinations [...]

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Mediabistro’s FishbowlNY is reporting that Whole Foods is partnering with Active Interest Media to launch Whole Foods Market Magazine. No word on whether rahodeb will be a featured columnist.

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The New York Times has a terrific story today about the long-running feud between heart surgeons Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, which started in 1969 when Cooley took an artificial heart from the DeBakey’s lab and implanted it in a patient. Now Cooley, 87, and DeBakey, 99, have made up.
Interestingly, Dr. Cooley played basketball at [...]

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I’ve been neglecting posting here while I’ve been spending time posting over at Austinist, writing a couple of sports-related items per week. Along the way, I’ve discovered a hidden gem among Austin sports sites: Barking Carnival. Writing under pseudonyms like “ChrisApplewhite”, “EyesOfTX”, and “HenryJames”, the Barking Carnival crew has been putting out some of the [...]

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