Noi Mahoney

Web redesign

My company launched a redesign of its Website clickonSA.com. Check it out here. I like it. But I still see room for improvements.

Rain, flash foods

It's been a wild summer as far as weather goes. On Aug. 16, Tropical Storm Erin slammed into the city, dropping more than 8 inches of rain across parts of the South Side. Flash floods also forced dozens of residents to evacuate their homes and killed one South Side motorist. I wrote a story about it all here.
(Photo by Robert McLeroy of the San Antonio Express News)

One in four read no books in 2006

Funny story on from the Associated Press about how no one reads anymore. It's sad, but true.

Tony Wilson dies

Tony Wilson, the British guy who founded Factory Records in the 1970s, has died. Factory records made Joy Division, New Order and the Manchester, England music scene famous. Wilson was the subject of the 2004 movie "24 Hour Party People." RIP

Farias opens district HQ on South Side

Children, senior citizens and everything in between came out to greet State Rep. Joe Farias on Saturday as he opened his new District 118 headquarters on the South Side.

The new headquarters is located at 660 S.W. Military Drive, Suite L, in the Shopper City Mall development.

“I am out here to show my support for Joe, he‘s a good person,“ said Robert Trampota, a Pecan Valley resident. “He‘s done a good job in his first year. “

South Sider rides into history

I like this story. I heard about Peggy Llewellyn and assigned the story to one of my writers. The reporter, Miranda K., did a good job.

"When most 7-year-old girls were begging their parents for a kitten or Barbie Doll dream house,
Peggy Llewellyn was begging for a motorcycle.
“It’s something that was part of our lives since we were little,” said Peggy, who now several years older, grew up on the city’s Southeast Side and graduated from East Central High School. Llewellyn’s love of motorcycles has evolved into a groundbreaking career as a drag bike racer on the National Hot Rod Association circuit. In 2001, Llewellyn became the NHRA’s first female African-American pro competitor."

Bamboozled in Bangkok?

There was an article in yesterday's SAEN Travel section about a local person who traveled to Thailand for holiday. According to the article she wrote, the woman and her friend were scammed by Thai locals in Bangkok:

"I quickly scanned our guidebook and found my answer in a small gray-shaded box entitled 'Buyers Beware.' To a T, it detailed the scam we'd just bought into. In seconds our enthusiasm deflated to a sullen embarrassment"

I sympathize with them, but I chuckle a little too. I laugh only because scams are a way of life in Thailand, especially Bangkok. My brother Picook lives in Bangkok, and he has to put up with daily scams from cab drivers, marketers, businessman, food sellers you name it. Scams are a part of life when you're in a third world country.