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Web scraping hits NonDoc (and probably your site, too)
Thanks to some jackass robot, I recently learned about something known as web scraping.
Basically, and in the sense that it's relevant to NonDoc, people use...
Move it, move on: ECU’s public cross in an age of austerity
This year, Oklahoma earned another shameful distinction as the national leader in cuts to higher education. The Legislature’s latest corporate-sponsored shortfall continued a five-year...
Hangover highlights: Lincoln Riley, Ryan Day remind us football coaches are weirdos
I grew up in a family of football coaches, but people in the profession never cease to amuse and bemuse me.
My grandfather and uncle...
Hangover highlights: Superstitions support Sooners in struggle, Ollie Gordon runs wild
I once went nearly two months without washing my underwear.
Now, before my wife disavows me and my mom disowns me, let me explain. These...
Letter: Abortion, sexuality, racism inherently divide
(Editor's Note: The following Letter to the Editors refers to the first installment in our "Vital Conversations" series of faith commentaries, which is sponsored by...
Sunday Funday: We died happy, offline
Archaeology
by Andy Bowen
In a thousand years they'll dig us up in Oklahoma.
They'll sort through our bones
At the bottom of that canyon
With furrowed brows and...
Filter: Public relations like kissing two butts at one time
The profession of public relations is the delicate art of kissing two butts at one time.
That, at least, is the mantra I came up...
Bad news for Cheetos: Our behaviors are changing
A new normal is quickly settling in for our lives, and with it our behaviors are changing. The mantra of "wash your hands" and...
Recalling racism with oral history: resentment, tension and change
(Author's Note: The following is part one of three “sound chapters” of Oklahoma oral black histories collected in Every Point on the Map's work over...
Watching HB 1270 at the Capitol as an Average Joe
Wednesday night at the Oklahoma State Capitol, I learned a lot about my personal privilege.
As a proud member of the underpaid media, it was...
