Posted August 8th, 2011 by Brian
Filed under: Football, TV

Very cool video of an advertising company projecting video and effects onto the side of the Tower for upcoming Longhorn Network promos. The use of the black color to give the illusion that the Tower is really being morphed and rotated. A nice Rubik’s Cube effect. Watch some handheld video:

Update: Here’s the eventual “What Starts Here…” commercial that features some of this footage:

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Posted May 12th, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Quick Hits

Joe Jamail donates $15 million to UT. The endowments will go towards law, nursing and undergraduate studies.

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Posted April 6th, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Baseball, Football, Quick Hits

Longhorns participate in Leadership Luncheon. Vince Young, Mike Griffin, Kyle Russell, & others discuss the importance of effective organizations & leadership skills.

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Posted February 13th, 2008 by Brian
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The “Ponytail Bandit” in Longhorn cap arrested in Thailand. Morgan Michelle Hoke committed several bank robberies in Austin area.

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Posted May 12th, 2007 by Brian
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Blonde in Texas cap robs Austin bank. It kind of looks like a girl I went out with in school.

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Posted April 26th, 2007 by Brian
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UT Comp Sci to unveil supercomputer on a chip. The TRIPS processor is capable of performing up to 1,024 instructions simultaneously.

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Posted February 26th, 2007 by Brian
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Texas is awesome at everything… the RIAA lists UT as the number 19 piracy school.

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Posted February 7th, 2007 by Brian
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UT is number one party school and some are wondering if the university should do more to stop abuse by students.

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Posted January 31st, 2007 by Brian
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Former UT student Colton Pitonyak is convicted of the murder of Jennifer Cave. 55 years isn’t enough.

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Posted December 28th, 2006 by Brian
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Seems they discuss removing the statues from the South Mall every few years or so.

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