Let us tell you a tale, youngster, of an Austin ruled by crushed tallboys, pink hair at Barton Creek, and Butthole Surfers songs blasting from FM car radios — long before Lime scooters were invented. Once upon a time, migas tacos used to cost just $.99 and include a free Lone Star, delivered by a […]
Author Archives: Omar Gallaga
Omar L. Gallaga is a contributing writer for The Barbed Wire who lives in New Braunfels. He typically covers technology and culture for publications including Wired, CNET, Texas Highways, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He was a longtime reporter, editor and podcaster at the Austin American-Statesman and has also written for CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Rolling Stone, MSNBC, Polygon, Texas Monthly, The Spectator, Hispanic Magazine, and NPR, where he was a blogger and on-air tech correspondent for "All Things Considered." You can hear him every week discussing tech topics on the award-winning "Texas Standard" radio program.
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Look at These F*ckin’ Texas Houses
Texas architecture, like the people living in the state, has many different flavors. There are the big-ass ranch-style homes with multi-zone air conditioners so big they could cool an entire mall. Then you have tiny, boxy container abodes where you can stretch your legs out in under 200 square feet. And there are plenty cookie-cutter […]