Nolan Ryan backs W
Twenty-four Olympians and professional athletes have endorsed President Bush and signed the following letter expressing their support, noting, "In these critical times, our President has had the courage to stand up and do what's right. For that and for his unwavering character, we choose George W. Bush as our President for the next four years."
I have more respect for Nolan Ryan than most other people in this country, so knowing he supports George W. Bush is actually important.
However, I don't hold Kerri Strug's endorsement in as high a regard. (via Orangebloods forums)
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Real life Aggie joke
I love Aggies, they do such a good job of making the rest of us feel better about ourselves.
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Astros want Biggio back
The Astros have picked up Craig Biggio's $3 million option for next season, and I can't say I'm overly happy about it. Biggio is still a serviceable hitter, but runs and throws like a girl so he's a liablity in the outfield. I'd like to finally give Jason Lane a shot out there.
Nothing else matters though unless they manage to resign Carlos Beltran, and I have my doubts about that.
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Ashlee Simpson iPod
Wow, this is classic. Greg Storey is an amazing designer and he's come up with some great stuff, but his latest creation is his best. Hilarious!
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He hates politics too...
I think pretty much every sane person is getting real tired of politics right now. I can't even read several design weblogs I usually frequent because I'm hit over the head with political "discussions." It's one thing to voice your opinion and state the reasons, it's another to just bash the other side unabashedly. I like how both sides think the other is pure evil and are complete morons. What's great is they're both right!
(via Juiced Thoughts)
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Madden 2005 for sale on eBay
Want my copy of Madden NFL 2005 for Xbox?
Feel free to head on over to eBay and purchase it!
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Normalized data is for sissies
Kottke discusses database normalization and when and why it's important, or maybe why it's not important.
Personally it makes some things a pain in the ass, but I believe it's definitely neccessary. Getting the data you need sometimes requires complicated queries, but when you're adding or editing data it only has to go one place.
Wow, it's been forever since I've heard someone (other than me or Christina) actually mention normalization.
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iPod sock
Okay this is kinda lame and kinda cool at the same time. It's a sock, for your iPod. You get six for $29.
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Sony PSP launch date and price
Some official news on the Sony PSP finally, it'll be out in Japan on December 12th and will retail for just under $200 US.
No official word on the US release date or price, but it should be early next year and approximately the same price.
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UK paper's anti-Bush letter-writing campaign hacked
The same paper where they suggested someone assasinate George W. Bush apparently launched an anti-Bush letter writing campaign. They thought they should try to influence America's election by influencing a swing county in a swing state.
Well good old Americans got pissed with the Brits trying to interfere in our elections, wrote angry letters and even hacked the paper's website.
Whether you're a Republican or a Democrat, you're probably getting really tired of people telling you how you should vote. Shut up, I don't care how you're voting and I certainly don't want to hear how you think I should vote.
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The iPod Photo
Apple has surprisingly announced the iPod Photo is ready to be released in the next couple of weeks. I'd link to it but the Apple site blows and won't let you give direct links, here's the section. (what kind of modern site puts a phone number as a folder name in a website?)
The photo displaying capability isn't all that important to me, but it does have a nice looking color screen and supposedly gets 15 hours of battery life. It also display album art if available when playing a song, pretty cool. Unfortunately the 40 GB iPod Photo is heavier and thicker than the 40 GB 4G iPod.
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IGN.com reviews GTA San Andreas
IGN gives the game an amazing 9.9 out of 10 and calls it the defining piece of software for the Playstation 2.
It has a production value that's second to none, boasts a faithfulness to '90s source material with an eerie accuracy, and provides more hours of entertainment than all the previous Grand Theft Autos combined.
Gamespot gives it a 9.6 and dishes out the kudos as well. They even have a free video review available.
I must have it.
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Author Highlighting in MT
Absolutely great help with something I've been planning on implementing here when I get the rest of the comment styling set up. It allows me to easily highlight my own comments so they'll stand out from all of the other ones on an entry. You know... because I'm more important than you.
Dave Shea also adds a helpful comment where he suggests instead of basing it on name, I can use the email field to store a password. Clever.
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Orangebloods.com
Orangebloods.com is the Texas Longhorns branch of the Rivals.com network.
For the most part a great site, the articles and news stories are definitely worth the subscription price. Great writing and great information on the Longhorns current team and on recruiting in a very timely manner. The message boards are active and for the most part the posters are intelligent and sane.
It's not cheap ($7 - $10 per month) so I've considered cancelling several times, but I'm always drawn back in by something. There's really no down time anymore, there's always recruiting info and the coverage of the football, basketball, and baseball team is usually lightyears better than any other source.
Update: Berg and I have started our own Longhorn sports weblog, check us out at BevoSports.com. (8/30/2005)
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Vince Young named SI.com Player of the Week
In SI's Weekend Review they have named Vince Young the player of the week.
It's nice to see him getting some positive press after the beat downs he took in the media (and on this site) about his play the last two weeks. He looked more comfortable and more like the quarterback we were all expecting to see this season.
I particularly liked the photo, it looks like he's giving the Hook 'Em Horns signal and saying "Up yours"
at the same time.
Update: Head over to BevoSports.com for Vince Young updates and opinions.
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Gators fire Ron Zook
Well that didn't take long. After Florida lost to freaking Mississippi State this weekend there was a lot of talk about Ron Zook losing his job after the season, well it's already happened. ESPN is reporting that UF's crappy play along with other incidents have gotten Zook canned.
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Ashlee Simpson actually worse than she sounds
Wow, I thought Ashlee Simpson was a crappy singer, turns out she's actually crappier than she sounds. She was caught on SNL when she held the mic down at her waist and everyone could still hear her voice singing, the wrong freakin' song.
Update: Christina and I saw Ashlee on the Radio Music Awards last night (10/25) and damn she was horrible. Please Ashlee, for the sake of mankind go back to lip-synching.
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Audiovox SMT 5600 review
Mmmmm... me want. This phone has been climbing my wishlist lately. They said it's actually about the size of my current phone, which I think is the perfect size for a non-flip phone. Overall they seem to really like it. (via Gizmodo)
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Gizmodo on Blu-Ray discs
Gizmodo has declared Blu-Ray discs the winner of the next-generation format wars with HD-DVD. (I think that may set some sort of record for hyphens in a sentence.) They cover the technical, financial, and commercial differences between the two formats and the reasons Blu-Ray comes out on top.
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A-Rod's purse
Haha, nice one. A-Rod sure made himself the butt of a lot of jokes with this one.
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Chuck likes Pop Tarts
Reesey would have been on the table about .7 seconds after I left it. Chuck is a begger, Reesey is a grabber.
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Why link to index.php?
Good discussion on proper home page linking practices. (via 5411)
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DVD player hack list
Pretty cool page I found through Hackaday. This is actually a site I found when I first got my DVD burner, but this page gives you a ton of hacks for a ton of different DVD players. I found a region-free hack that will allow me to play DVD's from any region on my new Gateway Connected DVD player. Of course all my DVDs are from the US so it doesn't matter. Pretty cool anyways.
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Bloglines
Absolutely great service here. Almost every site I visit regularly now has an RSS feed to push out new content to me. Sign up and never be left behind on this site!
During a single day I use anywhere from 3 to 4 different computers so it’s wonderful to have one central place to check and read all my feeds. Plus with all the different setups there’s really only one common denominator, FireFox. The Bloglines Notifier extension works as advertised on both my PC's and Mac.
I tried NewsGator and FeedDemon but didn’t like either enough to pay for them. I used an RSS reader extension for FireFox (RSS Reader and then Sage) and liked them but when I would get to a dif computer I had to wade through all the items I had read elsewhere in order to find new stuff.
Bloglines is the most comprehensive, integrated service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing news feeds, blogs, and rich Web content. It's free and easy-to-use.
You can even view all of the feeds I subscribe to here!
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iDebate
Someone has discovered the truth behind the bulge on Bush's back during the first debate. Pretty clever.
I haven't mentioned the bulge itself before because it's too moronic to bother. Some people are claiming that the photo posted here proves that George W. was receiving help during the debate. Morons.
It's the year 2004, if he was wired and communicating with someone during the debate he would've had a tiny ear piece and not some giant rectangular thing. Someone at Juiced Thoughts suggested it might be a bullet-proof vest. (via Joi Ito via Juiced Thoughts)
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PA on Lost
I love Lost.
I love Penny Arcade.
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Top basketball recruit picks Texas
Shooting guard CJ Miles out of Dallas has committed to the Horns. Rivals has him ranked as the number six SG and the 26th overall player in the nation. Big pick up for Rick Barnes and the Texas basketball program.
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Document titles and blips
Good stuff from both The Man in Blue and 456 Berea Street on titling your webpages. Before I had used BrianBehrend.com - Page but as someone pointed out, Windows then adds another - before the browser name. I like » a little better and will be using that from now on.
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The Weekly Standards Audio Show
An weekly "radio" show from Adam Howell of
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Berkman shouldn't be overshadowed
Good article from Yahoo on Carlos Beltran's monster overshadowing Lance Berkman's monster postseason.
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Ricky to meet with NFL
Ricky Williams and his representatives will meet with the NFL this week to try to clarify his options. Ricky wants back in the NFL (and he doesn't want to pay back $8.6 million) and he wants to find out if the league is going to let him.
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CSS negotiation
Good source of tricks to push certain CSS to certain browsers. It'll definitely be needed to make this site not look like crap in IE.
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On tape, Bonds on roids
Barry Bonds' personal trainer gets caught on tape saying he provided Bonds with an undetectable steroid. Suspend Bonds from baseball for life now so he won't catch Ruth or Aaron!
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Caminiti OD'd
Unfortunate.
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Engadget: TiVoToGo
They actually got a demo of the thing. They dropped the dongle, woohoo!
The functionality comes in the form of a free automatic update to any and all TiVo series 2 boxes; just add the TiVo Desktop application to your computer, get the two on your home network, and you’re ready to roll.
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Navigation Matrix Reloaded
Wow, that's cool. I don't have plans for tabs on Matt's site, but this seems like something I might want to consider when I finally create 722WebDesign.
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DigitalLife: Motorola MPx
I think I'm going to cry, Gizmodo says the MPx is bigger than he thought and seems awkward to use. Might move the Treo 650 and SMT 5600 up on the old lust list.
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GTA San Andreas mulitplayer?
They seem pretty confident that there will be co-op aspects in the new Grand Theft Auto, but I really think they're taking some unfounded logical leaps to get there. Here's hoping.
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More on TiVoToGo
Not a ton of new info from Gizmodo, but it's coming out Q4 this year and they also had this little tidbit to share:
One important point, though, is that the initial implementation will be copying files to laptops and burning DVDs of recorded shows, using Windows Media Player to manage the DRM and a certain DVD burning software.
I honestly think I had a dream about TiVoToGo last week. I'm weird, but I love me some TiVo.
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Automatic shower cleaner
Currently I have to go through the absolutely grueling process of spraying the shower to keep it clean. With the new automatic shower cleaner from Scrubbing Bubbles, I could reduce my effort to the push of a button. Genius! (via Gizmodo)
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dooce: The First Born
Poor Chuck, he's now just a dog.
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UF coach looking for a fight
Well we may have lost to Oklahoma five times too many, but at least Mack Brown isn't wandering campus looking for a fight.
Actually I don't mind too much what Ron Zook did for his players. Sounds to me like some frat boys were talking shit and jumped some players. Zook just went back and made sure the punks knew they would be taken care of.
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Plummer removes Tillman sticker
The NFL got their way and Jake Plummer is removing the Pat Tillman "40" sticker from his helmet. Only Tillman's former team (the Arizona Cardinals) is allowed by the league to honor him, so despite the fact that Plummer played with him in college and in the NFL he's not allowed to put a small sticker on his helmet.
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You Have Bad Taste in Music
I'll admit that I'm no music afficionado. I find out about new music from the radio, MTV, iTunes, and Christina. I probably couldn't tell you what was good music, but I definitely can tell bad music when I hear it.
The guy on this site attends concerts with a bull horn and makes sure everyone is clear that their taste in music sucks. Fortunately for us, he video tapes it all for our amusement.
Of particular hilarity are the Train and Justin Timberlake/Christina Aguilera clips.
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Mike Industries
MikeIndustries.com is the homepage of web designer extraordinaire Mike Davidson. Web designer probably isn't the best term, his current job title is "Sr. Assoc. Art Director & Manager of Media Product Development". You might not recognize his name but if you check out his portfolio, you most definitely have seen his work. The guy redesigned the ESPN.com homepage for crying out loud and most of the other stuff on the site too, so you can pretty much say he's got my ideal job. Sports and web design, I'd be a happy man.
I've only been reading his weblog for a short time now but it's already become one of the first sites I check in the morning. He only updates a couple times a week but his posts are always coherent, interesting thoughts (unlike a certain other site). The site is definitely of interest to anyone who likes sports and/or web design.
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Gizmodo
Gizmodo calls itself "the gadgets weblog" and deservedly so. A wonderful source for news and info on stuff like cell phones, digital cameras, PDA's, and MP3 players. Updated upwards of fifteen times a day during the week, there's not many things gadget-related it doesn't cover. Visit often and watch as your own personal wishlist grows.
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Mezzoblue
Mezzoblue is the personal site for Canadian web designer Dave Shea. A great source for ideas on CSS and design in general. A great example of what can be accomplished with a little CSS and a lot of creativity. Both new and more advanced web developers should definitely check it out. Dave is also the creator of the CSS Zen Garden.
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Furcal begins sentence
Rafael Furcal had a little more motivation to win the NLDS than most of the other guys did. He had to report to jail yesterday to begin serving his sentence for his DUI.
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Mass Iraqi grave yields infants, unborn
There were hundred of bodies (including women and children) and this is just one of forty possible mass grave sites in Iraq.
The body of one woman was found still clutching a baby. The infant had been shot in the back of the head and the woman in the face, the BBC reported.
So there was no reason to remove Saddam from power? He's such a nice guy, we should have just left him alone.
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VooDoo Media Center PC/Xbox
Pretty sweet little combo using Microsoft's Windows Media Center 2005 and Media Center Extender software on the Xbox. Looks good, probably works good, costs way too damn much. (via Gizmodo)
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Chatting AIM bot
Pretty funny, possibly pretty evil too. Have a pedophile friend? Send Stacey the 15 year old
Here's my conversation with "Stacey." And Christina's boring one with Andy.
The bot doesn't seem very intelligent, I think I remember SmartBuddy or whatever that thing was called back in the day making for a more intelligent conversation. Of course with "him", we would just IM him to tell him to f*** off. College RULES!!
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PayPal hit by outages
Sold several things on eBay this week and now PayPal is down. Piece of crap. I can't confirm payment and ship anything unless it's up and running.
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New Media Center PCs
They are finally starting to make these Windows XP Media Center PC's look pretty cool. The new HP's running it actually look like something I would put in my living room.
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Network Solutions sucks
Talk about some BS. I'm glad I haven't had any trouble with my registrar or host yet, because it seems as if issues are pretty common place with these types of companies.
Gizmodo and Gawker should sue the pants off NetSol.
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Roll-up bridge
Um, it's a pedestrian bridge that rolls up to get out of the way. Pretty sweet. It actually kind of looks like modern art once it's rolled itself into a ball.
I'd hate to be standing on it when it started it's conversion. (via Gizmodo)
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Philips Streamium HDTV w/WiFi
Pretty nice looking 23 inch LCD television with HD as well as ability to stream content off a PC in the network via 802.11g.
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Braves lose it
Braves won their division again, but it just set them up for another postseason disappointment. Something I never realized:
The Braves' first season in Turner Field was 1997, and in seven of their eight years in "The Ted" the Braves have been eliminated from the postseason at home. The lone exception was 1999, when the Braves were swept in the World Series by the Yankees, and Game 4 was played in New York.
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Astros win NLDS
Astros have finally won a postseason series, their first in franchise history (42 years). In fact it's the first for either Texas team, as the Rangers have also never won one.
Congrats to Lance and the rest of the Astros. I tried to root for them yesterday, but just couldn't bring myself to root against my Braves.
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Culture of chemicals
Editorial on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Discusses the effects of Gary Sheffield's admission of "unknowingly"
using a steroid cream and Ken Caminiti's death yesterday.
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Neubix employee no. 5
Two links in one day about puppies, but this damn dog was too cute not to link to.
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ABCNews.com redesigns
Another site redesign from the Disney group and Mike Davidson. Mike writes a little behind the scenes on what went into this major redesign.
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Flickr tag: puppy
Flick is a pretty damn cool web app that lets you share and manage your photo collections. If you make your images public and give them tags, then people can view all the most recent images with a common tag just by entering a particular URL. The best one ever is "puppy," because everyone loves puppies. (via Anil Dash)
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Reebok Classic Pump Bringback
My parents are teachers, therefore when I was younger and all the kids were getting Reebok Pumps I was getting bupkis. Somehow I didn't even get them two years after everyone else did. Maybe they stayed too popular and too expensive. Damn I was deprived as a kid.
Anyways, Reebok is bringing back the Pump in a new limited edition shoe. Maybe I can revive my NBA aspirations.
Don't be surprised if you see me walking down the street in a couple weeks wearing my new Pumps, a pair of Z. Cavariccis, and my Hypercolor t-shirt.
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Good read on Chris Simms
Good article on Chris Simms from Tampa Bay Online. Talks a lot about his UT days and the lessons learned. A lot of comments and quotes from Mack Brown and some current Horns. I'll definitely be watching his first career start this weekend and be rooting for him to succeed.
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TX/OU predictions
Pretty funny.
John Kerry picks Oklahoma. John Kerry picks Texas.
Update: Want more info on Texas and Oklahoma football? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Google SMS
Sweet new service from Google where you can send SMS messages from your cell phone to 46645 (GOOGL) and get back information. For example send "Starbucks 78130" and get the lone Starbucks location in New Braunfels. Pretty damn cool. (via Engadget)
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IGN: High-definition basics
Great, in-depth article from IGN.com on the world of high-definition entertainment. Covers the basics such as formats, as well as more interesting stuff like how to record HD and play video games in HD.
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Ricky wants back (again)
It sounds like Ricky Williams has no urge to pay the $8.6 million an arbitrator told him he owed the Dolphins. He's asked his agent to find out what it would entail to get back in the league and playing for the Dolphins this season. Problem is, even if he wants back he's facing suspensions for all sorts of reasons.
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Bonds introduced Sheffield to BALCO
I really hope Barry Bonds blows out his knee mowing the lawn or something this offseason. There is no way I want this man passing Hank Aaron or even Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list.
I am getting more and more convinced that Bonds is/was on steroids, and this story from ESPN seems to be in line with that theory. Gary Sheffield reportedly told a grand jury that Bonds introduced him to BALCO and that he unknowingly used a topical steroid. Sheffield also calls Bonds an a-hole repeatedly:
The breaking point occurred, Sheffield told SI, one morning when Bonds left for their workout without him, leaving Sheffield to find his own ride to the gym. When Sheffield arrived, he found Bonds laughing at him with someone he later learned was a writer for Men's Journal.
What a class act.
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Scrivs on Independent Thought
Long read on the design/weblog community. Pretty good read as usual.
Main point is don't just accept everything someone says because of who they are in the community, and then don't just post comments like You're so awesome!"
so that people will visit your site. If you have an interesting point to make, whether it's positive or negative than feel free to comment. "It sucks"
is just as bad, "I hate it because..."
is much more helpful.
The best way to get repeat visitors is to have quality content, something I'll have more time to work on when (if?) I ever get done with this redesign.
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New GMail features
Some pretty cool new GMail features are on their way (I don't have them yet.) RSS feed of messages and easier access to contacts are the main things I'm interested in.
Although the Firefox GMail Notifier takes care of me pretty well.
Update: Well I've got the "Contacts" option now, but still waiting for the other things.
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Movies.com redesigns
I only realized Movies.com was a Disney property a couple of months ago when I noticed that my ESPN Motion worked with their version of Motion (now called Cinequiz). It looks pretty good, nothing too major aesthetically. The major change comes in the conversion to a CSS and standards based design.
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