Big 12 spring recap
Spring football recap of all the Big XII teams including the Horns.
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Most. Distrubing. Teddy Bear. Ever.
That is seriously weird. I'm hoping it's just a bear whose coat you can change posed oddly. So weird.
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PHP cheat sheets
Helpful reference on PHP.
(via Dave Shea)
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No IE In Tiger
Woohooo! Death to the browser that makes all my sites look like poo!
I doubt it'll actually have much effect on the number of people who use Mac IE though, because I think the majority of those are people who are still using OS 9.
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Cedric Benson on the cover of SI
Cedric was on the cover of ESPN The Magazine last week and this week he's on the cover of Sports Illustrated. It's their NFL Draft Special and he shares the spotlight with Alex Smith, Ronnie Brown, and Antrel Rolle.
Update: Want more info on Texas Longhorn running backs? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Most realistic Xbox 360 photo yet
I'm behind on this stuff because I was out of town all weekend.
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Reef bottle opener sandals
Never let anything get in your way of being completely sloshed all the time again.
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Insert25
Insert25 is one of the many sites run by Paul Scrivens and one of the many video game blogs I follow, but it's quickly becoming one of my favorites in both categories.
While Kotaku and Joystiq do a good job of reporting the news, Insert25 hits all the big stuff and a lot of random funny crap the other's don't cover. Plus, it's written in a much more casual manner that encourages a lot of feedback and discussion. Really great news and community site that's still growing and improving.
Definitely worth a visit.
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Picking the Pope's Domain Name
Rogers Cadenhead bought BenedictXVI.com on April 1.
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More Xbox 360 secrets
Hard drive, backwards compatability, and more.
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German elected pope for his birthday
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany turned 78 on Saturday, he was named pope today. Nice birthday present.
Ratzinger, the first German pope in centuries, served John Paul II since 1981 as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms.
Good to see the Catholic Church is still staunchly opposed to change, the last thing it needs is reform.
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I am Derek Tobago
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Semicolons blow
I really have no earthly idea when to use semicolons. I imagine I could count the times I correctly used them in the last five years on one hand.
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The Motorola MPx is no more
A product that was once at the top of my wishlist is never going to be released (beyond the it's unsuccessful limited release in SE Asia.) It's a damn shame. Good idea and concept, piss poor execution.
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Adobe to acquire Macromedia?
Hopefully this is just an internal April Fool's joke that we're just now stumbling onto. It's sort of like if Microsoft bought Apple, not good at all.
For the love of God I hope they don't scrap Fireworks. I prefer it about 100 times to Photoshop.
(via everyone)
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Vatican installing cellphone jammers for papal conclave
I just can't see the pope texting his homies on his cellphone.
(via Engadget)
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Reflecting on 10 years of ESPN.com
God the Web was freaking fugly back in 1995. I didn't know they've had fantasy baseball since 1996.
(via Kottke)
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Gmail adds feed reading
Some people are now able to read RSS feeds via their Gmail accounts. Pretty cool.
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Creating a Site Design Plan
A write-up geared more to the solo web designer working with small clients.
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IGN has first screens and a preview of Madden 2006
New stuff abounds, hopefully it's good enough to make me buy it. It sounds like you might actually have to look off defenders when throwing the ball. Pretty cool.
Screenshots look about the same as always.
I wonder if Madden and NCAA will be launch games for the Xbox 360?
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California teen beats friend to death with bat
A 13-year-old boy beat a 15-year-old to death with a bat at a Little League concession stand after being teased. Parents today rock!
I'm sure Jack Thompson will be all over this one.
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Florida mom sells daughters for car, prostitution
One of the creepier news stories I've read in a while.
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TJ Ford cleared to resume workouts
Good news for TJ Ford, he's been cleared to resume standard basketball activities, including running, shooting, and light weight work.
Hope he comes back next year better than ever.
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UT ranks first as source for new Fortune 1000 CEOs
Four Texas graduates were named CEO's of Fortune 1,000 companies this year. Three of those four were McCombs School of Business grads.
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More on freelance design rates
Good info about how much freelance designers are charging per job and per hour. Looks like I'm definitely on the low end, but that's understandable since I'm still just starting out.
All the rates are in British pounds, so keep in mind £1 is roughly $1.89 US right now.
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86 things we hate about you
86 funny reasons to hate the Boston Red Sox.
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Windows Longhorn Live?
The screenshot appears to show MSN Messenger, DVR features, and Quickbooks all integrated into the bar on the right side.
I really like the sidebar concept, in fact I'm using Desktop Sidebar right now to try to mimic the functionality in XP.
(via sixfoot6)
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Jermaine O'Neal thinks NBA age limit is racist
How is that racism? Almost all college basketball players are black too. That makes no sense. Agree or disagree with an age limit in the NBA, the idea that it's racist is moronic.
For every Amare Stoudemire and LeBron James, there's 10 Leon Smith's.
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Why can't anyone throw a baseball faster than 100 mph?
Good article on why major league pitchers aren't throwing a baseball faster than 100 MPH even as they're getting bigger and stronger.
(via Kottke)
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Norton Internet Security 2005 - Free after rebates!
Norton is my preferred antivirus software, eventhough I'm running ZoneAlarm at home these days. (I needed a new firewall and AV and it was cheaper at the time.)
Anyways, the entire Norton Internet Security suite is only $30 for new users or free for upgraders at Buy.com right now. Hell of a bargain to get antivirus, firewall, antispam, etc all in one package.
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RonMexico.com
Michael Vick is being sued by a woman who claims he knowingly gave her an STD. He allegedly uses the name Ron Mexico
for the purpose of his testing and treatments.
Berg tried to buy the RonMexico.com domain but was one day too late. Now whoever beat him too it has a site up with nothing but a link to a CafePress store. My favorite item is the thong.
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Forgent Networks is the devil
Our good friends from the JPEG patent, Forgent Networks, are now going after TiVo because they have a patent that addresses recording television signals to a computer.
These people seriously need to be stopped.
(via TVPredictions.com)
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Storm the House
Really fun Flash game, it gets incredibly hectic on Day 3.
Make sure to actually read the instructions.
(via Business2Blog)
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Orangebloods.com 2006 football recruiting board
The Longhorns now have 17 commits for the 2006 season, 4 or 5 of them are considered the best in the state at their positions. At this time last year we had maybe one or two, and even on Signing Day only 14. Not too shabby.
This is one of the few free articles from Orangebloods, a pay site that I try to quit but can't.
Update: Want more info on Texas Longhorn recruiting? Check out BevoSports.com!
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ColorCombos.com
A web color combinations tool and library for web designers. Very cool resource for coming up with color schemes.
(via SimpleBits)
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Sony 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo $96
Been looking to get either a 512 MB or 1GB stick so I can put video on my PSP, this is by far the cheapest price I've seen. These go for like $200 on Amazon. I cancelled my order from BestBuy.com and ordered one.
(via SlickDeals)
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Head football coach shot in Canton, TX
A parent shot the head coach/athletic director in Canton, TX this morning. There's no word on his condition, but I'm fearing for the worst. At this time of day, he was probably sitting in his office alone working, and since the gunmen got away....
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Google Maps at maximum zoom
The zoom level available for New Braunfels sucks, apparently Matt ad defective yeti doesn't have that problem.
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More Nifty Corners
Very cool, add rounded corners to objects without any images, just CSS and Javascript.
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Discs Are So Dead
Wired writer claims neither Blu-Ray or HD-DVD will win because the future of content distribution is via the Web. I don't know if I agree because I have my doubts about Hollywood's willingness to distribute content right to your hard drive. I don't really think that makes it any easier to pirate than optical media, but Hollywood is dumb.
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Tackling payment for projects
John Oxton discusses payment policies for design projects. How do you make sure they pay up in a timely matter and how to limit feature creep.
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Damian Moss among 38 minor leaguers caught using steroids
Damian Moss had a great year or two for the Braves before he was traded for Russ Ortiz. I really liked him as a player. His career went downhill after leaving Leo Mazzone and apparently he turned to performance enhancing drugs.
No current Astros or Braves were caught.
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Alex Sanchez first MLB player suspended for steroids
Notice that it's a Tampa Bay Devil Ray and someone most people have never heard of.
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Schiavo's parents cashing in
If you expressed your support for Terri Schiavo's right to live, the Schindlers are paying you back by selling your information to a direct-mailing firm.
Remember, there's always more to people than we can learn from television.
(via Sixfoot6)
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The pope has died
I had no idea he was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.
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Man recreates Rocky movie
Best parts: the very beginning when he uses supermarket conveyor belt as treadmill and in the middle when he weighs himself on the supermarket scale.
(via Kottke)
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How to Change the Default Browser in Mac OSX
I've been wondering how to do this for a while now.
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My bracket is an outright embarrassment
2,496,993rd place.
Seriously, I could've drawn teams out of a hat and done better than that. You have to intentionally be bad to get only two teams out of the Elite 8.
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Google upping storage to infinity + 1
Okay the infinity part is just an April Fool's joke, but they are really going up to 2 GB's and beyond.
Also: Google Gulp
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Penny Arcade - Liar's Day
Now those are some good April Fool's jokes.
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