well not exactly. this seems like a decent little peripheral though until ipod finally supports video (new itunes 4.8 has new video watching options; i tend to think it’s more about trailers/videos, but it’s an inroads for video service for apple)…
ESPN.com: Page 2 : Sweat City picks the wrong hero
okay, normally i don’t enjoy skip bayless. i don’t know why. but do i really need a coherent reason? regardless, i thought this was an interesting, not really talked about view of the whole van gundy controversy. what kind of favors has van gundy gotten over the years from the friendly ref? not that this sort of thing doesn’t happen so much. i mean you breathe on michael jordan it’s a foul. reggie miller is the KING of drawing the phantom foul. but it’s still worth considering in this context.
one other thought about conspiracies, etc. with all the conspiracy theories that surround the nba, you know to a small degree it both loves and hates that two second round matchups are the ideal: pistons-pacers (i don’t care how bad they think the brawl was, it will bring in viewers) and suns-mavs (nash, the fresh mvp, against his former team after a mildly acrimonious departure from dallas). i mean they must hate that there might even be hints of more conspiracies now, but they must love it because (1) the storylines are legit interesting and (2) because at least some people will find the conspiracy theories intriguing enough to be interested in the nba more so now than they were before.
third, how the nba must HATE that of the 4 second round matches, two are going to be complete duds. the heat will demolish the wiz. the spurs will own the sonics (especially if ray and radmon can’t get back at least close to full strength).
fourth, mcgrady was more than admirable this year. especially the latter part of the season and the playoffs. i mean beyond him and yao, the rest of the team only made 6 baskets in the last game, and mcgrady didn’t even play the 4th. and no, i don’t think he’s a loser or anything like that (KG lost in the first round 7 times before advancing, and no one pegged him as a loser, well not full-fledged loser wrt the playoffs). and yes, mcgrady did about as much as he could. but what happened to the days when a “star” player could almost single-handedly will a team to a win? mcgrady couldn’t, as hard as he tried. dirk didn’t, though he was sick (but of course everyone remembers MJ’s flu game, the image of pippen holding him up walking off the court is ALWAYS replayed). haha, it’s crazy that i’m already old enough that i can at least in my mind think back to the “old days” of things. haha.
New York Daily News - Home - Student is fried in fraud
i mean other than a bad image, not being known as trustworthy, etc. isn’t this kid a little admirable? i mean a $43 million bank fraud scheme that worked, for at least a little bit of the time. you know, you read stories of stupid criminals versus “smart” in a like 1832482374982374 to 1 ratio. but aren’t the smart ones a little neat? isn’t that why we like criminal masterminds in movies a little? who hasn’t watched a bank heist movie and considered how they would do it? some of these criminals are pretty bright. it’s a what-would-you-be-capable-of-if-you-used-your-powers-for-good scenario.
the most obvious comments about this story, of course, would be the kid’s dismay that he would miss his graduation ceremony. not, you know, things like criminal charges.
A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip - New York Times
no way this includes weekends. i read some gawker blogs, they aren’t updated that much over the weekend. i know i don’t put up 12 posts a day, i could, but what’s the point? i have like 4 readers. besides other than my witty commentary (joking) i think i link to the same kinds of stuff. so after about a week of reading here, you could probably go out do a survey of like 5 sites and come up with the exact same content. haha, not to say that my blog is uninteresting or easy to do… i do put some thought into what gets posted and what doesn’t.
btw, i do frequent a number of both gawker media and weblogs, inc. blogs. a lot of it makes for entertaining reading. heck, one of my favorite blogs is a weblogs, inc. shoutout to engadget!
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