Archive for John
Join EFF!
There are a lot of charitable causes in the world. Heaps. Tons , even. The one that gets my support these days is the Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF"), "the leading civil liberties group defending your rights in the digital world." I know, there are a lot of causes out there that might feel more immediate [...]
11Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Playoffs Aftermath, Round 1
I’m 7-6 and the #4 seed in a six-team league. #s 1 and 2 get a bye in the first week, so technically I’m a high seed this week, getting the 6-7 Soaring Yetis, whom I beat in our last meeting in week 12. He and I are the two worst n00bs in this league, [...]
10Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Weeks 12-13
It’s another multi-week update this time. In case your decision tree for reading this goes something like “why would I read 500+ words when I don’t even know if he’s still got a team at this point?” I’ll cut the drama - I won my 1st round game. Now, how did that happen?
For starters, [...]
Wishing Ill on My Bulldogs
The Georgia Bulldogs ended their season last week with a 45-42 loss to Ga. Tech, in Athens no less. I know, it’s far too late to break the game down; fine, don’t wanna. (My bumper sticker of choice in college said “Avoid the rush, hate Tech now.” So, yeah.) I just want to take a [...]
8Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Auburn’s Coaching Search is More Bad News for Washington
Tommy Tuberville’s decided to resign from Auburn University recently; at least, that’s what the AD says. Whether he quit or was fired, though, this is bad news for the University of Washington. After the Tennessee job was filled, UW could at least position itself as the job vacancy with the most reflected glory attached to [...]
4Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
The Sordid, Sneaky Story of DarkMarket
In October of 2004, a Secret Service sting centered around the website shadowcrew.com (no link because it’s now a generic parked domain) led to the arrest of 28 people involved in identity theft, credit card scamming and the like, and created a cascade effect that shuttered most of the other sites that facilitated trade in [...]
3Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Spamenfreude
This news feels too good to be true, and yet it is. McColo Corp., in San Jose, California, is a Web hosting service that had been identified by those savvy folks in the know as a bearer of bad things for some time now . These same sav-sters conducted their own studies and determined [...]
20Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Weeks 8-11 Aftermath
Yeeeeaaah, so I have a lot of catching up to do, so let’s get to it.
Prior to week 8, I had offered up a couple of trade that would have upgraded a couple of my opponents but would have upgraded me even more over the multiple trades; in other words, I make 2 opponents ~5 [...]
19Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Better Late…: A Review of Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street has to be the first book about the mortgage crisis that the United States is going through. I say this with some confidence, because it was first published on October 1, 1990. Yes yes, 18 years ago, but I swear to you it is the most [...]
18Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Truth in Comics, or Flash Games I Have Loved
The brilliant xkcd published this comic awhile back. I knew it to be true instantly (me and a million others, it’s not hard to see the artists’ smarts) but I couldn’t remember a specific game that had caught me recently.
Well, pshaw. I’ve found a game that I cannot get enough of, and like all good [...]
Just to be clear - I was as rusty as anybody at the table. It's not like I knew that it would work, I just knew that I was screwed from any sort of conventional point-of-view, so it was time to try something different. Now, having said that
You dirty dawg! This "one of the strongest players" knew exactly how sneaky you are, I just didn't realize it was your actual strategy. Ha-RUMPH.
Next time, blood will coat the streets.
Thanks for the info Ray! I just ordered one today along with an extra main motor, can't wait.
Hi Chad,
Yes, I am very pleased with my heli. The main motor gave up the ghost a few days after the above post, and I had to get another. I bought several, but so far haven't had to replace another. I fully expect to have to replace the current mo
Don't look at me, I'm no fan of tanking games. Every week should be played to their max ability in an effort to try to win. The Seahawks are not the freaking Knicks, afterall.
High draft picks are overrated anyways. You pay a lot of money, tying u
Politicians comes to mind. :D
Hm ... I had a different rationale for why this is stupid: It rewards failure. Businesses demand money from the government to rescue them from foolish and selfish financial decisions. At the same time, they scream against any kind of oversight or 
Hey John,
Nice to see GU coming along. Your 'proposal' makes a lot more sense now that I can see it in action. Very interesting set-up. I'm monitoring my traffic closely post-election. Merging The Big Stick into a larger network may make more sens
Go 'Dawgs, indeed. Richt's successes are more than admirable, and I've missed the hell out of him at the offensive helm these last eight years. Should be a great game, but I give the edge to the 'Dawgs. Even though Tim Tebow once touched a blind