While there was a lot of hubbabaloo about the new iPhone being released today it seems Apple has quietly rolled out Safari 5. It’s not on their website at the time of this writing, but I was just able to download it via the Apple Software Update. It’s installing right now. I’ll take a look … More Quick Glimpse: Safari 5
Tonight the quest for the Cup reaches it’s final stage. Representing the East is the Philadelphia Flyers, a team few people ever considered to be a contender. After coming back from a dramatic down 3 games to none to beat the Bruins in 7 games the Flyers have shown they have a team chemistry that makes them tough to handle. … More Lord Stanley’s Cup
The NHL Conference finals begin a little later today with the Western Conference kicking things off at 3pm EST. While I really thought this was Vancouver’s year to shine, I’m not entirely shocked that the Blackhawks were able to handle them, even after getting devastated in the opening game of the series. It’s that predictable One seed versus the number Two seed matchup. No odd defying here, the best two from the West’s regular season are going head to head to play for Lord Stanley’s cup. What is crazy, however, is the East. Almost every analyst had it either being Washington or Pittsburgh to represent the East when the playoffs started. The upstart Montreal Canadians came along and destroyed everyones predictions. Since the playoff format was change in 1994 no 8 seed in the East(and only one in the West) has ever made it to a conference final. The only thing crazier is that the team with home ice advantage in the East is the 7th seed! That’s right, two teams who made the playoffs in the very last couple of games of the season are now playing for the honor of representing the Eastern conference and a shot at winning it all. The Flyers had an easier road of it, but getting this far is still pretty impressive, especially since Boston had them on the ropes and the clawed their way back to get the winning goal with under 8 minutes remaining in Game 7 of the series. So here we are, the Conference picks. … More The Conference Finals – Predictable and not so
Well there were only minor hiccups in the West for me that didn’t stop me from getting 4 for 4 on my picks. The East, however, is a different story. Who would have thought that going in to round 2 the highest seed remaining would be the number 4 seed? Who would have believed that all three division leaders were eliminated in the first round? That’s right, all that’s left in the East is 4, 6, 7, and 8 seeds. While Philadelphia winning their series didn’t shock me, I expected the other two division leaders to move on with flying colors. My Sabres failed me, not coming together and getting beaten down by a tenacious Boston team. Then, in an upset I am genuinely thrilled about, Team Ovechkin (the Washington Capitals) got taken down by the lowly Montreal Canadians, a team that wasn’t given a chance by anyone.
So here we go with my round 2 picks. … More NHL Playoffs, The Second Round
It’s that time of year again (actually, games are going on as I type this because I’ve been thrown a little off my game with arrival of Gabriel and all), time to take a look at the NHL playoffs and see how things are going to shape up. The regular season was a wild ride, especially the final weeks as several teams were battling for a few remaining playoff spots. The final team in the East came down to a single game on the last day of the regular season in which the Flyers managed to win the 7th seed in a shootout (ugh, stupid shootouts, but hey, that’s not what we’re here about today). So here we go, my picks for the 2010 race to the Stanley Cup. … More 2010 NHL Playoffs – The First Round
I can’t believe that its been as long as it has since I last updated here. I had been on quite a roll, but in my defense life got a little bit topsy turvy. Gabriel was born on March 4th and since then life has pretty much been in chaos. It’s been the good kind of chaos though. … More Qualifying Life Event
Google has been addressing users privacy concerns in regards to Google Buzz. Not only have they worked to amp up the privacy settings (at least attempting to put them on par with rivals), they added an option that allows a user to completely remove Buzz from there account – taking with it any posts or … More Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
So Google has unleashed its latest “we want to own all your data” demon in to the wild. Google Buzz is Google embracing the social media madness. It’s not terribly surprising that Google is entering this arena. With the popularity of both Twitter and Facebook it’s hard to ignore to potential for generating a lot … More Buzz off!
Provide horrible customer service? Constantly disconnecting users from the internet? Charging highly obscene unadvertised penalties for users using too much data? Throttling back network connections because your users dare actually use their available bandwidth? All of this giving you a horrible corporate image that day after day takes more hits in the media? If so, … More Oh Comcast, you so silly!
I’ve mused before about Google having power because of their access to amazing amounts of data. Well one of the things I feared seems to be a step closer to reality. It appears Google and the NSA are formalizing an agreement to work together. The motives, on their very surface, seem innocent and practical enough. … More What, me be evil?
Just a Man with a Mash Paddle 