September 29, 2004
Adventure Racing
A friend of mine and I are thinking about getting into some Adventure Racing just for fun!
Here are some of the races we are considering:
Balance Bar Adventure Sprints
http://www.makebreak.com/Wildlands_entry_info.htm
http://www.makebreak.com/adventure_racing.htm
I think we settled on this one, which is usually early in the year:
http://www.makebreak.com/cushion_peak_adventure_challenge.htm
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September 25, 2004
God's Message to Bush Voters
Broward County, FL - With Hurricane Jeanne moving in toward Florida and three million people being asked to evacuate just six weeks before the Presidential election, the truth can no longer being ignored. God is punishing the people of Florida for electing a moron to the Presidency. I don't think there is another rational interpretation to explain 4 hurricanes in such rapid succession so close to election day. Rumors indicate that if voters in Florida repeat their actions from the last election, the entire state will be sandblasted clean.
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April 23, 2004
XM Radio
What can I say besides XM Satellite Radio rocks! My wife had a Delphi SKYFi XM Satellite Radio installed in my car as a birthday present. All I can say is that I love it. Music really enhances everything, and having that much commercial-free music on tap is just fantastic. I'm just about ready to tear off my car stereo antenna and mail it to XM just to say thanks.
If you have a long commute or just love music, you should take the plunge and get XM. I also bought the Delphi SKYFi Boom Box for home use. I was working from home yesterday and I had it playing in the background all day.
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August 18, 2003
CBS Sportsline flails on draft day!
CBS Sportsline has hosted my Fantasy Football League for the past two years (maybe three, I'm not sure). And this year, we had an early draft, set to start Saturday night at 7pm. Everything was ready...broadband access, two laptops in the dining room, chicken cheesesteaks, hot wings and nachos, everyone had their cheat sheets. It was all ready. We even had just about everyone in the draft room (online draft room) just before 7pm. Then, all hell broke loose. The CBS Sportsline draft room had two major problems. One problem was that on the client, a memory leak seemed to exist, causing explorer to crash when it consumed about 90MB of RAM. Then, the response time on the site was so slow, it took more time that we allow a person to draft to refresh. You have three minutes to draft, but a refresh took from 3 to 5 minutes. So you didn't know how the person before you took until you should have already completed your draft. We has speaker phones and cell phones going. At first, I thought it was my home network, so we rewired it really quick, but it still sucked. About three times during the night, the site responded well. But it still made the draft take twice as long as usual. We were there almost six hours before it was done. This season costs about $120 for a league. Based on the performance of their site, we were robbed. If you are thinking of a fantasy league, maybe check out Yahoo. They are a company that has a track record proven to be able to handle a load.
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June 23, 2003
Robot Arena 2
My latest gaming has been with Robot Arena 2. You get to create a battle bot type of robot (and the interface is very good, lots of possiblities) and battle it against computer bots and other humans. It's a ton of fun and I'm addicted. The game itself is a little buggy, but still good. The multiplayer (only played once) was very laggy and I got my butt handed to me by someone who built an enormously destructive robot.
Check it out. If you like Robot Wars, you will probably like Robot Arena 2.
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