The CostasNOW Big Media Sports Dept. Retrenchment of 2008

I don’t know about you, but I felt a little underwhelmed by last night’s proceedings. It was three parts obviousness, one part tantalizing springboard, one part bullies being bullies, and once all those ingredients were gathered, nobody put anything together.
Each segment was split into a pre-recorded introduction and a live panel moderated by Bob Costas.
Here [...]

2008 NHL Awards

Or, if you prefer, Like The Oscars, Except The Nominees Can Kick Your Ass. (Just ignore the Lady Byng and run with it, please?)
And, thanks to the NHL announcing one award per day, I have another running thread to carry for a week. I’ll move the previously announced awards below the jump.
Before I forget again, [...]

2008 Playoffs: Round 1

6-for-8. My only misses were a 4-5 and a 3-6 with the weakest division champ. Not bad, if I do say so myself.*
*: I have just screwed myself for the next round by typing that. No sense in erasing it. The karmic damage has already been done.
#2 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. #7 Ottawa Senators
Prediction: Penguins in [...]

Pick Your Poison: Roberts or Ruutu?

November 22, 2007: Jarkko Ruutu takes two penalties for diving (which were overturned on appeal), but scores the shoot-out-winning goal for the Penguins.
Pittsburgh snaps out of an early season funk. Ottawa begins a long, slow decline.
April 9-16, 2008: Jarkko Ruutu gets some quality ice time, kills penalties, takes no penalties himself, and scores the game-winning [...]

Give Avery credit for originality…

OK, so everybody is up in arms over Sean Avery’s latest attention-getting escapade. So what’s the big deal?
For those who didn’t see it, here’s the situation. Second period, game tied 1-1. Rangers have a 5-on-3 power play, with Vitali Vishnevski (elbowing) and Bryce Salvador (puck over glass) in the box for New Jersey. Avery, left [...]

Compare & Contrast

One of these networks is broadcasting the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The other is not. Can you guess which is which?

2008 Stanley Cup Playoff Educated Guesses

It’s that time of year again. Dragging ass into work the morning after a good west coast game. Using the road games to recover those vocal cords for the next home game. Only turning off Versus long enough to turn on FSN Pittsburgh. It’s playoff time, baby!
Time to commit some predictions to a blog.

How Not To Manage A Software Project In Public

Back in February, I picked up a link to Cairo, an Explorer replacement for Windows that appeared to be heavily influenced by Mac OS X Finder. The screen mockups looked good, and I’d love to have a column browser-style file manager for Windows, so I subscribed to their feed to keep an eye on their [...]