Author Archives: Chris

Lack of Moreno Clip Makes Yahoo Front Page

I just received a little tip.  The issue of ESPN not showing the Knowshow Moreno “Hurdle” clip made the Yahoo homepage front and center:

Click on the image or here for the full size.  The link on the Yahoo homepage goes to this article by Rivals.

Richt On ESPN Not Showing Knowshon

Admit it, it is an amazing clip. Knowshon Moreno hurdles a defender. And ESPN didn’t show the clip, and still hasn’t to my knowledge.
The problem is, ESPN should have shown the clip. One, it was of the #2 ranked Georgia Bulldogs on a day when the #1 (USC) didn’t play. Two, [...]

Do You Knowshon? I Do, But ESPN Doesn’t

Knowshon, you rock.
And ESPN didn’t show any of it. I watched a good bit of Sports Center last night, and they showed two plays from the game, neither of which included this hurdling. Here’s what David Hale of the Ledger-Enquirer had to say about this bias:
It’s hard to explain, however, how the No. [...]

College Football Today

Georgia football Coach Mark Richt and his wife Katharyn interviewed at their house recently:

And some other college football notes.
Even though Will Muschamp is bloody, he’s just copying Erk Russell (bloody here).
Jesse Palmer, you can’t talk football when you are wearing a pink shirt and your tie is way too short.
And last, why does College GameDay [...]

California’s Laws Are Copyrighted Too

In addition to Oregon’s laws, citizens are forbidden from downloading and saving California’s laws:
California’s building codes, plumbing standards and criminal laws can be found online.
But if you want to download and save those laws to your computer, forget it.
The state claims copyright to those laws. It dictates how you can access and distribute them — [...]

IE8 Beta More Demanding Than Windows XP

Slashdot | IE8 Beta 2 Fatter Than Firefox and XP: “Microsoft’s latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 is in fact more demanding on your PC than Windows XP itself.” Ha! Use Firefox.

Wikipedia Indicated Palin Early

Washington Post looks into edits on on Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia page in the hours before John McCain picked her to be the Republican Vice Presidential nominee. The edits showed that she would be picked, as the editors were also working on John McCain’s page.

Nascar News and Some Opinions

There has been a lot of Nascar news breaking this week, and I have lots of thoughts, so I want to hit some of the highlights quickly.
Everyone knew that Joey Logano was going to take over the Joe Gibb’s Racing #20 Toyota that Tony Stewart is leaving at this season’s end. But, it is [...]

How Google Helped Win the US a Gold Medal

After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to several different formats, one of which I was able to launch with Google Earth. I was then able to trace the entire course from the comfort of my home half a world away and find a similar route to train on back in [...]

Six Reasons to Love Football

6 reasons we love football - Macon.com.  This awesome article by Joe Kovac describes the 6 reasons to love football (especially college football) - tradition, schedule, theater, characters, passion, and party.  Hopefully my classmates out here at KU will read this and understand my excitement over college football a little more.