Monthly Archives: March 2009

March 31, 2009 · 1 comment

Bill Simmons mailbag.¨Ü This response seems like one of the great ideas of our time: You just reminded me of something: There should be a section on eBay that allows the auctioning of enticing future bets. For instance, a few … Continue reading

March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City gameplay footage. One of Dan’s friends brougth this over to our house once and I remember thinking this actually looked pretty cool.¨Ü Which is proof that even sort of bright third graders are … Continue reading

March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

I Love You, Man

Pretty good.¨Ü Paul Rudd makes you uncomfortable similar to the way Michael Scott makes you uncomfortable.¨Ü Speaking of The Office, Rashida Jones is definitely appreciated.¨Ü I was always sort of sad she left The Office.¨Ü But if I had to … Continue reading

March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

Mongol

Russian film about the greatest Mongol of all spoken in Mongolian with subtitles.¨Ü So it may as well be an American film in Mongolian with subtitles–you can’t really tell.¨Ü You can tell that, for an epic, it’s relatively low budget.¨Ü … Continue reading

March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Old Jews Telling Jokes.¨Ü Pretty much what the title says, filmed in front of a white background like those old Apple commercials.¨Ü I like a good joke, and I like to think everyone knows at least one really good joke, … Continue reading

March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Where the Wild Things Are trailer.¨Ü Directed by Spike Jonze.¨Ü Jimmy Kimmel was on Adam Carolla last week and they read through the entire book in a couple minutes.¨Ü And it’s a kids book but the point was that the … Continue reading

March 24, 2009 · 0 comments

Tyson trailer. It seems like a major Mike Tyson documentary would’ve already been made by now. Certainly better late than never.

A whole lotta wires
March 23, 2009 · 1 comment

A whole lotta wires

Here are a couple of pictures of my (and my two partner’s) EE senior project. My EE concentration is in embedded systems, which I guess is easiest described as the computers in other things that aren’t primarily computers. Our goal was to transfer wireless video from a camera to an LCD screen. We managed to get colors across but our camera broke along the way, which is sort of crucial. Anyway, I stared at this for a few dozen hours a week for the past five weeks so I thought I’d share.

March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Top 40 Dunks: Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.¨Ü All of the clips have the original commentator audio, which is always a major bonus for me.¨Ü #2 (Jordan tip-toeing the baseline against the Knicks) seems more like it should be #1 … Continue reading

March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

New York Times Magazine article about Allonzo Trier, the top-ranked sixth-grade basketball prospect.¨Ü He’s been doing obsessive practice routines for four years. After about 10 minutes of ballhandling at the gym, he moved on to what makes up the bulk … Continue reading

March 22, 2009 · 1 comment

Bill Simmons showed up on Adam Carolla’s podcast again, on a Sunday.¨Ü Summary: Adam Carolla’s radio show got cancelled by CBS.¨Ü Since he’s still under contract until the end of the year, Aceman can’t really do anything for profit or … Continue reading

March 18, 2009 · 2 comments

SPRING BREAK

March 4, 2009 · 1 comment

Jeff Teague dunks on Dave Neal.¨Ü Filthy.¨Ü But then there are the bonuses of Dave Neal being Maryland’s only senior on senior night, the furious old men in the bottom-right corner telling the ref to give him a technical, and … Continue reading