Archive for August, 2008
Okay, Reds fans…a proposal you won’t like (re: Brandon Phillips)
I enjoy Brandon Phillips.
I admire Brandon Phillips.
I do not overvalue Brandon Phillips.
I think the Reds should attempt to trade Brandon Phillips.
This is not a proposal I make lightly, as he is one of the few Reds who apparently enjoys playing baseball. I think it is ridiculous to say he could be a top-notch SS, [...]Worse than I expected (Vista)
Very brief, not comprehensive rundown of the myriad problems I’ve encountered with Microsoft Vista Home Basic on my cheap-o Dell Outlet Pentium Dual Core/2gb RAM/integrated graphics/160 HD box:
numerous lockups that eventually require a hard restart
difficulty installing an external USB hard drive (required creating a Environmental Variable to show non-working USB devices, finding it in DevMgr [...]my new home PC
As much as i would like to have a Mac, I bit the bullet the other day and got a new PC from the Dell Outlet. Even refurbished, a new Mac would be over $1000. I got a Dual Core Pentium Vostro w/ Vista, a wireless card and a DVD writer for $219 , under [...]
BOLTing - wow
Maybe the most amazing track performance of my lifetime. I appreciate the showmanship, the guy is a hoot, but like everyone else , I wanted to see a “sub 9.6″. Here’s hoping he runs the 200 all the way. Michael Johnson’s record is likely toast. Bolt hates the 400 but I would love to see [...]
