The Birds Are Back

So who’s ready to Fly Like An Eagle next week?!  My man Saverio Rocca (pictured, left) is poised to launch the ball 40, 50, 60… maybe 70 yards in the air?
I guess it says something about the season when the player generating much of the buzz is the punter.  Well, OK and that other guy… #5 is it?
Anyway, I smell another decent, playoff-making season.  Unfortunately, there’s nothing to really get excited about — Westbrook will have another good season, but McNabb will never be 100% (even by his own admission).  There is sadly, once again, no stud, go-to receiver.  Of the core group, Jason Avant actually looked the best to me.
Brent Celek seems to have hands like flypaper, and can actually hustle after the catch (listening, L.J.?).

Learn How To Use The Internets

As the CEO of an airline, and seemingly a relatively young one (judging from the photo) at that, you’d figure the guy would know the basics of operating… email.

Apparently not.

Hasn’t this most basic of mistakes — the old "Reply To All" gaffe — been made enough times over the last decade?  Hmph.  As for the story itself, it’s an interesting peek into what big companies really think about you, the disposable consumer.

UPDATE:
Funny rebuttal addressing the ridiculous complaint:
http://www.surprisinger.com/2007/08/q-dear-everyone-on-internet-could-you.html

Golf With Me


VideoJug: How To Perform The Perfect Golf Swing

Watch a great lesson on perfecting your golf swing.  I’ve just recently discovered the sport after playing on my first "real" course and shooting an 83!  Not bad… well, if it were for 18 holes instead of 9!  LMAO

If anyone’s interested in shooting around — driving range, pitch-n-putt, whatever — drop me a line.

Worst. Pageant Interview Answer. Ever.

This is almost uncomfortable to watch.

The Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant from South Carolina is asked a (pretty dumb) question, and responds with what may be the worst pageant interview answer ever.

At first, I thought "poor girl, must be the nerves".  But then, I thought, "Well, how did she get here?!"  Don’t these girls go through a series of local, regional, and state pageants?  And aren’t these pageants setup in a similar structure?  Didn’t somebody notice that, "Hey, this girl is pretty, but she is dumb as a box a rocks."

The best part is that, out of the final five — she finished fourth!  Another girl was rated below her after this debacle.

Transcript & audio from You’re The Man Now, Dog.

UPDATE: (Filed under: I knew this would be big, but…) A version of this clip I made and posted to YouTube was in the Top 20 videos of the day for both Saturday and Sunday!  Here’s a tip: don’t use your primary email address for your YouTube account!  I’m still deleting comment notifications 1/2 hour later…

Content Aware Image Resizing

One of the coolest tech demos I’ve seen since the TED interface presentations… Technology that determines what’s "important" in an image, for intelligent resizing (even upsizing!)  <voice of Guinness Guy> Brilliant!

Cheap iPhones

Who’da thunk those two words would end up in such close proximity…

Anyhoo, if you’ve been jonesin’ for the latest Apple goodness, but don’t want to spend the Apple prices, you’re in luck.  Jobs & Co. are now offering refurb iPhones for $100 off. They carry the same 1-year warranty as the new units.

$399 for an iPhone?!  At these blowout prices, why not buy one for your other hand?

Headlines

Lots of funny "actual headlines". Well, funny if your name is Grady…

UPDATE: So many people have been hitting this (from Sean-O.com?? LOL), that the site has exceeded its bandwidth quota (stingy Universities). I’m looking for an alternate source…

UPDATE DEUX: Looks like the bandwidth gods at CMU have granted this site some bigger tubes.  Try it again.