It’s all about attitude

This guy and I seem to have a similar outlook on life.  Good stuff.

T.O.: DNR?

Evidently Terrell Owens tried to kill himself last night, this according to The Smoking Gun.  I’ll let you read for yourself:

SEPTEMBER 27–Controversial football star Terrell Owens attempted
suicide last night by taking an overdose of prescription pain pills,
according to a Dallas Police Department report. A copy of the report
can be found below. The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, 32, was depressed
and told cops that he was trying to harm himself, the report states. A
female companion of the athlete told officers that Owens last week
filled a prescription for 40 pain pills, but had only taken five of the
pills up to yesterday. Owens told police that he had taken the balance
of the pills last night. The woman, who has been identified as Kim
Etheredge, Owens’s publicist, also told responding officers (RO/S) that
she observed Owens (identified in the report as “comp,” or complainant)
put two pills in his mouth, which she tried to retrieve by placing her
fingers in his mouth. He was treated at Baylor University Medical
Center for a drug overdose. While the police document does not name
Owens, Dallas media reports (including one from WFAA-TV, which broke
the Owens story) have identified him as the “victim” referred to in the
report. Early this morning, ESPN reported that Owens had been taken to
a hospital emergency room after suffering an adverse reaction to
painkillers, which had been prescribed as a result of broken hand
suffered during a September 17 game against the Washington Redskins. (1
page)

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Forget about the Cubbies

In case you didn’t hear it, Shaun Alexander is out for the Seahawks with a broken foot.  In my mind, this is yet another example of the Madden Curse.  Thankfully Joystiq did a quick breakdown of the Curse’s history:

• 2000 - Barry Sanders abruptly retires before training camp (was he warned of the impending curse?)
• 2000 - Dorsey Levens is cut by Green Bay the following season
• 2001 - Eddie George enjoys career year, until costly turnover leads to Titan’s playoff exit
• 2002 - Daunte Culpepper leads team to dismal 4–7 record before season-ending knee injury
• 2003 - Marshall Faulk suffers ankle injury; career diminishes thereafter
• 2004 - Michael Vick fractures right fibula in preseason game, just one day after Madden is released; sidelined for season
• 2005 - Ray Lewis
  fails to post a single interception (after grabbing 6 the previous
  year), and injury forces him to miss the final game of the season; the
  Ravens also fail to make the playoffs after winning the division in the
  2003–2004 season
• 2006 - Donovan McNabb
  suffers sports hernia in first game and undergoes season-ending surgery
  in November; T.O. feud escalates; Eagles finish 6–10 after reaching
  Super Bowl in 2005–2006 season
• 2007 - Shaun Alexander fractures left foot in Week 3 …

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Bittorrent is taking over the internet…

Courtesy of Torrentfreak:

The popularity of BitTorrent is growing every day. BitTorrent sites
are on the rise, and now four of them hold positions in the top 500
most popular websites on the Internet. Even more are expected to join
the club in the near future.

Back in 2004, Suprnova managed to
settle itself among the 1000 most visited websites on the internet. So
when the site was taken offline december 19, 2004, there was a huge gap
to fill. Today, 6 bittorrent sites entered this top 1000 list,
generating more traffic than Suprnova ever did.

Sites in Alexa’s Top 1000 (rank September 26, 2006)

205 Mininova

218 Torrentspy

387 The Piratebay

439 Isohunt

573 Torrentz

593 Demonoid

Top 4

As you can see, there are now four BitTorrent sites in the top 500 of the most visited websites on the internet. Torrentspy and Mininova are currently 218 and 205. The Piratebay and Isohunt follow in 387 and 439 respectively.

Weather or not you use Google calendar, this is cool…

Google just announced that weather forecasts are now being included within its calendar application.  This is a great and logical addition that I’m surprised no one has thought of until now.

Do you use Google Calendar?  I use it a bit just because you can have several calendars in one slick interface and choose which ones you want to view.  If you don’t know, Google allows you to search public calendars and then view them in this way.  For instance, I have a calendar for both Irish football and Indians baseball that I can view at the same time.  I have a calendar for DVD releases and concert dates.  It’s pretty nice.

For day to day work stuff, I obviously use Outlook.  I have a PDA that syncs via Microsoft Exchange Server, so I’m always on top of things that way.  But for “non-work” related stuff like I mentioned above, I think Google Calendar is actually pretty handy.

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HDTV is sick

Well, I made the plunge.  About three weeks ago I decided to finally jump onto the HDTV bandwagon.  I grabbed a 46″ Samsung DLP off of Amazon for a mere $1,199 with free shipping.  It’s amazing to me how much HDTV’s have come down in price over the past couple of years.

The wife was somewhat dismayed over the sheer size of this thing, but once she saw a football game on it, even she agreed that the picture is “pretty good”.  It’s actually better than pretty good.  It’s spectacular.  I figured it would be a shame to not watch this ND football season in HD.  Unfortunately, the TV was delivered one day before the infamous Michigan game.  My new TV was truly the only good part of that game.

I had to break down and get Comcast, which sucks because I hate freaking Comcast.  Yet another reason Comcat sucks (as I discovered) is that their HD box does not have HDMI output, only DVI.  That meant I had to go buy an adapter, which cost me another $30. 

I also have an upconverting DVD player with an HDMI output.  One nice thing about the TV I got was the fact that it has TWO HDMI inputs.  So I have the cable box in one and the DVD player in the other.  DVD’s look pretty good, although some are better than others.  I’m anxiously awaiting HD-DVD coming down in price.  Dances With Wolves looked especially nice, I must say.

So overall you could say I’m quite happy with my new setup.  I find myself watching anything and everything just because it was filmed in HD, including Wheel of Fortune.  It really shines in sports, which is most of what I watch on TV anyway.  I just wish I didn’t have to see Brent Musburger in high def.