 Sunday, March 9, 2003
WTF is this? Just fly around in this and try and interact with everything and everyone. This is some fucked up shit.
Thursday, February 27, 2003
R.I.P. Mister Rogers.
This moron probably should have just tried to meet a new woman.
These two are leading candidates for this year's Dumbest Criminals award.
Monday, February 24, 2003
Went to Kirksville this past weekend. Got in a fight with the owner of King's Buffet (Chinese restauraunt) when he stole $10 from me. I paid with a $20 bill while two of my fraternity brothers were paying by credit card at the same time. He ran one of their cards and took my $20 bill, stuck it in the register, then took out a $10 bill. He set the ten on top of the drawer while he finished the credit card purchases. He then took the ten, put IT in the drawer and gave me four one dollar bills (he obviously forgot about the twenty and thought I paid with a ten). I looked at the ten and told him I paid with a twenty. For the next several minutes I told him I paid with a twenty and he told me, "no twenty, ten." Finally, when it became clear that I wasn't going to get the other $10 he owed me I asked him if he enjoyed stealing money from his customers. The argument got more heated with me dropping a few F-bombs and then he telling me to leave. I did manage to yell "Eat a dick, asshole!" at him (loud enough for half the restaurant to hear) as he was seating a big party of people. That was my weekend.
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Wow, does ESPN's new web design suck or what? What were they thinking when they came up with this? First, I don't want the ESPN motion section to be the default section to load, I want the Top Stories section to be the default. Web designers should NEVER have sounds load on a page WITHOUT user consent. It's just not the way to go.
Second, I'm not going to install any crappy programs to view your website. I just don't trust it. Too many people include spyware in their programs that I don't download any of it. If you don't know how to make a website work with existing technologies, then you suck.
Even *IF* I wanted to view this ESPN MOtion crap, I can't because I don't have broadband access. But guess what? Seventy-three percent (73%) of all homes with the Internet still use Dial-Up. By 2008, it is estimated that only 70% of homes will have broadband access. Who are the marketing geniuses that decided it would be wise to alienate such a large portion of their audience? People need to realize how slow the average user is at adopting to new technologies.
They offer a "lite version" of the ESPN.com site, but the link is almost impossible to find.
Flash based web designs suck. I hate websites that use Flash, I just don't see why it is so good. For example, on the ESPN site, look at the ESPNNEWS HEADLINES section (right hand column). Normally, I would either shift-click or right-click the stories I was interested in to open them in new windows. That way I could read one story while the rest load. Now, because of the Flash design I can't load them in seperate windows.
There are surely other problems with the site. I simply cannot believe that they didn't do any significant user testing before they launched this site. Just look at the user feedback section and you will see the number of people that hate the new version of ESPN.com. I cannot believe that whoever is leading their web design team has never heard of Jakob Nielson's usability and web design site. It stresses the importance of making your site accessible and useable for ALL of your users regardless of the browser or operating system that they use.
ESPN.com was one of the first sites I checked every day. For scores, standings and quick headlines I will use Yahoo! Sports. For more complete coverage, I will use Google Sports (allows you to search the entire web for up-to-date sports stories - you are missing out if you are not using Google's news site for your research purposes, it's a must visit!). I guess for columnists, I'll still support ESPN.com, but that is it.
Friday, February 14, 2003
Just to let everyone know, I have accepted a job with Savvis in a help desk role.
The BIG news today, of course, is that I received a letter from Hootie Johnson (Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club) in regards to a letter I sent him.
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Kara Yorio, hockey columnist for the Sporting News, offers NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman a list of five ways to make the NHL better. I normally don't read the Sporting News, but I sure hope that this "column" isn't typical of what they normally produce. In it, Yorio suggests that the league decrease ticket prices AND shorten the season by 10 games. Sure, lower ticket prices will be better for the fans because more people will be able to attend the games. And less games will be better for the players because there will be less wear and tear on them throughout the year. But I don't see how these would be better for the league. While lower ticket prices would probably mean an increase in demand, that increase in demand would not be big enough to offset the loss in revenue (gate, concessions, parking, broadcast fees, etc.) stemming from 10 fewer games. I fail to see how these suggestions would make the league stronger. Any attempt to improve the league has to start with the next collective bargaining agreement. Until they can get the owners and players to agree on an economic structure that makes sense for the league and its popularity (or lack thereof) level, any other radical changes would have minimal chance for success.
Monday, February 3, 2003
I think, without a doubt, Michael Jackson is the scariest person to ever walk the earth. A couple of articles have been written about him in advance of the TV documentary on his life later this week. Read them here and here.
Looking to kill time? Play this version of air hockey.
For all Mizzou fans...now you can show your support for the university in death as well as in life.
Friday, January 31, 2003
If you are a fan of The Simpsons, Entertainment Weekly ranks their Top 25 favorite episodes (as well as their least favorite one). Stupid list, however, starts at #1 and works its way to #25. Who starts a Top 25 list at #1?
I remember seeing this guy's website a few years ago - truly scary.
I can't wait for the first time a middle school kid decides to eschew high school in favor of going straight to the NBA.
Can someone in Congress please introduce legislation to ban corporate naming rights of stadiums? Chicago's Comiskey Park will now be known as U.S. Cellular Field. So when does Yankee Stadium become known as Citigroup Stadium?
Cross walk prank.
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