well, if you ask me ... » sports http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped my thoughts on faith, family, freedom, and fun Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Daily Links http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2009/02/02/links-for-2009-02-02/ http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2009/02/02/links-for-2009-02-02/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:46 +0000 bsoist http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2009/02/02/links-for-2009-02-02/
  • Phelps Acknowledges Photo Using Pot Pipe
    Phelps doesn't fall into the trap of denying everything like many athletes – good for him.
    (tags: phelps olympics bong pot drugs)
  • Where's your data? (Scripting News)
    I was thinking about this when I learned of Magnolia's data loss. Make sure you have your data backed up. ;)
    (tags: data magnolia backups free)
  • Downloads: Rowmote Turns Your iPhone into an Apple Remote
    We have a lot of those remotes but don't always know where they are. :)
    (tags: applications ipod iphone apps mac remote apple osx)
  • Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle
    No wonder print media is suffering. Wow!
    (tags: media newspapers print nytimes kindle journalism technology nyt publishing)
  • 125 Great Movies & TV Shows You May Not Have Known Are Available on Netflix Watch Instantly | AlwaysWatching.net
    We actually bough a 360 this Christmas so we could watch these films on the big screen. Being able to play Halo again was a fringe benefit.
    (tags: video film netflix movies towatch)
  • Secrets of my success: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings – Jan. 28, 2009
    There is no other way to say it. I LOVE NetFlix. It is actually strangely ironic that NetFlix helped me earn enough to be able to afford to subscribe ($24.99/month back then). I became an affiliate for NetFlix in 2000 and it was the first real success for my online ventures. I haven't stopped making money since and the family and I blow through at least a dozen movies a month now.
    (tags: film movie netflix affiliate)
  • Neven Mrgan's tumbl
    Agreed. I'm not doing it wrong – everyone else is. :)
    (tags: gmail funny mail)

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  • Faith is About Doing
  • Happy Holidays!
  • On the Bright Side
    • ]]>     The NFL is a private organization and can essentially do what it wants, but some people have suggested that it doesn’t do enough to tone down the religious overtones.

    This video implies that even the officials make judgement calls based on religious intent.

    It’s also clear that athletes can make public statements of faith in cases where statements of another kind would not be tolerated. The recent discussions of Tim Tebow’s eyeblack demonstrates that not everyone is happy about this.

    What do you think?

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    2. Happy Holidays!
    3. On the Bright Side

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  • Tebow's show of faith bothers some – SPORTS UPDATE – Kentucky.com
    If you really want to know what does, watch Thursday night. The answer will be written all over his face.
    (tags: sports football sec bcs gators florida)
  • Fraud at Satyam, Indian Outsourcing Company – NYTimes.com
    "Mr. Raju said Wednesday that 50.4 billion rupees, or $1.04 billion, of the 53.6 billion rupees in cash and bank loans the company listed as assets for its second quarter, which ended in September, were nonexistent."

    Say what?

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    ]]>     http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2009/01/10/links-for-2009-01-10/feed/ 0     Go Nimrods http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2004/04/16/go-nimrods/ http://whsjr.soistmann.com/oped/2004/04/16/go-nimrods/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:39:40 +0000 bsoist http://bsoist.geexfiles.com/?p=25
  • Well, I guess I can talk about it now …
  • I’m Back
  • Billy’s First Game
    • ]]>     My son and I put together a fantasy baseball team every year on Yahoo! and we love it. We participate in a live online draft and then monitor the team all season. It’s a blast.Anyway, this season we’ve had a rough start. The past two seasons we spent in the top 3 in our league (12 teams). This season we have never broken above number 8! We are having trouble adjusting. After about an hour of reading some of my favorite Chrisitan websistes this morning, I stopped by Yahoo! to check on today’s lineup for the week and quickly became frustrated by the interface. They have changed it somewhat from last year and it annoys me. I click on ‘Opponents’ to list the matches for the week. Then I select pitchers for today and click ‘Submit Changes.’ It always brings me back to the default ‘Stats’ view so I have to click ‘Opponents’ again. Just a minor annoyance. I will be writing my own interface to solve this problem. I may not get to it until next weekend, but I will do it. Of course I may need to check the TOS at Yahoo! as it seems many sites are banning scraping. I have been reading on this topic a lot this week (here and there )and will post my thoughts on it soon. My gut reaction is — You’ve got to be kidding! What’s next? You must read the newspaper in the living room, not the bathroom. No fast-forwarding through ads after you tape (or TiVO) something. (actually this has been debated already) I’m scraping and you can’t stop me! That’s just my gut reaction. I could be wrong.  

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