Sunday, August 31, 2008
Get rid of Ty
Bob Condotta's Seattle Times Husky Blog says it all. The Huskies stunk it up.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/huskyfootball/2008/08/30/oregon_postgame.html
I may not agree fully with his grades, I think he rated UW too highly, I agree that our team stinks. :)
While I wasn't expecting a win, and probably wishful thinking it'd be a squeaker, I wasn't expecting one of the most ridiculously embarrassing games I've ever seen from UW. What happened to the days when UW was a powerhouse? I grew up watching UW battle it out for the National Title and Pac-10 Title every year. Even throughout my college time, we were still going to Bowl games and having competitive teams.
Not all the recruiting has been on Ty's shoulders, but alot of it has, and the coaching definitely has. And it sucks. The only benefit of the doubt is that the UW team is very, very, very young, but the O-line is a group of veterans, and they looked like pre-school kids out there last night. The receivers, as has been the case the past couple of seasons, can't catch anything thrown at them, nor can they run routes, and just seem to give up.
The running game looked horrid, and that, as far as I can tell, is because they have about 1 nano-second to get the ball and find a hole. Jake "Purple Jesus" Locker had absolutely no time in the pocket and all of our team's offense was based on his scrambling and improv and a bunch of lucky pass interference calls. In the passes he did throw, they looked... well inaccurate and poorly executed as usual. He could the be the UW savior, but he's got alot of work to do. He just can't seem to throw a ball over 10 yards with any sort of accuracy. He relies too much on his legs, and I guess, if I had that sort of O-Line I probably would too.
The defense looked superbly overmatched. This isn't as good of a Duck team as last year's but they sure played like it. Their offense was all over the place and any sort of misdirection play would trick the UW team in an instant. Oregon probably could have just ran the ball all day and scored 5 or 6 TDs if they wanted.... Sigh.
Not very happy. Ty needs to go. (btw, the playcalling was just terrible on offense)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/huskyfootball/2008/08/30/oregon_postgame.html
I may not agree fully with his grades, I think he rated UW too highly, I agree that our team stinks. :)
While I wasn't expecting a win, and probably wishful thinking it'd be a squeaker, I wasn't expecting one of the most ridiculously embarrassing games I've ever seen from UW. What happened to the days when UW was a powerhouse? I grew up watching UW battle it out for the National Title and Pac-10 Title every year. Even throughout my college time, we were still going to Bowl games and having competitive teams.
Not all the recruiting has been on Ty's shoulders, but alot of it has, and the coaching definitely has. And it sucks. The only benefit of the doubt is that the UW team is very, very, very young, but the O-line is a group of veterans, and they looked like pre-school kids out there last night. The receivers, as has been the case the past couple of seasons, can't catch anything thrown at them, nor can they run routes, and just seem to give up.
The running game looked horrid, and that, as far as I can tell, is because they have about 1 nano-second to get the ball and find a hole. Jake "Purple Jesus" Locker had absolutely no time in the pocket and all of our team's offense was based on his scrambling and improv and a bunch of lucky pass interference calls. In the passes he did throw, they looked... well inaccurate and poorly executed as usual. He could the be the UW savior, but he's got alot of work to do. He just can't seem to throw a ball over 10 yards with any sort of accuracy. He relies too much on his legs, and I guess, if I had that sort of O-Line I probably would too.
The defense looked superbly overmatched. This isn't as good of a Duck team as last year's but they sure played like it. Their offense was all over the place and any sort of misdirection play would trick the UW team in an instant. Oregon probably could have just ran the ball all day and scored 5 or 6 TDs if they wanted.... Sigh.
Not very happy. Ty needs to go. (btw, the playcalling was just terrible on offense)
Labels: football, huskies, sports, uw
Monday, August 25, 2008
Random thoughts on a wet August night
I'm about to join the SLR club! I am pretty excited for getting an actual camera. I decided on getting the Canon XSi Rebel EOS 450D and am only hoping it'll come sooner rather than later, since I'm heading to Prague/Europe on Sept 5th. It'd be awesome to be able to use it there...
I am pretty assured that the Seahawk QB situation is fine. Charlie Frye is more than enough for a 3rd string QB and his performance against the Chargers today was solid. He had a nice, very nice, pass to Nate Burleson for a TD on the very first drive, and then seemed poised the rest of the game and making some dead plays into something with his feet. It looks like he's starting to get the hang of the system and pehaps Holmgren is working miracles with him here too.
There's a 9 year old kid who pitches, or should I say pitched, on a little league team, that recently got BANNED from the league. In fact his whole team was ordered to disband... why? because he was TOO GOOD. His pitch was clocking at 40mph, which for an 8-10 year old is pretty fast. He was basically unhittable, and intimidating the other kids to the point where they forfeited his last game! Anyway, I find the league to be quite lame for having to kick a kid out because he was just skilled. Here's the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3553475
Obama and Joe Biden? Interesting combination.
I recently discovered, through the help of a post from Terry Tan, that Microsoft's new search engine, Live.com, has a function to save you money! They have a rebate program where you can get up to 25% off paypal purchases on ebay and also that much on affiliate online stores, which happen to be very many stores that I purchase on. I used the 10% off paypal promo on the camera purchase so hopefully i'll get that rebate in 8 weeks since it's quite a bit of money. Anyway, it links to your Live account and you can also stack existing coupons or promos to it! http://search.live.com/cashback is the link to the store rebates. To get the paypal one, just go to live.com and search for what you want to buy and look for the cash rebate icon in the ads section. You may have to try a few different things to get it to show... or just refresh..
I am so ready for snowboarding. I keep getting emails for 2009 snowboards and I am craving the snow, and really really want to pick up a banana board this year... like the Lib-Tech Banana 152 or BTX Narrow 151 or perhaps the GNU Rider's Choice BTX, but i really shouldn't spend the money... ugh. Anyway, K2 looks like they'll be coming out with the Gyrator which is another rocker style board. These things look like they'll rock for powder days and then good for getting some extra pop on anything you want to try to hit. Sounds pretty exciting!
...and if the weather is anything like last year, I'll be a happy camper! This year I'll have season passes to both Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie/Alpental so I'll be trying to beat out the 32 times I went last season. Also trying to get to Mt Hood and Whistler again, but I better start saving... another trip to Tahoe would be nice too. :)
who wants to go this year??? :)
oh speaking of which, last week I got my first issue of FREQUENCY: The Snowboarder's Journal, also abbreviated as TSJ. It's a very art/photography influenced snowboard quarterly publication out of Bellingham that I highly recommend! There's a bunch of fantastic photos that are taken all over the world of mountains, snow, sights and scenes. Some of the biggest and most exciting hits are all captured. There's plenty of reading material too, but the art is what makes this thing very nice and its printed on fancy glossy paper so it's a perfect complement to your coffee table. :)
I am pretty assured that the Seahawk QB situation is fine. Charlie Frye is more than enough for a 3rd string QB and his performance against the Chargers today was solid. He had a nice, very nice, pass to Nate Burleson for a TD on the very first drive, and then seemed poised the rest of the game and making some dead plays into something with his feet. It looks like he's starting to get the hang of the system and pehaps Holmgren is working miracles with him here too.
There's a 9 year old kid who pitches, or should I say pitched, on a little league team, that recently got BANNED from the league. In fact his whole team was ordered to disband... why? because he was TOO GOOD. His pitch was clocking at 40mph, which for an 8-10 year old is pretty fast. He was basically unhittable, and intimidating the other kids to the point where they forfeited his last game! Anyway, I find the league to be quite lame for having to kick a kid out because he was just skilled. Here's the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3553475
Obama and Joe Biden? Interesting combination.
I recently discovered, through the help of a post from Terry Tan, that Microsoft's new search engine, Live.com, has a function to save you money! They have a rebate program where you can get up to 25% off paypal purchases on ebay and also that much on affiliate online stores, which happen to be very many stores that I purchase on. I used the 10% off paypal promo on the camera purchase so hopefully i'll get that rebate in 8 weeks since it's quite a bit of money. Anyway, it links to your Live account and you can also stack existing coupons or promos to it! http://search.live.com/cashback is the link to the store rebates. To get the paypal one, just go to live.com and search for what you want to buy and look for the cash rebate icon in the ads section. You may have to try a few different things to get it to show... or just refresh..
I am so ready for snowboarding. I keep getting emails for 2009 snowboards and I am craving the snow, and really really want to pick up a banana board this year... like the Lib-Tech Banana 152 or BTX Narrow 151 or perhaps the GNU Rider's Choice BTX, but i really shouldn't spend the money... ugh. Anyway, K2 looks like they'll be coming out with the Gyrator which is another rocker style board. These things look like they'll rock for powder days and then good for getting some extra pop on anything you want to try to hit. Sounds pretty exciting!
...and if the weather is anything like last year, I'll be a happy camper! This year I'll have season passes to both Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie/Alpental so I'll be trying to beat out the 32 times I went last season. Also trying to get to Mt Hood and Whistler again, but I better start saving... another trip to Tahoe would be nice too. :)
who wants to go this year??? :)
oh speaking of which, last week I got my first issue of FREQUENCY: The Snowboarder's Journal, also abbreviated as TSJ. It's a very art/photography influenced snowboard quarterly publication out of Bellingham that I highly recommend! There's a bunch of fantastic photos that are taken all over the world of mountains, snow, sights and scenes. Some of the biggest and most exciting hits are all captured. There's plenty of reading material too, but the art is what makes this thing very nice and its printed on fancy glossy paper so it's a perfect complement to your coffee table. :)
Labels: hobbies, life, photography, seahawks, sports
Thursday, August 21, 2008
HelloFoto
A couple years ago, I was all primed to get into doing photography more, but I didn't have the cash to buy a SLR (single lens reflex) camera (they were so expensive back then) so I settled on a Canon S2 IS, which happened to be a really good camera for the price. As much as I wanted to get into it, I never really did, but since buying a home and looking for decor for my walls, I've gotten a little spark into trying to get my own imagery up on the walls.
So I got my S2 out again - I had already gotten a new pocket-sized point and shoot SD750 camera -- and got a conversion adapter for it with a wide angle conversion lens and a 58mm macro lens, as well as polarizers and UV filters... and then... within hours of all of this, my camera dies. Literally dead. Won't turn on. At first the lens which focuses from 15 to 300+ mm got stuck. Not sure if the gears are misaligned or what, but its a well known issue with certain Canon's and this happened to fall into that negative category. The second issue was when I was cleaning my lens earlier today, the "squirt" bottle that holds the cleaning fluid sprayed out way too much and some of it got into the lower lenses and aperture area and my pictures are now foggy/hazy. Well that is, if I could actually take pictures.
Ugh.
So now here's the dilemna. I was gearing up for my upcoming vacation to Prague/Dublin and a high quality camera is an essential. Now that the current gadget is down for the count, what do I do? I've always wanted an SLR and now the prices have dropped to almost reachable amounts. It's also the time when new models are coming out and older ones being clearanced away. Yea, the Canon XS and XSi's are out now, priced at a very attractive $700 including lens and now featuring SD/SDHC card slots... but you can also find the XT/XTi for nearly half that price. Granted, I would have to buy a new compact flash II card and those run pretty steep...
or i could find myself a used S2 for $150, or S3 for $225 or a new S5 for $399 or so?
or do I just live with the Canon SD750 for a while? Of course that's the obvious budget conscious choice... but i'm a gadget freak and I somehow find myself wasting money on this junk... sacrificing other things for it. :|
anyway, so what else can go wrong?
within the past 5 days:
-sunroof shatters on car
-brand new laptop stops charging battery and needs a replacement motherboard
-toilet clogged up
-gas stove gets honked up
-camera sees its grave, just days/hours after i buy a bundle of accessories
-on top of that, it took 3 hours to get home last night for a 2.25 hour radiohead set. of course, it was totally worth it.
So I got my S2 out again - I had already gotten a new pocket-sized point and shoot SD750 camera -- and got a conversion adapter for it with a wide angle conversion lens and a 58mm macro lens, as well as polarizers and UV filters... and then... within hours of all of this, my camera dies. Literally dead. Won't turn on. At first the lens which focuses from 15 to 300+ mm got stuck. Not sure if the gears are misaligned or what, but its a well known issue with certain Canon's and this happened to fall into that negative category. The second issue was when I was cleaning my lens earlier today, the "squirt" bottle that holds the cleaning fluid sprayed out way too much and some of it got into the lower lenses and aperture area and my pictures are now foggy/hazy. Well that is, if I could actually take pictures.
Ugh.
So now here's the dilemna. I was gearing up for my upcoming vacation to Prague/Dublin and a high quality camera is an essential. Now that the current gadget is down for the count, what do I do? I've always wanted an SLR and now the prices have dropped to almost reachable amounts. It's also the time when new models are coming out and older ones being clearanced away. Yea, the Canon XS and XSi's are out now, priced at a very attractive $700 including lens and now featuring SD/SDHC card slots... but you can also find the XT/XTi for nearly half that price. Granted, I would have to buy a new compact flash II card and those run pretty steep...
or i could find myself a used S2 for $150, or S3 for $225 or a new S5 for $399 or so?
or do I just live with the Canon SD750 for a while? Of course that's the obvious budget conscious choice... but i'm a gadget freak and I somehow find myself wasting money on this junk... sacrificing other things for it. :|
anyway, so what else can go wrong?
within the past 5 days:
-sunroof shatters on car
-brand new laptop stops charging battery and needs a replacement motherboard
-toilet clogged up
-gas stove gets honked up
-camera sees its grave, just days/hours after i buy a bundle of accessories
-on top of that, it took 3 hours to get home last night for a 2.25 hour radiohead set. of course, it was totally worth it.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Hours until Radiohead...
I've been waiting a few years to see Radiohead and its only a few more hours til game time. Pretty estatic to see'em!! So with that, I'm going to list my favorite albums in order, i think.
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
Pablo Honey
...and my favorite tracks, though maybe not in order:
Fake Plastic Trees
How to Disappear Completely
Packt Like Sardines
Airbag
The Bends
The National Anthem
Nude
Paranoid Android
Reckoner
2 + 2 = 5
Anyone Can Play Guitar
Pearly
Ok i'm not going to list this, every song is pretty much awesome. Oh, and they do a pretty awesome job covering New Order/Joy Division on their track, Ceremony, which I think is one of the best songs ever.
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
Pablo Honey
...and my favorite tracks, though maybe not in order:
Fake Plastic Trees
How to Disappear Completely
Packt Like Sardines
Airbag
The Bends
The National Anthem
Nude
Paranoid Android
Reckoner
2 + 2 = 5
Anyone Can Play Guitar
Pearly
Ok i'm not going to list this, every song is pretty much awesome. Oh, and they do a pretty awesome job covering New Order/Joy Division on their track, Ceremony, which I think is one of the best songs ever.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Trying something new via facebook
I am trying something new here... seeing how well Facebook's RSS feed takes my blog posts and converts it into a facebook note. Hopefully this works. Anyway, there should eventually be a link at the bottom that links to the real blog.
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