sentences in haste
The predicted Big Snow has not yet arrived. Giving it a while before I head off home, early for once.
Superbowl this weekend. (And Six Nations. It not only rains, but snows. Heh). Which should be good, except I haven’t really watched much of anything this year, not even the full playoff games. So I feel spectacularly uninformed about which team I want to root for. Because, yes, rooting for a particularly team is important. On reflection, it will probably be the Giants (almost by default), even though they have a propensity to run the ball instead of making passing plays. Why not the Patriots, who have had an outstanding season thus far?
It’s the same inclination that led me to be somewhat reserved in my acclaim for Feds before Nadal burst on the scene. Champions are always more appealing (to me, as a sports fan) when they have a flaw to overcome (see Sampras and clay courts).
I’ve been watching a small startup called Particls with interest. They’re not the first folks to say that they can scout out relevance by a long chalk - but with the advent of the new NL search startups like Lexxe and Haika - it seems more … doable now than ever before.
Also, say hello to a large chunk of the stuff of my thesis - here (bugmenot for the login). I suppose I should be vaguely flattered at the commercial interest in the same field that I wrote a thesis on… Or worried?
On 02-Feb-08 at 5:35 am,
tinylittlefascist wrote:
American football. Yawn!
I watched the Super Bowl in 1996. That was the last time. The Pittsburgh Steelers were playing somebody.
On 02-Feb-08 at 1:55 pm,
drac wrote:
Heh. Apparently Cowboys vs Steelers although I don’t remember that game either. Unsurprising, perhaps since I was probably watching the Cricket World Cup and living in a non-cable/non-satellite owning single TV household at the time.
It takes a while to get into it, perhaps - but I like the strategic movement and the need for quick adaptation between offense/defence in American football. Remember I was mumbling about how well organized Union defences being only broken down by a League style overhead hanging kick? Well, American football has more or less solved that problem. It’s instructive to watch (well, for me, obviously).
Sucks about the incessant breaks and timeouts for advertising though.
On 02-Feb-08 at 2:55 pm,
Curious Yellow wrote:
Wow!
So is it some kind of across the board interface you’re working on or is it a particular device only. Like a voice activated inflatable fitness instructor complete with vibrating appendage?
Oh, and good luck by the way!
On 02-Feb-08 at 6:05 pm,
drac wrote:
Ahahah. Now there’s a funding proposal I really want to write.. I had no idea that voice activated uh… fitness instructors were a viable product in this day and age.
(What I did was NLP across a series of devices, but mostly targeted towards small footprint low power home appliances like PVRs)
thank ye for the wishes
On 03-Feb-08 at 10:58 am,
Curious Yellow wrote:
http://www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk/gift-ideas-for-women/presents/inflatable-vibrating-fitness-instructor.html
There ya go.
On 04-Feb-08 at 5:54 am,
Chickenbutt wrote:
Hey, the underdogs did win!