How's Mangino's $600k salary as an incentive to pick up sport coaching? Nice...
Anyway, here are some pics of our new football scoreboard.
It doesn't appear to be completely finished, but still is looking pretty nice. So fans willing to spend the $225/game for season tickets (non-students) will be able to decide which direction they want to crook their heads to see by exactly how much we're slaughtering Nebraska... North or South.
Game 1 is less than a week away... do you have your tickets yet? :)
-T.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
KU Gets Kicked While They're Down
Football Media Attention
So, I got my wish (sort of).
KU Football is certainly making headlines these days with the Ringwood arrest and allegations that he attacked a forty-something man and his wife outside a concert. This attention isn't exactly what I had in mind in my previous post.
With the onset of this incident, exciting developments of our outstanding freshmen recruits and speculated atheletic growth in players such as Clark Green and our powerhouse Charles Gordon seem to fade to the background. KU's disciplinary actions have instead, receives the limelight... Great.
I haven't decided who I'm angrier with, the 20-year-old athelete casting a shameful light on the institution (and program) I think so highly of under already tense circumstances... or the local media for beating the incident to death and allowing it to overshadow our positive steps forward.
Are Our Freshmen Stupid?
While I'm venting about individuals making KU look bad, it seems to me that this wave of incoming freshmen are lacking in the common sense department.
For a little background, I'm working a couple on campus of jobs in the computer/internet trouble-shooting arena at ResNet and EGARC.
In this era of widespread computer accessibility where everyone and his dog owns a laptop, Ipod and PDA, each successive year of new-comers would be growing more and more computer savvy. At least that's what *I* thought.
Favorite Computer Questions at EGARC
Student Question: I can't get to the internet, what am I doing wrong?
Answer: Pick any of the following...
-T.
So, I got my wish (sort of).
KU Football is certainly making headlines these days with the Ringwood arrest and allegations that he attacked a forty-something man and his wife outside a concert. This attention isn't exactly what I had in mind in my previous post.
With the onset of this incident, exciting developments of our outstanding freshmen recruits and speculated atheletic growth in players such as Clark Green and our powerhouse Charles Gordon seem to fade to the background. KU's disciplinary actions have instead, receives the limelight... Great.
I haven't decided who I'm angrier with, the 20-year-old athelete casting a shameful light on the institution (and program) I think so highly of under already tense circumstances... or the local media for beating the incident to death and allowing it to overshadow our positive steps forward.
Are Our Freshmen Stupid?
While I'm venting about individuals making KU look bad, it seems to me that this wave of incoming freshmen are lacking in the common sense department.
For a little background, I'm working a couple on campus of jobs in the computer/internet trouble-shooting arena at ResNet and EGARC.
In this era of widespread computer accessibility where everyone and his dog owns a laptop, Ipod and PDA, each successive year of new-comers would be growing more and more computer savvy. At least that's what *I* thought.
Favorite Computer Questions at EGARC
- Can you help me open Word?
- OK, now how do you save this?
- So you guys are the computer people. Can you give me my Blackboard assignment?
- My class isn't in the room it's supposed to be in. Can you tell me where they went?
- Can you give me the video my instructor asked us to watch? She's the short one with brown hair.
Student Question: I can't get to the internet, what am I doing wrong?
Answer: Pick any of the following...
- You need an ethernet cord.
- (Related to 1) You need an ethernet cord that isn't broken, ie. the plastic terminating end is actually attached.
- When the window pops up asking if you want to continue, click "OK."
- You actually need to *run* the security program you downloaded from our site.
- Try the web-browser.
-T.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Big 12 Stadiums on Google Maps
Gearing up for Football Season
Like a good little Jayhawk, I spent a sickening amount of the day complaining about the rise in tuition and book costs while simulatneously opting to foot another $120 for the Sports Combo Ticket in Enroll and Pay.
The Big 12:
Jeremy actually compiled this list during the Google Maps craze. So, if you have a few minutes to waste and want to check out our stadiums:
Support Our Team
No doubt, Lawrence is all about basketball. And with good reason... but with football season less than a month away our local paper is still talking about nothing but freshmen B-ball recruits. Their excuse is pure economics: basketball stories gross triple the hits online vs. football... even in football season.
So visit KUSports and click on some football links to promote more writing. We got the cover story today... Hopefully, this can help get Lawrence excited to see what Mangino and the team can do.
Tailgating, Tailgating, Tailgating
I couldn't be more pumped up. With the last season defeat of K-State thanks to our uber-stud coach, all football-fan eyes are set on one thing...
Nebraska ;)
See you at the stadium September 3rd. This should be fun,
-T :)
Like a good little Jayhawk, I spent a sickening amount of the day complaining about the rise in tuition and book costs while simulatneously opting to foot another $120 for the Sports Combo Ticket in Enroll and Pay.
The Big 12:
Jeremy actually compiled this list during the Google Maps craze. So, if you have a few minutes to waste and want to check out our stadiums:
- Baylor Bears
- Colorado Buffaloes
- Iowa State Cyclones
- KANSAS JAYHAWKS (MSN Virtual Earth)
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Missouri Tigers
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Oklahoma State Cowboys (MSN Virtual Earth)
- Texas Longhorns
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
Support Our Team
No doubt, Lawrence is all about basketball. And with good reason... but with football season less than a month away our local paper is still talking about nothing but freshmen B-ball recruits. Their excuse is pure economics: basketball stories gross triple the hits online vs. football... even in football season.
So visit KUSports and click on some football links to promote more writing. We got the cover story today... Hopefully, this can help get Lawrence excited to see what Mangino and the team can do.
Tailgating, Tailgating, Tailgating
I couldn't be more pumped up. With the last season defeat of K-State thanks to our uber-stud coach, all football-fan eyes are set on one thing...
Nebraska ;)
See you at the stadium September 3rd. This should be fun,
-T :)
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Hating Bill Gates on a New Level
As much as I complain about Internet Explorer and Microsoft business practices, these guys are psycho.
Andy Martin and the Obliteration of Common Sense
The Committee to Fight Microsoft (CTFM) as far as I can tell "protects our rights" as consumers by refusing to accept "bad code" Microsoft forces onto innocent consumers like you and I. Andy Martin, CTFM President says this of Microsoft:
The solution, you ask?
This is Martin's answer: He hopes to force Microsoft into ensuring that Windows Vista will either be free of "bad code" or removed from the shelves. That's right. Martin is asking for Microsoft's guarantee that Vista is bug-free or withheld from the market until it's perfect.
Let's Use an Analogy
Martin's logic holds some intrinsic flaws:
-T.
Andy Martin and the Obliteration of Common Sense
The Committee to Fight Microsoft (CTFM) as far as I can tell "protects our rights" as consumers by refusing to accept "bad code" Microsoft forces onto innocent consumers like you and I. Andy Martin, CTFM President says this of Microsoft:
"Bill Gates sells the public defective products, and then expects us to spend years being his guinea pigs, while he corrects the myriad of defects and vulnerabilities in his defective code. This is mass consumer fraud. It is unacceptable corporate behavior."
--Beta News
--Beta News
The solution, you ask?
This is Martin's answer: He hopes to force Microsoft into ensuring that Windows Vista will either be free of "bad code" or removed from the shelves. That's right. Martin is asking for Microsoft's guarantee that Vista is bug-free or withheld from the market until it's perfect.
Let's Use an Analogy
Martin's logic holds some intrinsic flaws:
- First, he assumes Microsoft is releasing defective software warranting fraudulent advertising simply because the system can be compromised.
So, if I build a house, and some jerk is successful in burning it down, can I be sued for construction flaws?
This is exactly what virus developers do. They maliciously research ways of compromising software. A successful virus script-kiddie managing to hijack our systems into performing actions never intended is a far cry from Microsoft designing Vista that way. - Second, *no* software is bug-free.
Developing is a process; especially when dealing with the amount of code Windows would require. It's a game of programmers against programmers back and forth. We should be happy Microsoft releases years worth of updates when vulnerabilities rise to the surface. Exactly, which OS would Martin like to switch to? Linux? *There's* a bug-free option. - Lastly, if you're unhappy with Windows, don't use it.
Hopefully, this doesn't require any further explanation. We live in a capitalist society. XP and Vista are two of many different operating systems and we're free to choose any one (of varying quality) we want. I thought this was a no-brainer.
-T.
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