http://fantasy.foxsports.com/fantasy/football/commissioner?nicmp=FANFIX&nichn=FFB&niseg=TXTLNK
So i had lost in the semifinals 126-119 and given up all hope. Then, midweek the nfl changes the ruling on kurt warner's td and my opponent dropped back 7 points making it a tie. I won in the tiebreaker sending me to the super bowl.
Only problem...i didn't know it had happened and i failed to set my lineup for the Super Bowl. I lost...obviously. Peyton got benched and two of my starters should have been swapped out.
Not sure how to fix this...is there a setting somewhere to get real time updates from the NFL when they make an official scoring change?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
I believe in Santa Claus
My wife and i had this debate a little before christmas so i'll share my point of view.
The retail industry has made a mockery out of christmas and trumped up santa to the point where many people are stressed out, frustrated, and sick of christmas. Many Christian groups are calling for devout followers to give up the tradition entirely; i disagree.
Santa claus is a great metaphor for what Christmas is all about. Santa claus is God and the metaphor flows easily from there. All those tales about the naughty list and gifts of coal never pan out in the end. Santa brings gifts and glad tidings to all. Likewise, we christians believe that God gave his son to all, sinner and saint, that we may achieve salvation through him.
With this understanding, santa claus is a great tradition. It is unfortunate how often this goes overlooked and unless we teach our children this metaphor, santa will continue to be seen as just another part of the modern decadence.
Remember, all things in moderation.
The retail industry has made a mockery out of christmas and trumped up santa to the point where many people are stressed out, frustrated, and sick of christmas. Many Christian groups are calling for devout followers to give up the tradition entirely; i disagree.
Santa claus is a great metaphor for what Christmas is all about. Santa claus is God and the metaphor flows easily from there. All those tales about the naughty list and gifts of coal never pan out in the end. Santa brings gifts and glad tidings to all. Likewise, we christians believe that God gave his son to all, sinner and saint, that we may achieve salvation through him.
With this understanding, santa claus is a great tradition. It is unfortunate how often this goes overlooked and unless we teach our children this metaphor, santa will continue to be seen as just another part of the modern decadence.
Remember, all things in moderation.
Android Website Development Anyone?
I know chrome runs on android and i've got no problems running the emulator with the sdk. But where are the tutorials to help us make a website run well on the android browser?
something like this one for the iphone....http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2008/06/19/tutorial-building-a-website-for-the-iphone/
something like this one for the iphone....http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2008/06/19/tutorial-building-a-website-for-the-iphone/
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Google Fade In
Anybody notice google behaving strange lately?
Seems that google is trying an experiment with their search page. Extreme focus is placed on the search box with google's logo as the only other thing on the screen for awhile, and then all the familiars come in after a second or two.
Here's a google forum discussing:
Personally, even though it may look good, I hate it. I don't want things coming and going on a page based off timing events. I actually go to google.com and access other parts of my google persona from the navigation that's there...i've never once been distracted by this navigation when trying to perform a search. please take it away!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Obama Bows Again
Is our president serious? First the king of Saudi Arabia, now the emperor of Japan. At least now we know it isn't only Islam, but apparently any foreign head of state? That's a relief...well, not really.
What a joke!
What a joke!
Google App Engine
So i just recently began playing around with google app engine for the first time.
Let me list the reasons this platform is great for starting up a web site
Let me list the reasons this platform is great for starting up a web site
- no capital needed
- python ( i know, i know, they now support java...)
- easiest way to get a site live to the world
- will it scale? only if it needs to...and only if i can pay for it...fine by me
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Digital Photos Orientation
If the cameras know that they're horizontal/vertical when you're taking a picture, why aren't the pictures oriented correctly when i upload them to my computer?
Monday, October 12, 2009
Glimpses of the future of personal healthcare
I just wanted to mention a couple of websites that are doing positive things in the area of consumer health.
QuickenHealth, http://healthcare.intuit.com, is making it easy for consumers with a certain group of insuresrs, to track and manage their expenses. It helps clarify what, why, and when the insurer made or didn't make payments on your behalf.
Patients Like Me, http://patientslikeme.com, makes it easy for people with some of the more acute conditions to collaborate with other patients like themselves online. For me, the ALS group would have been nice back when my family was going through a grandparent having the disaease.
Keas, http://keas.com, named after a strange bird, lets you integrate data from one of the major PHR's and then manage your own health by selecting from a variety of care plans.
While none of these sites is completely solving the problem of health care, they are all forward thinking and are specific examples that could be cited for how health care is going to shift more and more to the responsibility of the patient. We will show up for our appointments more educated than ever before.
QuickenHealth, http://healthcare.intuit.com, is making it easy for consumers with a certain group of insuresrs, to track and manage their expenses. It helps clarify what, why, and when the insurer made or didn't make payments on your behalf.
Patients Like Me, http://patientslikeme.com, makes it easy for people with some of the more acute conditions to collaborate with other patients like themselves online. For me, the ALS group would have been nice back when my family was going through a grandparent having the disaease.
Keas, http://keas.com, named after a strange bird, lets you integrate data from one of the major PHR's and then manage your own health by selecting from a variety of care plans.
While none of these sites is completely solving the problem of health care, they are all forward thinking and are specific examples that could be cited for how health care is going to shift more and more to the responsibility of the patient. We will show up for our appointments more educated than ever before.
Django Web Framework
So i slammed my old XP machine with Ubuntu this weekend and set to go through the django tutorial.
I'd already had a little experience with django, but hadn't gone through the basics as another team member had set up our project.
After going through the tutorial, http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01, i am confident that the way django encompasses the business model in its use of models.py, maps urls in urls.py, and provides a free admin tool makes it the best "framework" for creating web sites quick and easy. Pair this framework with what is already known to be an easy language, python, and you've got a winner.
I've yet to use django/python on anything over a month project, so i can't really comment on whether or not Cal Henderson's, www.iamcal.com, statement that if you need to build a "serious" website than the advantages of using a framework like django will at some point come crashing down by the need to modify and adapt the framework for your specific usages.
I'd already had a little experience with django, but hadn't gone through the basics as another team member had set up our project.
After going through the tutorial, http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01, i am confident that the way django encompasses the business model in its use of models.py, maps urls in urls.py, and provides a free admin tool makes it the best "framework" for creating web sites quick and easy. Pair this framework with what is already known to be an easy language, python, and you've got a winner.
I've yet to use django/python on anything over a month project, so i can't really comment on whether or not Cal Henderson's, www.iamcal.com, statement that if you need to build a "serious" website than the advantages of using a framework like django will at some point come crashing down by the need to modify and adapt the framework for your specific usages.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Health Care Reform: Are there any lessons from the past?
Can we learn anything from the past about technology and the disruption it can cause to an industry?
Think about a few examples...
Given that the health care delivery system is just now approaching the "tipping point" for being completly digitized, is government legislature really necessary when the past shows that innovation will inevitably come and reduce the cost, remove the friction, and improve our delivery system?
It's the spirit of the free market system that has lead to countless examples of this in our short history as a nation and i hope that we don't rush to judgement instead of letting the entrepreneurs duke it out. Let the most valuable solution win!
Death to PPOs HMOs and all the other insurance plans that don't involve the consumer!
Think about a few examples...
- The record and video stores are being replaced by online and/or mechanical counterparts. See netflix, itunes, redbox, etc...)
- Power generation went from individually owned windmill's and watermills to centralized power plants
- Email has supplanted traditional mail in popularity and usage
Given that the health care delivery system is just now approaching the "tipping point" for being completly digitized, is government legislature really necessary when the past shows that innovation will inevitably come and reduce the cost, remove the friction, and improve our delivery system?
It's the spirit of the free market system that has lead to countless examples of this in our short history as a nation and i hope that we don't rush to judgement instead of letting the entrepreneurs duke it out. Let the most valuable solution win!
Death to PPOs HMOs and all the other insurance plans that don't involve the consumer!
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