http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:51:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google has a vested business interest in this project, but I am rooting for them anyway.  Google wants to take that unused fuzzy space between TV channels and broadcast internet signals all over the country.  They want EVERYTHING to be able to connect to the internet.  I want internet in ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/08/19/freetheairwavesorg/ The nice guys over at Waiting for Next Year are going to be live-blogging their event in a chat room over at their site.  I am a geek, and will be joining them.  Come on over. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/08/18/browns-vs-giants-preseason-game-2-live-blog-at-wfny/ Cleveland Cavaliers owner on all the LeBron James rumors, ''The reason this thing is where it's at,'' Gilbert said, ''is that we've got a bunch of bored, East Coast sports writers who have nothing to do because the offseason is a few months away and the Olympics [hadn't] started yet.'' ''The undertone ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/08/10/dan-gilbert-is-my-hero/ So, while the major media continues to plot LeBron's departure from Cleveland, there is a sane voice out there letting everyone know how unlikely the most outlandish scenarios truly are. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/08/07/lebron-to-europe-i-dont-think-so/ According to reports, the plot outline is, (wait for it) “The idea is Maverick is at the Top Gun school as an instructor — and this time it is he who has to deal with a cocky new female pilot.” http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/07/23/top-gun-2/ Carlos Boozer is a snake and one of the most dishonorable people in professional sports history. I guess I am not over this just yet. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/07/22/be-afraid-utah/ That this 4-day work week will actually increase the amount of gasoline that these employees will be using?  Instead of commuting to work, they will now be going to the grocery store, going to do some shopping, stopping by the dry cleaners, and commuting to three day weekends at vacation ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/07/03/how-much-you-wanna-bet/ At least they will be when we get a load of in-car wifi!!!!! (I am such a geek.) http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/26/in-car-dvd-players-are-stupid/ I once bet a guy in college that I could watch a George Carlin special on HBO without laughing. I did it, but it wasn't at all easy. There is going to be a void left by Carlin dying. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/23/george-carlin-is-gone/ If you become too accepting of a condition that you really don't want to encourage, you might just end up with unintended consequences. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/19/accepted-behaviors-tend-to-increase/ Our house is on the market and we keep getting feedback from people who look at our house.  I have some notes for anyone looking at my house.  This is one of them. I don't know what you were expecting when you read that our basement is "finished."  I have to ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/19/note-to-potential-buyers/ I have pledged my support for the city of Seattle to keep their basketball team. Now, as the trial date looms, I read that Seattle plans to use many of the same arguments that were used in Cleveland to keep the team name, colors, and to ultimately secure an ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/16/seattle-sonics-trial-about-to-begin/ Metallica was against Napster back in the 90's and today, they appear to be against bloggers. After inviting music bloggers to listen to six tracks of their upcoming album, the band has now gone around asking all those bloggers to remove reviews that they wrote after listening to the songs. Wha wha ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/11/metallica-hates-bloggers/ I don't know how many volumes we will have to run out here before someone gets their head out of their turd-cutter and cuts this turd from the roster of writers at ESPN. Forde lambasted Ohio State after losing their second straight National Championship game in a ridiculous, taunting ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/10/pat-forde-is-a-hack-volume-ii/ If you don't know what to get your golfing father for father's day, this might be it. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/06/03/uroclub-just-in-time-for-fathers-day/ This might be one of the dumbest op-eds I have ever read.  First of all MMA is a great sport.  MMA is not the name of a league in competition with UFC. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/05/30/greg-cote-is-a-boob/ I say both.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, Sarah Jessica Parker Looks Like a Horse.com Ferris Bueller is going to be pissed. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/05/30/mean-or-funny/ I just read an off-season article by Cleveland Plain Dealer Browns beat reporter Tony Grossi.  I don't know if I agree with him, but the commenters on there KNOW how they feel.  Oof.  What a tongue lashing Tony receives on this post. I wonder how a guy who writes about the ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/05/22/browns-fans-hate-beat-writer/ Would you pay $100,000 for a Mercedes with 80,000 miles on it?  The Seattle Seahawks sure wish they hadn't. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/03/11/value-proposition/ I ripped this off directly from MisterCrunchy, but it is so effing brilliant that it must be linked and looked at by everyone. As MC said, it even comes with cool stick figures. http://www.filteringcraig.com/sidebar/2008/03/10/mortgage-mess-explained-simply/