According to an article in USA Today, the Columbus Blue Jackets have hired Ken Hitchcock as their new head coach… Given Hitchcock’s reputation as a disciplinarian and his success at getting some of his previous NHL teams (Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers)
2006 Version of Dot Com Phenomenon
During the dot com craze in 1998-2000, the prescription for get-rich-quick was to create a company with a business model that leveraged the Internet in some way; Raise a few $ million in venture capital to support the development of the
Supercharged Technology at the Sokol House
Well, it’s official now… we have two broadband connections into the Sokol homestead. We have both a cable modem with wireless network via Roadrunner, and now we have a DSL modem with a separate wireless network via AT&T. Interestingly enough,
Tennis and Milton Friedman
Ralph Bennett writes a very good story about his tennis match with Milton Friedman… It’s very interesting article if you’re into tennis and/or economics.
Blue Jackets are Still Ugly
Unfortunately, I’m watching hockey on FSN with Columbus against Nashville again… and as the famous expression goes: “It’s Deja Vu all over again”. I’m just flabbergasted when I watch the Nashville players jabbing away at the Columbus goalie with impunity
Top 10 Basketball Passes
This is a nice summary of the top 10 assists from the NBA 2005-2006 season. [youtube]nRHvb7fcgCs[/youtube] 3 min 48 sec
Ironic Politics
It’s not too difficult to find irony in politics, but I came across the Yahoo news home page today and I thought that this was particularly interesting (see below)… Let’s see if I understand this correctly, Kissinger contends “military win impossible”.
OSU 42 – UM 39
The Ohio State Buckeyes trounced the Michigan Wolverines 42 to 39 on Saturday to win the Big Ten football title and the outright bid for the National Championship. To give you an idea how important this game was to many
Buckeye Highlights
A nice summary video of the 2006 season… Go Bucks! [youtube]ipv-7wRtYfE[/youtube] 4 min 9 sec
Another Interesting Note from the Election
The quantity of Jewish Senators rises from 11 to 13 and the quantity of Jewish Representatives jumps to 30 (almost all Democrats)… It really is a remarkable number.