Tales from ancient internet history
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I began college in 1993. Holy cow, that’s more than 15 years ago … how time flies. Anyway, back in 1993, the world wide web was in its very infancy. The number of web sites were a tiny fraction of what is available today. The sites that did exist were mostly text based, with occasional [...]
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Evolution of a fan, part 3
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Evolution of a fan, part 3 Narrowing the focus This is the final installment in a three part series. In the past decade, the majority of my sports focus has been on baseball. I had lost interest in the NBA in the 90s. I am still a fan of the NFL and college football and [...]
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How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
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How many people make more than $250,000 per year? The short answer: based on information from the IRS, fewer than 3% of tax returns (4 million returns out of 138 million total returns) claimed more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) in tax year 2006 (more current data is not available). By definition, the [...]
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Fun science
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Wireless electricity About ten years ago, I started driving my friends crazy with the idea of wireless electricity. This idea sprang mostly from an annoyance for electrical outlets and electrical cords. Why can’t I just place an electronic device at point X and have the electricity streamed to it through the air – with no [...]
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Crazy Fantasy Leagues
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Crazy fantasy leagues If you’re just here for the PDF of the league rules for the Alphabet Soup League, Download here I enjoy oddball fantasy leagues. In my experience, they tend to draw a crowd that enjoys a bit more of a challenge, and I definitely enjoy a competition. Winning is great, but I live [...]
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Murder, incest, money, sports
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Josef Fritzl Josef Fritzl of Austria was sentenced to life in a psychiatric prison. Fritzl is the man who kept his daughter imprisoned in a secret basement in his house for 24 years. He repeatedly raped her and fathered seven of her children. One child died after Fritzl refused to allow medical attention. He later [...]
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Nebraska gets killed in NIT
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Come on Husker fans … have a sense of humor The score you saw in the papers was New Mexico 83, Nebraska 71. This was not, however, the actual score of the game. Some wealthy Nebraska alums quietly negotiated with the media (and the New Mexico coaches) and the media took the cash and reported [...]
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Why is the NCAA tournament so much fun?
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It’s finally here – the day you have all been waiting for. The NCAA tournament begins today. While fans rejoice, corporate America groans under the weight of millions of hours of lost productivity. I don’t think any other single sporting event during the year generates as much buzz. This weekend, we will experience wall-to-wall tournament [...]
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World Baseball Classic Update
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Pool 1 Game 1: (Sunday) Japan vs. CubaJapan beat Cuba 6-0 behind the arm of Daisuke Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka threw 61 of his 86 pitches for strikes, allowing five hits and no walks over six innings of work. Although Matsuzaka had a great year for Boston last year, there had been some concerns that he had [...]
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Book review: The Lion’s Game
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The Lion’s Game by Nelson DeMille John Corey, former NYPD detective and current member of the anti-terrorist task force (ATTF) has a rather straightforward task to complete on April 15th. He and his team are to take custody of a terrorist who has turned himself in and transfer the terrorist from LaGuardia airport to a [...]
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