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I’m really loving baseball this year. I’m not really following any teams other than the Blue Jays, but I’m keeping a general eye open at the standings because of my fantasy team. I didn’t end up hand-picking any players for the automatic draft in my league, and I wound up with some players I never heard of before.
I still haven’t heard of most of them before, but after a really slow start (I was second last after the first week), I made some tweaks to my line-up and I’ve put together a real good powerhouse. I’ve moved up to third place now with only 4 games back – so I have to say it’s working well. Here’s my roster:
C – Rod Barajas (Toronto), Jorge Posada (NYY, DL) – Will need to make a decision re: Barajas vs Posada, but I have some time while he’s on the DL
1B – Derrek Lee (ChC), Carlos Pena (TB) – I usually start Lee, but I like having the option of starting Pena. Both are good players.
2B – Kelly Johnson (Atl), Ian Kinsler (Tex), Brian Roberts (BAL) – Kinsler is my go-to second baseman. Awesome stats this year. Roberts is in there as an extra IF, he’s good for stolen bases.
3B – Russell Martin (LAD) – No idea who this guy is, but he’s my third-baseman. Doubles also as a catcher!
SS – Derek Jeter (NYY) – Need I say anything about Jeter?
LF – Carlos Quentin (CWS), Carlos Lee (Hou), Ryan Braun – Quentin is usually the one slotted in there, though Lee gets a few games. Love my Carlos LF team. Braun is in the OF slot.
CF – Nate McLouth (PIT) – I like the guy’s name. Rolls off the tongue. He’s also a terriffic player.
RF – Jayson Werth (Phi), Milton Bradley (Chc) – Werth is usually slotted in there, but the great thing about Werth is that Yahoo lets me put him at any OF position.
Starting Pitchers – Josh Beckett (Bos), Yovani Gallardo (Mil), Jarrod Washburn (Sea), Ubaldo Jimenez (Col), Roy Halladay (Tor), Ricky Romero (Tor, DL) – Not sure if I’m going to end up keeping Romero when he’s off the DL, because I don’t know how many games he’ll get with the way the Jays staff is pitching. But the rest of my staff is pretty solid!
Relief Pitchers – Mike Gonzalez (Atl), Huston Street (Col), Joe Nathan (Min), Brian Fuentes (LAA) – My relief pitchers are okay, they give me the bulk of my pitching stats since not all of my starters pitch every week.
So yeah, with that team I’ve clawed my way back from the bottom of the standings to #3. I have a good feeling about this year!
Follow Up: SXSW
Posted on: March 26, 2009
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Okay, so label me an idiot, please. I barely just finished going through the “A’s” on the SXSW torrents – there’s no way I’m listening through all of this music in a timely manner and picking out favourites. Thus far, the two I can think of off the top of my head (because the ipod touch doesn’t have a decent way of checking song ratings without playing the song first…thanks apple!), The Arkells “Oh, The Boss is Coming!” and Arts the Beatdoctor. Well I don’t know the song from him but it’s fun.
There are a lot of songs that I haven’t listened to yet, but I strongly encourage you to check them out. I think I’m going to have to actually look at the list of artists and make decisions based on what other people have said about them.
6 gigs of music is a lot :(
Follow-up: Fantasy Baseball
Posted on: February 18, 2009
I did some checking during lunch today and found out that Yahoo has started registrations for its fantasy baseball leagues. I created two teams: a public league team, and a private league team. I was going to create a private league but I didn’t think I’d get enough people interested in joining.
Usually I have a so-so track record with fantasy sports. Either I get a great group of players and have an amazing season, or I really bomb (as evidenced by my hockey league this year…second last place. Ouch!). The only problem is it’s hard to determine where I go wrong. For instance, sometimes I would bomb terribly with a hand-picked squad. Or, I might excel with a hand-picked squad. Or I might do really well with players I just let the software draft for me.
Well as I said, my hockey team this year bombed – I thought I had a decent squad of players. I think part of the problem is I ignore the stats for anyone who doesn’t play for my team (Ottawa Senators), and don’t adjust – or at least I don’t do enough adjusting. So I thought I’d use a different approach this year.
I’m still going to hand-pick my team. However I’m going to pick for several different stats, as opposed to getting all the star players. I figure that this way, I’ll maximize my points. I’ll have some players who get stats everywhere, as well as key players that get stats in certain areas. In theory it will all add up to tons of points.
So I’m going to have to do some major research. I’m thinking I’m going to mainly find some diamonds in the rough – young players who did very well last year / are projected to do well this year. Add some perennial performers and I should have a strong team. After that I’ll have to pay attention to stats and make adjustments as necessary.
Wish me luck!
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I was wondering yesterday what would happen to music already purchased through iTunes: would it all be automatically changed to DRM-Free, or would you be able to re-download it without DRM, or something similar?
Apparently, you have to pay $0.30 per track to “upgrade” to DRM-free. Lovely. Well, I guess I’m not going to worry about it right now.
eBay Crisis Resolved (Almost)
Posted on: December 9, 2008
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Well after some doing, I came to an agreement with the disgruntled buyer. She’ll remove the non-receipt dispute once I refund the shipping costs. *phew* that’s over and done with (or will be soon).
Anyway that’s all I really had for today. It’s really snowing out there!
Follow up: Free Music!
Posted on: October 29, 2008
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I knew it was a good idea to write this post until I got to my laptop. I have a folder in my bookmarks labelled “music”, and while I have a good list of free resources, a lot of it is actually bands that I found with free music. But one site on the list is a gold mine and I forgot I even had it.
It’s the Ultimate List of Free & Legal mp3 Music Downloads. I like this list not only because it is very thorough, but for this exerpt from his mission statement (so to speak):
Although stealing music is fairly easy, it’s not as fun and fulfilling as having a legitimate library of tunes. By compiling an exhaustive list of legal alternatives, I hope it will suppress your desire to pirate music and be caught with the penalties. I personally think digital and music law needs reform, but we should be cautious of some of the illogical interpretations of the law so we don’t get into trouble. There are trillions of audio files roaming around the internet in a legal haze of lawsuits, and whether on purpose or not, I’m sure you’ve stumbled across them.
Definitely check out that site. It is not a complete list but it is just about perfect.
Microsoft Office Goes Online
Posted on: October 28, 2008
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Man do I ever wish I uploaded the word doc I wrote yesterday, yesterday. Otherwise I can’t with absolute certainty claim that I thought of this before I heard of it being announced: Microsoft Office Heads Online with Next Release. Still, here it is: education2020
Anyway, it looks like it’s not going to be completely online, in that they are still offering the offline program with online components.
I guess my point is – yay, I was right!
Oops
Posted on: October 27, 2008
So I never made an entry to that Windows Live Spaces contest. Woops! I’m clearly not too worried about it. But I also don’t believe I’d be chosen to win; like I said, they’re probably looking for someone who is an avid user of Live Spaces already. However, this is my “space” here, so what is to stop me from talking about the future of Education and Computing in the year 2020 anyway? (Hint: nothing)
The contest was structured so that you answer a set of questions detailing what you think life and education will be like in 2020. Here are the questions:
How does technology today influence school life and help you learn? What will Windows look like in 2020? What will Windows Live look like in 2020? What will Microsoft Office look like in 2020? What role will mobile phones, cell phones and smartphones play in 2020 classrooms? What will extracurricular activities, regular classes and homework look like in 2020? What will classrooms and school grounds look like in 2020?
I’m going to write a follow-up to this post as well with my full answers later today after I put some more thought into this. I did have some initial answers floating around in my head but I never put them down on paper.
In the meantime, be sure to listen today at 2pm for Audio Sensory Resuscitation on CKCU 93.1 FM.
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I poked around a little, and much to my surprise, I already had a Live Space! I didn’t realize that this is basically just a carry over of those MSN profiles that you could make; it’s the same thing, but easier to customize.
So the contest IS open to Canadians, but closes this Sunday so there’s not much time left. One thing of note – I imagine the winner will not only have a solid entry for the contest, but probably they’re looking for someone who also is an active user of Live Spaces and has it nice and tricked out. Not a surprise, but I’m going to keep an eye on this contest and make note of the winner and what their Live Space looks like.
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