Posts from December 2001
Spam URL
From the Spam from Places with Incredibly Long Domain Names Dept.: www.searchengineplacementexperts.com!
XML
Way cool: I found an article at 4GuysFromRolla.com that describes how to use Microsoft’s XMLHTTP object to get data from other web pages. You can create a custom Internet Movie Database search machine with this information … very interesting …
Roundball
On a schedule littered with the Belmonts, Stetsons, and High Points of the world sits a team that has made the last three Final Fours and won the national title two seasons ago. Florida basketball fans will be treated to a real rarity when No. 24 Michigan State plays No. 6 Florida at 7 tonight
SpaceKits
SpacecraftKits.com has an interesting way of keeping their costs low. They do it “through mass production, and by putting the extensive assembly instructions and fact sheets … online, rather than mailing them to you.” I think that’s a great idea. That way if they want to revise some part of the instructions, or add schematics
Menu Help
Here’s a pretty cool trick from the January 1997 issue of PCComputing.Com: The Windows Start Menu has a built-in stutter, a brief delay in the appearance of the Programs, Documents, Settings, and Find fly-out menus that’s supposed to make Windows easier for mouse newbies. If you tend to think of any intentional PC delay as
Observation
from inessential.com: Of course, my hope is that any programmer who uses the Web also gives back to the Web, posts their solved problems, tips, sample code, and so on. (I’m lucky that I get to do this as part of my job.) For a programmer these days, knowing how to learn on the Web
Link Droppings
Some Saturday Morning Fun: The Surrealist Compliment Generator says: Your dashingly colored toupee twists my right boot into a state of ennui with the speed and dexterity of many lemon meringue-coated conquistadors. Penny Arcade Classic: Dumbentia The Dilbert Zone Puzzles
I get this question about once a day, whether it’s from a Florida fan or during a radio interview:
How did Florida lose to Auburn?
This week, the response is different. Instead of analyzing what happened to the Gators, I ask a question right back.
Does it really matter?
Think about it. If Florida had beaten Auburn, would the Gators be in any better shape?
Florida would still need to beat Tennessee to win the SEC East and a trip to Atlanta. Florida would still need to win these last two games to go to the Rose Bowl. If Florida was 10-0 right now and lost to Tennessee, the Gators would be out of the mix for Pasadena. If they beat the Vols and lost next week, the Gators would likely have been jumped in the BCS standings by Texas or Oregon or Nebraska.
So, in retrospect, the Auburn game may turn out to be the most meaningless game of the season.
And yet, the most meaningful.
There’s no question the loss was a wake-up call for Florida and put the team on edge for the rest of the season. If Florida was 10-0 right now, this would look like a set-up game.
Instead, it looks a lot like 1996.
Florida loses by three points on the road, but gets help to make it to the national championship game. Sound familiar?
All that’s left is to win twice. Despite the 18-point spread, it won’t be easy.
I mean, Tennessee has to win in Gainesville some time. Doesn’t it?
Vols fans are confident. According to some online chat rooms, they are planning to tear down the goalposts at The Swamp after they beat the Gators.
There’s not enough Jack Daniels in the world.
Pat Dooley
Warm in Gainesville
“I brought a fleece,” University of Tennessee student Lance Pasco said mockingly as the temperature rose to 85 degrees in Gainesville, Fl. “For God’s sake, why did I bring a fleece?”
Rematch!
The Houston Chronicle: “You need a flowchart to keep track of all the subplots of today’s game between No. 2 Florida and No. 7 Tennessee at “The Swamp” — a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game, a possible berth in the national championship game, bragging rights and a rematch of one of last year’s