Nobrainer’s Think Tank

Certainly there are loads of information about the status of each Division IA football team on the internet. For as much as I like to read about college football, I’m not about to read up on every, or even most, teams. Besides, most of the information consists of others’ opinions which were formed from someone else’s opinion.

I think you should do for the week 1 poll, you should rank based not so much on who the best teams are right now rather on how you see them finishing the year. Obviously that is a guessing game, so really you end up with some combination of the two.

So here is my list, with interspersed commentary. Mostly I took the results of the USA Today poll and rearranged them to fit my handy version of reality.

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Plaxo is a handy little tool for Outlook users, particularly those using Outlook on several different machines. It serves to synchronize one’s contact lists and appointments. The service is also handy if you’re friends use it. Once you’re connected, you can easily update your contact information with your pals my merely logging in and making the necessary changes.

At this point, you probably don’t want to know what’s behind door #3 because this service is invaluable and free.

Why then am I upset? Plaxo has a nasty habit of creating multiple entries. I like my friends, but I do not need their information stored in triplicate. But hey, it’s free. I can deal with that.

Today via email they announced, “Kerry, Plaxo just got better!”

I’m listenin’.

. . . Plaxo Address Book Optimizer is one of our recent additions of high-value, low-priced options that extend the power of the free service you’ve been enjoying.
[...]
Easily eliminate duplicate entries in your address book.

There are many ways in which redundant data can infiltrate and clutter your electronic address book. Plaxo Address Book Optimizer is the best way to set things straight. Never go cross-eyed again wading through an unnecessarily cluttered address book.

What a bunch of asshats. They got me hooked on free software that they know doesn’t work quite right, and now they want me to pay them to scoop up the mess they left in tightly coiled piles on my lawn.

No thank you.

I’m not about to pay $30/year so that these pricks can give me the logic statements they left out the first time. When two entries have — gee, I dunno — the same name, email address, or phone number, it would be oh too natural to ask the user if the two entries should in fact be one, and if so how should the data be merged. This is a simple concept. I grasp it. You grasp it. It’s so simple, you should be mad that I spelled it out because I just unnecessarily wasted 1 second of your life.

Plaxo and UC suck!

Update: At 7:22 PM someone from Mountain View, CA (corpgw.plaxo.com (66.151.128.22)) used bloglines to find my screed. I’m sure they were pleased.

Drew and crew don’t care for Bob Huggins, either.

UC Sucks.

(2/12/2006: I moved the image to my server, the original is available here.)

In case you missed the end of the VT @ Clemson game, I present you with the last 12.7 seconds. That clip is well worth a watch, even if you have already seen it.

Now Clemson plays at Georgia Tech on Saturday. Regardless of the outcome, an NIT invite is expected. The worst case scenario at this point is a 15-15 season without an NIT berth. No post-season berth would be a shame, but 15-15 isn’t a horrible year. Of course the best case scenario is that Clemson doesn’t lose any more games this year. That would make the Tigers the most improbably national champions ever. Hey, a guy can dream, can’t he?

From Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell via thetigernet.com

“Five or six conference tournaments this year will be won by a seven or eight seed,” Purnell said. “We’re playing well, and if we can go into Georgia Tech and somehow come out with a win that will be four in a row heading into the ACC Tournament. Having the NIT is nice to fall back on, but to be honest I’m still thinking about the NCAAs.

“You win your first two games in the tournament, get an upset here or there and you never know who you’re playing in the semifinals. That’s what we’re looking at right now. Staying on a roll as long as we can.”

UC still sucks.

After considering my anti-UC post, I wondered how many other people believe that UC Sucks. It’s not enough, in my opinion. UC is probably not really worth my hatred, but I believe my blog may become the biggest google UC hating site available.

I did run across this site. It’s plenty funny by itself, and there is one “UC sucks” reference.

So do yourself a favor. Read the above link for comedy’s sake. Then agree with me that “UC sucks”.

Well, there are still some idiots from the U. of Cincinnati who check my old blog. Aside from a post I made last night, it has not received new posts in over a month. The lone remaining post stated “moved” and provided a link to “here”.

So, my new post:

129.137.###.### Sucks
To be more specific, since you probably don’t understand, I am stating that I hate the University of Cincinnati with a passion. I hate it nearly as much as the University of South Carolina which I feel is the worst school in the nation.

That is all.
-nobrainer

In the spirit of Drew Curtis, he who operates Fark.com with an anti-Duke passion, I will henceforth end any college related post with “UC sucks” or “UC still sucks”.

UC sucks