tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171215872009-07-12T23:18:13.110-04:00Random thoughts about the places, events, and technologies that shape my lifeAaron Reichmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867003164319105605noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17121587.post-51107163181517638282009-07-12T23:12:00.003-04:002009-07-12T23:18:13.119-04:00

According to this article on ESPN.com, the Sabres and Bills ranked 9th and 4th respectively on the suck-o-meter for uniforms in pro sports. It's pretty sad that both Buffalo teams ended up on this list, but I have to agree.The worst part about this whole mess is that in both cases, it seems as fans like the throwback uniforms better. And in both cases, we are stuck with crap for the next couple

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Man, I haven't blogged in a long time...And if I keep doing what I'm doing, I might not for a while again either.After snagging a shiny new, abeit plastic, iPhone 3GS, I have a lot more space to fill on my phone now. I could simply copy my whole music library over, seeing as I have the space. But I'd like to do things a little more smartly.I've been having this annoyance with my music library

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After 5+ years, my aging PowerBook G4 was finally replaced this week by a new aluminum MacBook.I had been eyeing it for a while and was planning all along to actually buy a refurb unit from apple.com. Well, it turns out I waited long enough for them to drop the price buy another Franklin, which sweetened the deal even more. The backlit keyboard on this unit is much brighter and consistent than

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It's funny how diverse the reactions have been to the Bills' signing of Terrell Owens. When Missy and I first saw the breaking news on ESPN, all I could yell was, "What!?!". I think it was just more shock than anything. I was just trying to picture TO living in Buffalo and wondering how bored he would be. Brent thinks he'll try to kill himself again halfway through the year after he realizes

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I was pretty shocked to see the state of the Aud last week when we went to Buffalo for the Sabres-Hurricanes game. You could practically see the orange seats from the road now. So long old friend. We'll miss you.Here's the rest of the pics I took during the game, which was probably one of the worst I've ever been to: Sabres-Hurricanes

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The news of an add-on called (or by?) Understudy can easily be read elsewhere, but I wanted to add my thoughts since I didn't see too many others talking about using it.First of all, it's not a full Netflix wrapper like those on a TiVo or Xbox 360 or Boxee. But I think it's a simple, clean way of getting access to your online queue. In order to use it, you have to be logged into Netflix's site

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There's nothing I can say about the tragedy in Buffalo that hasn't been said already. I'll just add that my thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. May God give you the strength to heal and move past this.I think Craig Rivet is everything the Sabres have been longing for during the past 1.5 years. While Pommer gets credit for the game tying goal with 3.9 seconds left, to me it was

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Most of my friends at work have never been to an In-N-Out, seeing at its a west coast thing and all. So I always enjoy showing them pictures of people who order 18 Wheelers or 20x20's, etc.Well, little did I know that I could have been telling them the story of a group of guys who ordered a 100x100. I have no clue how I missed this one, but here you go:100x100Absolutely disgusting. And at the

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According to TSN, this is their top 10. Obviously it doesn't include any of the French Connection era goals, so take it with a grain of salt. I have a few others in mind that didn't make the cut too, but regardless, it's still fun to watch and relive the memories.Top 10 Sabres Goals

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After two failed attempts to get one of the new/retro Sabres alternate jerseys, I finally have one.I originally ordered one the first week in November, after discovering they were actually available online. I had watched the status go from "not available in my size" to "available in my size by February 12" to "available in my size by November 26". Then I realized the size I had ordered wasn't

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Well, I never thought I'd have back-to-back posts about the winter weather in NY, but this isn't fun anymore. These frigid cold temperatures make snow even more annoying, since the flakes are essentially little ice crystals, which means they don't stick and they blow like crazy in the wind.After getting stuck in our driveway when I pulled in after work, I decided it would be best to only shovel

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I think it's fair to say that I'm missing Southern California right about now. Isn't a fit night out for man nor beast! Brrr!!!I guess I'm just thankful I don't live in Minnesota where it was 30 below, and that's without the wind chill.

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Can two people really fall in love over a benign gonad cyst?

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From the WTF department...In case you've ever wanted to see a man hanging from a ski lift with his pants down (or would that be up?), you just got your wish. Hit the link below for all of the details, including some pictures that, luckily for the guy involved, don't show his face.[via The Smoking Gun]

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Watching the third period of tonight's Sabres-Red Wings game was like watching a 20 minute power play for Detroit.  The Wings were a vastly superior team compared to the Sabres, with Ryan Miller being the only reason the Sabres were in the game at all.  Here's a general synopsis of the game:Detroit gets the puck.  Detroit controls the puck in the Buffalo zone for 2 minutes.  Buffalo gets the puck

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Well, the (insert expletive here) Detroit Red Wings just beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 in the 2009 NHL Winter Classic. While there was definitely more scoring than last year's version in Buffalo, I was honestly bored watching it. I guess there's a lot to be said for seeing your team in the event. After the first period, which I did enjoy watching, I found myself fast forwarding my TiVo since

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As much as I loved the TiVo HD I received as a Christmas gift last year, one of the biggest issues I had was the inability to watch switched digital video (SDV) channels that Time Warner was converting most of its HD channels to. Luckily, TiVo stepped in to co-develop an adapter with the NCTA to allow TiVo units to work with SDV. While promised in the second quarter of 2008, I knew they'd be

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In addition to having a new TiVo Mobile app on my iPhone to play with, I also have the ability to stream my Netflix Instant Queue to my TiVo. While this capability has been available on the Xbox 360 for a few weeks now through the NXE, I have to say that I think the TiVo implementation is much better. For one, I don't have to hear the jet engines inside that 360 waffle maker when I want to watch

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I feel like I'm constantly re-arranging the layout of the apps on my iPhone. My second home screen seems to hold the apps that I use most of the time, because for some reason, I always want to leave the native Apple-provided apps on the first screen. I guess it's a throwback to the original days of the iPhone when those were the only apps I had. Regardless, I have a few new apps that I think

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Are you kidding me? How many times does this city need its heart broken? Well, I guess it's time to start watching the Sabres, because the Bills are done.  (Although the Sabres aren't playing very well either, so maybe I'll just give up for a while altogether.) After starting 4-0, they've now lost 5 of 6 and are going to miss the playoffs.....wait for it.....again.  So much for Dante's

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In case you missed it linked elsewhere, head on over to the Onion for a funny, yet accurate comparison between the planned features of Snow Leopard and Windows 7.

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After almost 3 years going strong, my 360 bit the big one this morning about a quarter of the way through a rally race in Dirt. Ugh.I'm actually surprised it lasted this long, seeing as all of my friends have already lost a box to the cursed Red Ring of Death. That, and there's the fact that my original Xbox was one of the first to go, leading to the annoying reboots during Halo 2 matches that

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While watching a video article on CNN.com about UFOs that were spotted over Texas this week, I came across this bit and had to snap a screenshot. Good grief, is that an original Bondi blue iMac? From 10 years ago? I thought people only used those for fish tanks these days! Maybe the UFOs were air shipments of new iMacs from Apple...

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What a difference a year makes. Last summer, it was shear agony being a Sabres fan, as we watched you-know-who depart. This year, there is a little bit more hope, knowing that the team now has a bunch of core players locked up for the long term. I kind of like knowing the trio shown here will be around for the next five years. Oh, and we have a pretty decent goalie too.Friday is the big day,

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I posted a whole mess of new pictures from our trip out west to my SmugMug gallery. Most of the miscellaneous Seattle and Vancouver pictures (including those from our whale watching trip) can be found in the General archive.There are also two straggler albums from Olympic National Park. The first album contains a mix of color and black and white while the second was taken using an infrared

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