Last Friday Jill went into Boston to try to get a glimpse of Duran Duran, who were recording at WGBH’s studios (where her sister works). She not only got the glimpse she was after, but got to watch them perform as well as bump into each of them. She snapped some photos while there, too.
Good news on the Red Sox front: Glenn Geffner won’t be broadcasting Sox games this season! No more of his non-stop drivel, drowning out Joe Castiglione who, on more than one occasion, seemed to tune Glenn out during broadcasts (just like I tried to do). Hopefully that means Dave O’Brien will take over full-time with …
Well, at least two-thirds merry…
I was playing around with Dashcode and made a version 0.1 Sinko Music Podcast Dashboard widget. If you have a Mac and want to try it out, you can download it here. (Requires Mac OS 10.4.3.)
Wow, this looks pretty cool: the Eye-Fi wireless memory card is a 2GB SD card that makes your digital camera wireless. After setting it up, “whenever your cameras near the wireless network you selected and idle, Eye-fi will upload all your photos to your online photo sharing service. Next time your computer’s online, they’ll download …
MLB Announces Acceptable 2007 World Series Matchups I missed this Onion article when it ran back in May, but looks like MLB got its wish that “any underdog team from the National League is acceptable as long as they play against the Yankees or Red Sox.”
Since they broke the Curse Of Relief Pitcher Curtis Leskanic, here are a few Sox-related headlines from America’s finest news source: Red Sox Get World Series Out Of The Way Colorado Rockies: ‘What The F*ck Just Happened?’
Everybody already knows it, but it’d be odd if I didn’t at least mention it: the Red Sox won the World Series. Obviously, I’m very happy about that! The only bad thing about the sweep is that my Sox-fan sister-in-law was in Spain for work the past week and missed every game.
Strangely interesting and almost hypnotic: a photo series of people and their breakfasts. Not exactly breakfasts of champions for some. And what’s with the guy who has coffee and two mini Reese’s peanut butter cups? (via kottke)
Well, those last two games went better than I expected. Short recap (and funny shot of Indians GM Mark Shapiro and his wife) at Surving Grady: With All Due Respect to Ryan Garko, Champagne Tastes Much Sweeter at Home.