Category: Linklog

Rangers name Paul Le Guen as new manager. Only the 12th manager in Rangers history, next season should be an interesting one if the promise of transfer funds proves to be true…

The baseball world lost one of its most beloved legends Monday with the passing of Hall of Fame outfielder Kirby Puckett, who died one day after suffering a stroke. He was 44. Puckett spent his entire 12-year career with the Minnesota Twins, leading the Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 while compiling a .318 lifetime batting average, 2,304 hits and 1,085 RBI. He was the MVP of the 1987 ALCS, made 10 straight All-Star teams from 1986-95, led the American League in batting (.339) in 1989 and collected six Gold Gloves for his play in the outfield before being forced to retire in 1996. He was also inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001 in his first appearance on the ballot.

A Wired interview with Joshua Davis discussing his work on the BMW Z4 coupe amongst other things. I just like to use these moments to remind everyone about the time I pwned him (official term) at Halo 2, if only there was a way to retrieve the voice message he left me on Xbox Live, which was basically him screaming at the top of his lungs “let’s get it ooooooooooooooonnnnnnn bitch!” Good times… [via]

The winners and losers of the 78th Annual Academy Awards. I’m so glad Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor and surprised Crash won Best Picture, especially after Ang Lee won Best Director for Brokeback Mountain. And is it me or does “George Clooney, Oscar Winning Actor” have a strange ring to it?

Another SNL Digital Short, this time Natalie Portman drops some bombs. That’s Natalie Motherfucking Portman to you…

Live Action Simpsons intro. A superbly done recreation of the Simpsons opening titles done using real actors…

Research In Motion, the maker of the Blackberry device has reached a $612.5m settlement to end a legal dispute that could have closed the service in the US. Crackberry users everywhere rejoice!

Since it’s tax season, why not be creative and hand in hand-drawn statements for everything? Kate Bingamon keeps a record of every item she buys by drawing a picture of each one. Every. Single Item. And then she draws pictures of the monthly bills she receives… Genius!

Video showing President Bush being warned on the eve of Hurricane Katrina that the storm could breach New Orleans’ flood defences has emerged. It appears to contradict the President’s statement four days after Katrina hit, when he said “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.” Seriously, it would take the most hardcore Republican to see that this man should not be President…

Driving at 55 on I-285. Some crazy kids decide to go by the speed limit on I-285… For those who don’t know, I-285 is the perimeter that circles Atlanta, and in Atlanta the speed limit posted is merely a suggestion, we just usually drive at speeds according to what interstate we’re currently on… 75, 85… 285. [via]

Watch all The IT Crowd episodes online. Handy as Channel 4 shut out us non-UK residents, I’ve only watched a couple of episodes so far and it looks promising. [via]

Blackberry manufacturer, Research In Motion, wins a stay of execution in the court case against NTP meaning the Blackberry service stays online for the time being. Ahhh, another patent gone wild, how long until the USPTO gets the right idea and revamps the patent system?

Balthaser Online, Inc scoop up what could potentially be the patent of the future of the Internet as we know it after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted it a patent for the design and creation of rich-media services over the Internet. Balthaser apparently intends to license the patent to companies that deliver rich-media services over the Web using technologies such as Adobe Systems’ Flash, AJAX and Java.

Rangers 2 – 2 Villarreal. A cracking game to listen to, full of thrills and spills, Løvenkrands goal sounded like an absolute screamer. Now just to sneak a 1-0 in Spain…

The 2006 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest. You know what, with Nate Robinson’s 74 missed attempts edited out, it was actually not that bad… Andre Iguodala was still cheated out of the win though. [via]