Calling all College Football Enthusiasts

Can someone explain how one team can have two players wearing #3?

The Double Cheas Gave It Away

For those of you who know Bashir, I don't think there was any question who that text was from. sTuNNa!

Drexel v. Cornell, and what the Giants should do.

As my one reader knows I had a bet on the DU v. CU game for a chinese buffet dinner. I lost. I wish I could have made it to the game or at least watched it online, but alas I was on my way from Toronto to Buffalo so I couldn't do either. According to AK Cornell didn't play great and according to my Drexel peeps our play averaged to mediocre. It sounds like we were pretty awful in the first half and came out gunning in the second, but had already dug ourselves into too much of a hole to recover from. It would be nice to play Cornell again and I think in a 10 game series it would probably be pretty even.

On to the Giants: I don't see any reason to keep playing Eli the rest of the season. With the Plantar Fascitis in one foot and a stress reaction in the other the Giants are asking for trouble. I also think that Brandon Jacobs should go under some sort of full medical evaluation. He has yet to be on his game this season, and with how good the passing game was earlier in the year it doesn't seem like it's just defenses keying on him. I wouldn't be surpised if they announce that he has a leg injury at the end of the season. Put in Carr, rest anyone who is at risk of aggravating an injury, test some of the rookies, and start planning for next year. I don't advocate giving up on a season and if Eli wasn't hurt I wouldn't say pull him just in case but given the scenario, I don't see why he should still be playing.

At least this season provided two highlights: beating the Cowboys in their stadium grand opening, and beating AK's Falcons and the Jammed Toe Experience.

Better Late than Never

Another shot at Kanye from a webcomic I read. It's a pretty funny comic, click on the image to enlarge it, and I'll also provide a link to comic's site. It's a fun read if you like childish humor, which I do.

Strange Encounters... of the NFL Kind

Turns out that Bruce Smith, Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame Defensive End was on my flight from Buffalo to Philadelphia yesterday. I didn't know who he was other than a large, well-dressed, black man but eventually I heard from other people on the plane that he was in fact a former Bills player. He certainly looked like a former football player, but he must have waited too long to buy his tickets because his family and he were relegated to coach like the rest of us, haha.

Dear Santa

Can I pleeeeeeaaaaassssse get this for Christmas? Hahaha.

Factually Correct

I actually don't download much music anymore, but I always pay for music from artists I really like or have some sort of a connection to (Gym Class Heroes).

An assortment of thoughts

• Does anyone do work the day before Thanksgiving? I'm doing a little, but with no one around it's hard to get anything significant done...works for me.
• How do the Maple Leafs outshoot the Islanders 61-21 and lose 4-3 in OT. Terrible goaltending I guess.
• What's the best show on television right now? I think Dexter, it's been really good this season.
• Thanksgiving is pretty trill, but having the Giants game on NFL network is not. Though it might be on network TV in Canada....
• Best Thanksgiving food: probably stuffing or mashed potatoes. Turkey is overrated.
• Is it really worth standing in line at a store at 4AM for a TV, when you can probably find it online for the same price or very close to it? Nah.
• I'm looking forward to watching Transformers 2 on my flight today. It probably won't be a good movie, but a lot of it was shot in Philly and part of it at Drexel, so that will be trill.
• Is Jim (The Office) a good manager? Not really, but he might be on his way to getting better. I like that he put his foot down to Ryan. Clutch
• If I buy a blu-ray movie, what should I get? It has to be an action flick and something recent so the HD is really trill. I'm thinking Iron Man, it was a solid movie all around.
• If Cam'ron needs some money he should partner with Zip-loc to make his own line of bags: Dip-loc, "lock that food up...so it can't snitch"
• 1080P Youtube looks great, but it was really choppy on my work computer. Picture quality is still really good.

I think that's it. I'll try to provide some more updates over the break. Have a good holiday everyone!

Greatest Trip to Target, Ever.

On Saturday I ended up in a Target not planning to buy a single thing, I was there with my girlfriend who wanted to make a few purchases for her apartment. Anyway, I started walking around and stumbled across the automotive section where what caught my eye, but an extending ice scraper/snow brush! I think it was like $8 and it was something that I had been planning to get for a while but never got around to, score!

I think this might be the exact one...

After that I remembered that I had to get some ink for my printer, so I headed over to electronics. While browsing the wonderful selection of HP ink, I noticed that they had an all-in-one printer, scanner, copier for $40, the same price as the ink I was about to buy. Now I had been jonesing for one of these suckers for a long time, so I copped that real quick. I also got some photo paper and another color ink for only $10 thanks to an on the box coupon.

Boom baby!

After grabbing that, what did I stumble upon next? A set of inner ear headphones with a mic for $18, double score! I had also been looking for these for a long time since the ones that come with the iPhone suck, and most cost around $80. The sound quality isn't great for music, but it's fine for talking and that's all i want it for since the iPhones speakerphone is kinda whack. It's not worth finding a picture of these, I don't remember what brand they are.

And finally, the piece de resistance. I decided to purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I played COD:MW on my computer back in the day (2008) and it was a sick game. I bought World at War for PS3 but wasn't too impressed. However, I had heard great things about MW2 since it was back with Infinity Ward (game developers). I decided to buy it on the spot, and now after playing it for a few hours these past couple days, I'll give brief review.

Overall the game is sick. It's pulled me in a lot more than World at War ever did. Maybe it's because modern weapons are cooler, I'm not sure, but I've had tons of fun playing it. The game features some cool new features like a gun with a heartbeat sensor so you can see when enemies are approaching (not all guns have this). It also has really great cut scenes, which MW1 also had. Overall the game play is pretty good. I like that there is some slight auto aim if you get close enough to an enemy and then look down your sight, it helps when transitioning from the PC. I also think that it does pretty well at realism, at certain times I've felt like I have no idea what's going on and I'm just shooting everywhere as my jeep tears through a city which probably happens more often than we think. Not everything is perfect though, you die when getting runover by a snowmobile, however when you're driving the snowmobile and hit a tree it just slows you down, you don't even get knocked off. I might update as I play more, and I haven't played online yet, but I've heard it's pretty good.

One other thing, maybe I'm giving Infinity Ward too much credit, but one of the storylines is that Russia attacks the US on our own soil, so you end up fighting in Northern Virginia, and maybe other places. I just think it's really outside of the box thinking to not use the same old world hot spots (Middle East, Afghanistan, Kosovo) for all the missions to occur. It's weird trying to fight your way over to Burger Town and Nate's Diner to get ground to air missles.

So It's More Posts You Desire...Eh?

Here you go AK, a new post to soothe your soul. You'll inevitably complain that it was about hockey and that it contained a fight (pointless in your opinion), but a post is a post. Plus, you can't deny that the check was pretty sick.





On a side note, I am now the proud owner of the best RB group in the Ithaca fantasy football league (thanks AK). We'll see whether it pays off since I am probably now the proud owner of the worst WR group....

I think I'll be doing a post about fantasy football soon, just my thoughts on it and my experience as a commish.

Bill Belichick is an Asshole

Not news to most people, but I had to post it because I couldn't believe what I saw last night after the Pats-Colts game. As Belichick is sprinting out of the stadium one of his thugs throws one camera guy to the ground and pushes another out of the way. This isn't paparazzi in Hollywood, part of being a coach in the NFL is knowing that you will be put on camera whether you win or lose. The guy needs to grow up, he made a bad call and lost the game, deal with it. It doesn't give him the right to be tossing camera men around. I'm not sure whether that's a fineable offence for the NFL, but it should be. It's a lot worse than Ochocinco's dollar bill gag, or wearing the wrong color chin strap...

Video below.

It's Hot Fiyah!

These new Sony commercials are excellent. Their TV commercials aren't just chock full of celebrities, they're full of celebrities that can act. I don't think I'll ever get tired of the Peyton/Justin/Erin commercial where they're playing ping pong. Peyton has always been clutch in commercials (cut that meat, anyone..) but Justin brought that commercial to the next level. The PS3 commercials have also been really good. No one knows who that spokesman is, but he does those commercials really well.

On a side note, I thought I bought lentil soup at the store, and it turned out to be split pea soup...GROSS!





My career goal is to be a VP of Epic Footage.

****UPDATE****

Awesome new commercial:

Lil Jon

What is the deal with Lil' Jon? My man disappeared off the map a couple of years ago, and all of the sudden he's teamed up with Jay Sean and Sean "Da" Paul... I'd really like to know how that all came about. I don't see why anyone in Jay Sean or Sean Paul's team would be lying awake in bed one night and all of the sudden bolt up and say "I know what [their artist] needs, a song featuring Lil' Jon!!!!" So I'm assuming it's Jon that got connected with them (does he have a team anymore). Which leads me to my next question: what does Lil Jon have on these two artists that would cause them to accept the deal?! I love Lil Jon, but at this point in his career I don't see what he brings to the table. He didn't produce the track, so it wasn't an obligatory feature and he [INTERRUPTION] HAHAHAHA, I JUST LOOKED IT UP ON YOUTUBE AND THEY HAVE AN OPTION FOR THE VERSION WITHOUT LIL JON [END INTERRUPTION] doesn't actually contribute anything except shout outs and ad libs. If anyone has more info on how LJ ended up on this track I'd like to hear it.

I'm sure when Lil Jon heard that he was going to be featured he said:

eBay

Honestly, eBay is, as Dave would say, the shiz. Trying to pick up a Leafs jersey for Dave right now, and looking at $10.49 which would be a deal so sick it should be called H1N1. I'll update once the auction is done (30 minutes).

**Update**

15 minutes left and still in the lead. I've gotten some ill things off of ebay for cheap. Osi Umenyiora jersey for $40 (legit, sewn nameplate, etc.) Air mattress for like $20, it's come in handy many a time (ask the sTuNNa ChEA!) Maple Leafs tickets from a dude in Delaware. I used to be wary of eBay, but so far I've had nothing but good experiences (knock on wood).

**Update II**

COUNT IT. Won that ish for a grand total of $21 with shipping. Now we'll be looking fresh to death walking into Wachovia Center this winter. CHEA!

Clutch Mugshot

Katt Williams accused of burglary...except he had been staying in the house for the past month. Sounds innocent to me, but way to stay Pimpin in the mugshot Katt!

Windows 7

Originally this post was going to be about Apple TV ads, but it got depressing real fast so I deleted it. Instead I'm going to do my quick review of Windows 7 (I'm a PC guy, I despise Mac fanboys).

Overall, I've been really happy with W7. I got a new computer a couple of years ago and it came with Vista, which honestly, I never really had any problems with, but it definitely wasn't the greatest operating system. I think W7 has brought a lot of great tweaks and improvements. I'm not someone who goes nuts tweaking his computer, so most of my comments will focus on top level stuff.

Taskbar: The taskbar is sick. The preview functionality allows you to move your mouse over a tab (Firefox for example) and see mini previews of all your open windows and as you roll over those it shows the full size version. Makes it really easy to switch windows, and is really useful when you just need to quickly look at a window and then switch back to your original one.

Media Center: In Vista Pro they didn't give you Media Center, so I really have no comparison, but W7 Media Center is awesome. The best part is definitely the built in streaming Netflix capability, absolutely clutch if you're a Netflix subscriber. You can download a patch that links it directly to Hulu desktop, and hopefully MS will work out a deal with Hulu so it can be fully integrated.

File Storage: W7 has added a feature called Libraries which compiles all your files of the same extension. For example if you have 20 different files with music in them, all of your music will be in the music library so you don't need to switch between all of the folders.

Appearance: W7 has the best desktop/theme feature of Windows OS I've seen. Automatic desktop background switching, a TON of different built in and downloadable themes and overall a really nice aesthetic appeal. I'd say this puts Windows in a very good position to compete with Mac's well publicized looks.

Overall I'd say if you have a PC, the upgrade to W7 is worth it. I went for a clean install because my computer was starting to slow down anyways, and I wanted to get the feeling of a fresh computer again. Speaking of speed, so far it's booted really fast and programs have loaded really well. If you're a student, rock the $30 student deal.

Quick screenshot, plus a good look at the libraries feature:

Long Time, No See

Alright, so there hasn't been much Dipset news recently, unfortunately. So I've decided that in the interim I'm going to use this as a personal blog to see whether I can pull of an interesting blog without the help of Killa Cam. Judging by this introduction, I can't. But I'll try. Basically, expect a lot of posts relating to sports (football, hockey, college bball, and occasionally baseball), some TV and movie stuff, maybe a little music, and probably a lot of random. Will this feature the cleverly crafted iPhone videos featured on everydayisadipsetxmas.blogspot.com, probably not. Will it be easier to read than the in depth album reviews of david-albumoftheweek.blogspot.com... absolutely.

ANYWAYS, let's get to blogging and start with AK's favorite topic: hockey.

The Maple Leafs beat the Red Wings to get their first win streak of the season, two games! Can they keep it up? I hope so!

In Gustavsonn I trust!


And now, I'll leave you with this: