The NBA Finals, which ended a couple days ago, went pretty much as expected. A series that looked like it could have been classic after the first three games finished with a relative whimper in the final three. The best team, after an early series scare, won. Easily. And now, at the risk of sounding… Read More ‘I am the greatest’
I just finished downloading pretty much every photo I have taken for the past, oh, 10 years or so into the new Google photo tool. Now, when my laptop eventually goes pffzzzzyt (which had better not happen any time soon), my pictures will be safely stored in the cloud. For free! Pictures of my son and… Read More Google owns me
A list of current NBA coaches The NBA Finals start, finally, on Thursday night. So now you’re probably thinking either A.) “About time, eh?” or B.) “The NBA what?” But, yes, the NBA Finals begin Thursday, and with them come the usual pants-load of “storylines” and “narratives.” All with Big Question Marks and Drama Promising to Unfold… Read More Coaching their hats
You know you have some history under your belt when, on a trip to California to visit colleges your 17-year-old son is considering attending next year, you come across this relic at a computer museum — and remember when it was the most kick-ass thing EVER. The Radio Shack TRS-80. The “Trash 80,” as we… Read More An old friend
Nine times out of 10, you see a blowout happening, you click off the TV and you’re fine. Maybe more than nine times out of 10. Last night, the Los Angeles Clippers were up by 19 points late in the third quarter of a closeout game in L.A. I was happy about the prospect of getting… Read More On comebacks and chokes
We’re deep into the second round of the NBA playoffs now — I remember when we had major discussions at NBA.com on whether it should be the NBA playoffs or the NBA Playoffs — and I have a few points to make: 1.) It’s funny, in a sad, lame, forehead-slapping way, how media folks can manufacture some… Read More Predicting the unpredictable
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