Asides
EZPass Website User Interface is Horrible
Man, who designs these crappy user interfaces for government websites? I’ve never seen a NY government website with a decent user interface. The EZPass account area is really bad. The design is really dated and links aren’t organized. It’s not intuitive at all and isn’t organized well.
US Wins Gold in 4×100m Freestyle Relay
Wow! What a race! Jason Lezak just put his head down and overtook Alain Bernard of France. Whew, that was really exciting.
WATCH THE RACE (Need to install Silverlight)
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/swimming/news/story?id=3528865
People Like This Should Not Be Cops
Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by NYPD
This video shows a completely unprovoked assault by a NYPD police officer. He purposedly tried to walk into the biker’s path (evidenced by his accelerating pace) even though the biker swerved to avoid him. I really can’t fathom what goes through the mind of people like this. Despicable.
My Next Vacation Spot
Wow. This Site is Boinked on IE6
When I implemented this refreshed design I checked it in IE6 and everything was fine. I just checked again and it’s completely out of wack in IE6. I’ll fix this soon.
UPDATE: Fixed.
Federer Will Bounce Back
Federer’s a champ - he’ll bounce back. The loss hit him pretty hard but don’t think he’s just going to lay down his racket. Just wait and see. It’s going to be very hard, what with all the points he needs to defend, but I really want to see him come back roaring and maintain his #1 ranking.
OMG, ARE YOU PEOPLE WATCHING THIS?
This Wimbledon final is unbelievable. We’re going to a 5th set. Wow. Just WOW!
UPDATE: Well, I’m disappointed Federer lost, but give Nadal credit - he played a great match. Both played unbelievably well. That was probably one of the best matches I’ve ever watched (if not THE best). That was seriously incredible tennis. These guys are untouchable.
Diablo III
Well, Blizzard announced Diablo 3 over the weekend. It’s basically the same gameplay, except they’re improving and expanding on everything like graphics, items, etc. You can’t go wrong with that. Blizzard is smart and they know their big franchises have huge installed bases and there’s no reason to fix something that isn’t broken. Don’t rock the boat, just polish everything and make it better. Same deal as StarCraft 2.
Verizon FiOS Coming Soon
I just got a notice today that Verizon is going to be wiring the property I live on with FiOS over the next 3 months so I guess I’ll be able to get FiOS in about 3 months. Yay! We have a bulk deal with Time Warner Cable so I get discounted cable; hopefully we’ll get a similar deal with Verizon as well.
Battlestar Galactica Mid-Season Finale
Holy frak, that was a good episode. WOW. That is good TV.