01/10/2001
Mailbag: Relocating the My Docs folder First, some computer news. AMD is building a third fab after all. Location still TBA. Reportedly they're looking for someone to share this $4 billion facility,...
View ArticleBaseball Mogul 2002 offers a glimpse of the future…
I have seen the future, and it crashes a lot. I've been playing Baseball Mogul 2002 like a fiend, and I love it. I love statistical baseball and I love financial simulations, so for people like me,...
View ArticleBaseball season is here, and so’s Baseball Mogul 2003
The Kansas City Royals wised up on Friday and gave Mike Sweeney what he wanted. Well, at least enough of what he wanted that he signed. So Mike Sweeney is now $55 million richer, and the Royals have...
View ArticleHow to reinvigorate the Royals
Please indulge me one last time this season to write about my beloved, who have currently lost 99 games and are going to make one last valiant attempt to avoid losing 100 this year.
View ArticleMy reaction to the Royals’ trade for James Shields
I don’t write about baseball all that often anymore, because to do a good job of it day to day you have to immerse yourself in it more than I’m willing or able to do, but I enjoy baseball. And I’m a...
View ArticleOptimizing Linux. Part 1 of who-knows-what
Optimizing Linux. I found this link yesterday. Its main thrust is troubleshooting nVidia 3D acceleration, but it also provides some generally useful tweakage. For example: The post Optimizing Linux....
View ArticleAnother entry from the Clueless Dept.
Someone else who needs to buy a clue. I normally don't have a problem with John Dvorak, and frequently I actually like his stuff. He's not as clueless as some people make him out to be. Dvorak's not as...
View ArticleThe Kansas City Royals, where everything is wrong
I was pretty happy that the Royals were just a game under .500 a week ago. That's good for them. After all, their closer, Roberto Hernandez, has been injured all year. Other players are nursing...
View ArticleLife has returned to Royals Stadium
The last time I went to a Royals game at Royals Kauffman Stadium (it'll always be Royals Stadium to lifelong fans like me), it was 1996. Mike Sweeney was riding the bench. Johnny Damon was lifted for a...
View ArticleIs there hope in Kansas City for baseball?
I spent some time in Kansas City this weekend. If I had any doubts this season, where the Royals went from favorites to win the division to worst team in the league in a matter of about a week, had...
View ArticleMy baseball heroes
Joe Posnanski just did an entry on his childhood baseball idols, and lots of people chimed in about their unlikely heroes. So I got to thinking about mine. When it comes to likely heroes, of course...
View ArticleSo much for flashes in the pan
I’ve had some questions about the Royals’ wheeling and dealing for their pennant drive, and of course I have an opinion about that. Mostly I’m glad I was wrong about last year’s heartbreak turning into...
View ArticleOptimizing Linux. Part 1 of who-knows-what
Optimizing Linux. I found this link yesterday. Its main thrust is troubleshooting nVidia 3D acceleration, but it also provides some generally useful tweakage. For example: The post Optimizing Linux....
View ArticleAnother entry from the Clueless Dept.
Someone else who needs to buy a clue. I normally don't have a problem with John Dvorak, and frequently I actually like his stuff. He's not as clueless as some people make him out to be. Dvorak's not as...
View ArticleBaseball season is here, and so’s Baseball Mogul 2003
The Kansas City Royals wised up on Friday and gave Mike Sweeney what he wanted. Well, at least enough of what he wanted that he signed. So Mike Sweeney is now $55 million richer, and the Royals have...
View ArticleThe Kansas City Royals, where everything is wrong
I was pretty happy that the Royals were just a game under .500 a week ago. That's good for them. After all, their closer, Roberto Hernandez, has been injured all year. Other players are nursing...
View ArticleHow to reinvigorate the Royals
Please indulge me one last time this season to write about my beloved, who have currently lost 99 games and are going to make one last valiant attempt to avoid losing 100 this year. The post How to...
View ArticleLife has returned to Royals Stadium
The last time I went to a Royals game at Royals Kauffman Stadium (it'll always be Royals Stadium to lifelong fans like me), it was 1996. Mike Sweeney was riding the bench. Johnny Damon was lifted for a...
View ArticleIs there hope in Kansas City for baseball?
I spent some time in Kansas City this weekend. If I had any doubts this season, where the Royals went from favorites to win the division to worst team in the league in a matter of about a week, had...
View ArticleMy baseball heroes
Joe Posnanski just did an entry on his childhood baseball idols, and lots of people chimed in about their unlikely heroes. So I got to thinking about mine. When it comes to likely heroes, of course...
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