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Soul-crushing
by aakar on January 17, 2011
Being a sports fan is a difficult and emotional ride. Largely it is heart-breaking & soul-crushing. Tends to be that way more often then not…
iPad/iPhone Home Button Disappearing Soon?
by aakar on January 13, 2011
T​here’s a rumor circulating that the next version of the iPad/iPhone won’t have a home button.  This rumor was further fueled with the introduction of the new multi-touch gestures in the new 4.3 developer beta that got released for the (…)
The Unsocial Network – Vanity Fair
by aakar on November 12, 2010
There’s a great except from The War for Late Night by Bill Carter in this months Vanity Fair.  The whole piece is on what transpired last year among Conan, NBC, and Leno.  The whole situation seemed so downright unimaginable.  Reading it, (…)
Thoughts on Titans Claiming Randy Moss
by aakar on November 5, 2010
Had a few days to digest the Titans claiming Randy Moss on waivers. While plenty of Patriots fans were hoping Moss would slide through the wire and become available as a free-agent, it would have been next to impossible for (…)
Review: Windows Phone 7 – Mobilecrunch
by aakar on October 21, 2010
Windows Phone 7 is elegantly executed, incredibly intuitive, and straight-up beautiful at times. What it’s not, relative to the competition, is complete. The things it does, it does well — but the things that it doesn’t yet, tend to stick (…)
Giants-Phillies NLCS Game 3: A Giant Media Blackout – The Daily Fix – WSJ
by aakar on October 20, 2010
Giants-Phillies NLCS Game 3: A Giant Media Blackout – The Daily Fix – WSJ. I walked into a Trader Joe’s two Sundays ago only to get blindsided by a radio broadcast of Game 3 of the Division Series against Atlanta, (…)
SI.com – Tom Verducci: Restocking a Rivalry
by aakar on March 26, 2008
SI.com – Writers – Mandel: Crazy first four days of NCAA tourney
by aakar on March 24, 2008
SI.com – Writers – Mandel: Crazy first four days of NCAA tourney: Great piece by Stewart Mandel recapping the past four days (two-rounds) of the NCAA tournament. I attempted to think of a moment he may have missed, but I think he captured all the best moments of the first two-rounds in his column.
So how’s my bracket doing? Well not fantastic, but not awful. I think I’ll be fine if I go unscathed in my next few rounds. But in all honesty I could really careless and the reason being is that there’s a Cinderella that I’m currently rooting for: Davidson. If you’ve been paying any attention to the tournament you know that Davidson knocked off Gonzaga and Georgetown and that Stephen Curry scored 30 and 25 in the second-half of those games respectively. The team has been a lot of fun to watch and Curry puts on a hell of a show, so I’m hoping their little run continues. Maybe they can be this years George Mason.
Top 5 Reasons it Sucks to be an Engineering Student | Wired Science from Wired.com
by aakar on March 24, 2008
Top 5 Reasons it Sucks to be an Engineering Student | Wired Science from Wired.com
Bracket on Life-Support
by aakar on March 21, 2008
Ouch. The games yesterday weren’t so nice to my bracket. I’m a little disappointed, but what can you do? Instead of going for so many upsets in the first round I should have stuck with the top seeds, oh well. The biggest loss yesterday was USC, because I had them getting to the elite 8. The game itself was pretty lopsided, USC made a run at the start of the 2nd-half but it didn’t hold up that long. Hopefully today won’t be as bad as yesterday was to my bracket.
But how about Belmont? It would have been amazing to see them beat Duke last night, even though it would have hurt not only my bracket but everyone elses bracket too. Did I mention I’m part of the large contingent of college basketball fans who hate Duke? No? Well now you know, and folks knowing is half the battle.