Shorten The Road

Sally Fields got censored for saying ‘god damn’ at the Emmy’s awards show that gave the top honor to ‘The Sopranos’. I will not state the obvious, I’ll just provide you a link to the uncensored speech. Be careful, you may not be able to handle such filth.

New England Patriots = Cheaters!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3014677

How great is the internet; soon after the news broke about the Patriots cheating, the wikipedia page dedicated to Bill Belichick (the Patriots’ coach) was updated to include this blemish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belichick

He has forever tarnished the Patriots’ reputation and their three super bowl wins.

As a Jet fan, I take great joy in these events. I say this knowing that the Patriots would have still beaten the Jets this past weekend. I even realize that the current Jets’ coach, Eric Mangini, once worked for Bill Belichick and may have been involved in some unscrupulous activities while under Bill. But the fact remains, Belichick and the Patriots are a bunch of lousy cheaters!

Have you ever said something similar to “If you like that movie, you are going to love…”? If yes, has your predictions been true? If yes, then Netflix wants to give you a million bucks.

http://www.netflixprize.com/index

Netflix is looking to improve its recommendation system by sponsoring a money contest open to anyone almost anywhere. To qualify for the million dollar prize, you must improve the recommendation system by 10%.

I’m interested from hearing from anyone who would be interested in forming a team.

Every once in while my friends talk about what they are reading. Suggested reads will be bantered about. And the ‘book was better then movie’ will always be throw into the conversation. It would not be a fully realized book conversation without the ‘book was better then the movie’ comment.

Speaking of books into movies, I wonder if the current book I’m reading will become a movie…

The book I’m currently reading is ‘Data Structures with Java’ by William H. Ford and William R. Topp. Many of the books topics and ideas I have already seen in many of my studies, but I was looking for a refresher.

http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0130477249,00.html

I have created a sidebar, called ‘Marty Today’, which includes my current status on a variety interests. This will help answer the standard question of ‘what’s going on?’

Here is another one of my links that I unfortunately don’t get to use too often:

http://bankdeals.blogspot.com/

If you have a little money to tuck away somewhere and you want to make sure you get the best interest rate, this is a great site to start with. The blog is full of information regarding savings/CD/money market rates across the country.

Hope all of you enjoyed your holiday (Labor Day) weekend; we got some nice weather in the tri-state area.

I recently stumbled across this site.

http://www.ipod-video-converter.org/

This software can convert your DVDs into the iPod format with a variety of options. During the conversion process you will be able to choose the video size, video quality and audio quality. Of course, the higher these settings are, the greater the disk space consumption will be. The conversion process can take a long time, so the “shut down computer automatically after conversion” comes in handy.

What is next? No cooks.

World’s First Automated Restaurant Opens in Germany

I would guess if you are a person who likes this and that on the side and no this or no that or add this or extra that, this may not be the best restaurant for you. But if you like to order when you are ready and not wait for the server to come to the table, this might be the restaurant for you. Have you ever wanted an additional item during your meal like a drink refill and you had to flag down the waiter? No more; you need something, just plug it into the computer when you are good and ready.