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Braithwaite Engineers Ltd
based in Newport, UNITED KINGDOM
Braithwaite is an international company with a reputation for technical excellence founded on more than 125 years of experience. The name Braithwaite is synonymous with a comprehensive range of liquid storage tanks and ancillary products. Our range of Steel and GRP modular tanks has gained an enviable reputation worldwide. Through using state of the art technology, staff ...
Flint Industries
based in Metter, GEORGIA (US) (USA)
Flint manufactures a full line of high-strength woven geotextile tubes, containers, and giant sandbags used to dewater sludge and also for shoreline stablilization. Titan brand tubes are sand colored, have high seam strengths, high UV resistance, and high dewatering rates. Flint can provide innovative solutions for a wide range of environmental problems. Our customers can ...
Bannow Exports Ltd
based in Gorey, IRELAND
The BMS Blivet is a patented pre-fabricated package sewage treatment plant particularly suitable for population equivalents of between 10-3,000 residents. They are used in areas not connected to mains sewers such as hotels, golf clubs, country clubs, holiday resorts, housing developments, condominiums, small townships and military and civil institutions. With stricter ...
Strathkelvin Instruments Ltd.
based in Motherwell, UNITED KINGDOM
Our expertise is in the field of Activated Sludge Bacteria which are used to treat wastewaters in biological treatment plants. Our instrumentation can quickly and directly measure Activated Sludge bacterial performance saving our clients time and money by determining the effects of reducing feeding and aeration programmes, and the inhibition of the bacteria whilst also ...
Invisible Structures, Inc.
based in Golden, COLORADO (USA)
Invisible Structures, Inc., has been in the stormwater management business since 1982 with our porous paving systems Grasspave2 and Gravelpave2, ring and grid structures for grass and gravel drivable surfaces. Large rolls sizes cover areas quickly while either protecting grass roots from compaction or containing small gravel to eliminate gravel migration. Invisible ...
Aqua Sonic Management Pty ltd
based in North ipswich, AUSTRALIA
Aqua Sonic Management Pty ltd ultraviolet and ultrasonic wave technology is proven to significantly remove filamentous algae, bacteria, viruses and able to reduce nitrate in an environmentally way. Ultrasound is a well established technology but only recently has it use been applied to controlling algal blooms.Ultrasound works by a phenomenon known as acoustic cavitation ...
Geo Products - EnviroGrid Cellular Confinement (Geocell)
based in Houston, TEXAS (USA)
Geo Products manufactures the EnviroGrid Cellular Confinement System (Geocell). EnviroGrid provides a leading-edge solution to any soil stabilization and erosion control challenge. We set standards in quality, expertise, and service while never losing sight of our commitment to environmentally-friendly building practices. As an industry leader with projects worldwide, Geo ...
Saint-Gobain Byggevarer AS
based in Alnabru, NORWAY
Filtralite expanded clay filter media. Filtralite is lightweight ceramic particle aggregates designed for and proven to be an excellent material for water and wastewater purification. The low density granules have large pore volumes with large surface areas, and is therefore an ideal medium for biofilm growth. Filtralite has the ideal characters required also for ...
Presto Geosystems
based in Appleton, WISCONSIN (USA)
As the original developer and leading manufacturer of innovative and quality construction products, Presto Geosystems` name is globally recognized for its eco-friendly solutions for the most demanding soil and water problems within the civil and landscape markets.Our solutions reduce overall project costs and offer high environmental benefit with low environmental impact. ...
EcoSense International
based in Merritt Island, FLORIDA (USA)
EcoSense Int`l is an international water pollution abatement products manufacturer with it`s international headquarters in central Florida. Our mission is to produce high quality, efficient products which reduce or eliminate pollutants in a variety of situations allowing our customers to exceed their requirements. Our Products include stormwater filtration and chemical ...


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Tim Currell
Tim spent Saturday mornings playing street hockey in suburban Toronto before moving to Chicago at age 11. He played amateur hockey in Chicagoland through high school, got his B.A. in Communications, then wasted 7 years as a news/talk radio host. Today he tinkers with computers and web sites and yells at the TV a lot.
Posts by Tim Currell
Playoffs On The Line: Lose to the Blues, it's Curtains
Apr 6th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Okay, here's the problem. I said a long while ago that we had better have ourselves a nice cushion before these last three games, because it would take a miracle to get points out of any of them. Remember that?
Start praying for a miracle.
Will They Bring The "Give-A-Shit"? Hawks & Habs Tonight
Apr 5th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
As the anthem is sung, the whistle is blown and the puck is dropped, we all sit back and wonder which Blackhawks team will take the ice. That's basically what it comes down to this evening against Montreal: will they bring the "give-a-shit" tonight? Or are they going to lose to a clearly-inferior team — again?
We saw this earlier in the season, and we just wrote it off. Now, it's the playoffs on the line. It matters. The question remains because the 'Hawks haven't answered it convincingly enough, consistently enough, all year. Tonight we will ask the same question. Only the Blackhawks know the answer.
Standings Update and Tampa Preview: Nail-Biting Continues
Apr 3rd
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Okay, last night was good. Lots of teams that we needed to lose, actually lost. Those include Anaheim, Dallas and Nashville. And there was much rejoicing.
The standings of relevant teams in the Western Conference now look like this:
4th: Los Angeles (96 points, 4 games remaining, 36 non-shootout wins)
5th: Phoenix (96, 3, 37)
6th: Nashville (95, 3, 36)
7th: Anaheim (93, 4, 40)
8th: Chicago (92, 5, 36)
9th: Calgary (89, 3, 30)
10th: Dallas (87, 6, 33)
Why Los Angeles is ahead of Phoenix is a little stymieing, but it doesn't involve the Blackhawks at this point, so screw it. One day I'll invest the 2 minutes necessary to research the answer, but not right now.
The other games of consequence tonight are actually pretty big ones for us. Calgary takes on Colorado, and Dallas is at Anaheim. Victory for the Men of Four Feathers coupled with losses by the Flames and Stars make it nearly impossible for either of those teams to make the post-season, in-effect guaranteeing the Blackhawks a ticket to the playoffs. So while you're cheering the 'Hawks, keep an eye on those two tilts.
Tonight the 'Hawks take the ice against a potent and crowd-energizing Lightning team boasting two how'd-they-do-that offensive powerhouses in Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis, as well as 41-year-old comeback kid goaltender Dwayne Roloson. But the secret behind this team is two-fold: first, Stamkos and St. Louis are nearly all of the Lightning's offensive punch; and secondly, Roloson is rarely exceptional — he's very often only as good as he has to be on any given night.
Evidence? How about most of the roster being in a negative plus-minus, many of whom in double-digit negative? How about one (count him, one) 20-goal scorer aside from the afore-mentioned howitzers? How about winning games by decidedly unimpressive margins in nearly every outing? And how about a team GAA closer to 3 than 2, and a save percentage a fingernail above 90%?
This team is beatable. And we proved that in Tampa less than a month ago, we just couldn't recover from the loss of Dave Bolland early in the matchup thanks to Pavel Kubina's elbow to the head.
Umm, guys? Yeah… Okay, good. You remembered. Just one request: blood splatter. We want to see blood splatter.
No lineup changes for the Blackhawks, Corey Crawford is your goaltender for the next week unless he runs off with Britney Spears or something. Lightning defenseman Randy Jones is the only player absent from the visitors' bench.
Family-friendly 6:00pm puck drop at the United Center this evening. National coverage of the game is available on the NHL Network, although Chicagoland will see the game on WGN. Broadcast radio is WGN AM-720, and XM subscribers will hear the game on channel 207.
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6 Games In 10 Days: Columbus Is First Hurdle
Apr 1st
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
In the past these previews have been about the opposing team and any personnel changes we expect to see from the Blackhawks. So here goes. We're playing the Columbus Blue Jackets, and they suck. They are without leading scorer Rick Nash and #1 goaltender Steve Mason, so this should be an even easier game to win. No lineup changes for the Blackhawks, Corey Crawford starts.
Now let's talk about what everybody's interested in: the playoff race, and the Blackhawks' chances.
Some teams have clinched Division titles or playoff spots, so they aren't relevant. Neither are the teams that are (for all practical purposes) mathematically eliminated from the race in the West. That leaves the following teams:
4th: Phoenix (95 points, 4 games remaining, 37 non-shootout wins)
5th: Los Angeles (94, 5, 35)
6th: Nashville (94, 4, 36)
7th: Anaheim (93, 5, 40)
8th: Chicago (90, 6, 36)
9th: Dallas (87, 6, 33)
10th: Calgary (87, 4, 29)
Now, I'm not a stats wonk, I don't do probability calculations and all of that nonsense. So I'm just going to run down the rest of each team's season and lob my guesses at where we may end up.
Phoenix will likely beat Colorado, lose in OT with the Kings, and split the last two against the Sharks. That gives them an extra 5 points, total of 100.
LA has suffered significant injuries in the last week, I'm going to say they beat the Coyotes in OT, push the Ducks into OT once and fall in a shootout, and then lose the rest. 3 more points, total of 97.
Nashville will lose to Detroit, but win out their last 3. 6 points, total of 100.
Anaheim will split with the Sharks, lose to the Stars, and beat the Kings twice, once in OT. 6 more points, total of 99.
Chicago I'll save for a minute.
Dallas will beat both the Kings and the Ducks, I'll say they split against the Avalanche, and beat Columbus and Minnesota. 10 points. 97 total.
Calgary will lose to Vancouver, but take their other 3. 6 points, total of 93.
If that proves out (HA! Yeah, right…) the standings (minus Chicago) will look like this:
4th: Phoenix (100 points, 39 non-shootout wins)
5th: Nashville (100, 39)
6th: Anaheim (99, 40)
7th: Dallas (97, 38)
8th: Los Angeles (97, 36)
9th: Calgary (93, 32)
So now, to the Blackhawks.
Remaining games: Blue Jackets, Lightning, Canadiens, Blues, and Detroit (*spitting noise*) twice.
We have to beat Columbus. Hear me guys? WE HAVE TO BEAT COLUMBUS! We pushed the Lightning to OT in their building last time, I think we're going to pull it out this time. We will beat the Canadiens, they're sliding of late. 6 more points, 3 more NSW. That would put us at 96 points, 39 NSW. Not good enough.
We'll need another win from among the last three against the Blues and Red Wings. And this is what it all comes down to.
In the next ten days we will find out who is going to be playing for the Blackhawks next year. Who is going to step it up when we're down two goals early in the 3rd in a possibly-season-ending game? Who is going to dog Henrik Zetterberg until he goes to the bench and cries? Who is going to back-check the Wings so hard they can't tell which goal they're supposed to be shooting at? Who is going to knock Todd Bertuzzi out of the game and into the hospital in the first minute of the first game of that home-and-home? Who is going to take the punishment in front of the net and notch a tip-in goal for every bruise they get across their backs? Who is going to block shots like he's protecting a 5-year-old girl wearing street clothes in the net behind him? And who is going to absorb 35, 45, 55 shots and THEN win it in the shootout?
We all know the names of the guys who will be there. But who will join them? Bryan Bickell? Troy Brouwer? Viktor Stalberg? Jake Dowell? Ryan Johnson? These guys all have the mojo, they just haven't found it the last 20 games. If it shows up between now and April 10th, we have a shot at this.
If not… well, this post-season will be difficult to watch without a team to cheer for.
6pm puck drop tonight out in Columbus. Comcast SportsNet has the TV coverage, broadcast radio is WGN AM-720, and XM subscribers can hear the game on channel 204.
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Nobody Washes Their Underwear: Blackhawks visit Boston
Mar 29th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
The guy you're looking at here is the leading contender for the Vezina trophy, given to the league's top goaltender. He won the title back in 2008-09, had a startlingly bad year in 2009-10, and has now come back just as strong as he was two seasons ago. He's big, covers a lot of the net, but is also mobile. It's as if his hands are magnets: the pucks are just drawn to them. 32 wins, 2.00 goals-against, and a .939 save percentage. And he's just now starting to hit his stride.
Vezina… You know, if you replace the 'ez' with 'ag' it— never mind…
Water Off A Duck's Back: Four Point Game Against Anaheim
Mar 26th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
There are three stories of interest coming out of Anaheim these days. The first is that Teemu Selanne, in the words of one sports reporter, refuses to act his age. The second is the eruption of winger Corey Perry, who has 15 points (including 11 goals) in his last 8 games. And finally is a goaltending conundrum that has three brand-name goaltenders struggling to put two wins together as the team claws towards a playoff spot.
The Ducks and the Blackhawks have both won 3 of their last 4 games, they are both locked in a tight battle for a playoff spot (the 'Hawks in 7th, the Ducks in 8th in the Western Conference Standings), and they are both handing bonus points to opponents by allowing games to be pushed into overtime. Neither team can lose this game — but somebody will.
Let's Try This Again, Shall We? Hawks/Panthers
Mar 23rd
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
A little over two weeks ago, a cocky Blackhawks team took their 8-game winning streak for a little sun and fun in Miami, and promptly got their asses handed to them in a 3-goal first period melt-down that resulted in a 3 – 2 loss to the team sitting 26th out of 30 in the league. It was the anemic start to a dismal 3-game road trip that yielded a mere two out of a possible six points. Humiliating. Eye-opening. Infuriating.
It's time to get some payback, gentlemen.
Tim's Bits for Tuesday
Mar 22nd
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Ramblings
Fairly large amount of news coming out of the Blackhawks' practice today, so I thought I would pass it along. This is, more or less, a good-news/bad-news situation, so bear with me.
First of all, Patrick Sharp's knee injury is ~not~ season-ending. That's the good news. The bad news is that he will miss several games. This puts the Blackhawks down two top-six forwards as we hit the final 10 games of the season. More on that in a minute.
Safety, Practicality, Heresy
Mar 22nd
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Ramblings
I have an idea, but you're not going to like it.
You must have been locked in your room listening to your Justin Bieber CD's if you didn't see the uproar caused by Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara's hit on Montreal's Max Pacioretty. Pacioretty's head smacked into the stanchion supporting the glass at the end of the bench (see photo above), and he is now home from the hospital to continue his recovery from a broken neck as a result of the incident.
Now, I'm not going to open up the discussion about the hit, the league, the decision not to suspend Chara, or those who think that Chara should be waterboarded. Somebody else can beat that dead horse, my arms are tired.
But one of the subjects that didn't get a lot of attention at the time was the safety of the rinks themselves. NHL Commissioner Gary "Napoleon" Bettman ordered an engineering review of all NHL rinks in the wake of this crisis, then galloped off to invade Portugal. But I would like to throw a simple, albeit unusual idea out there so at least somebody has said it. To some, this will be just common sense; to others, pure heresy.
Close in the benches with safety glass like the rest of the rink.
This would solve the problem of people's heads slamming into the stanchions: there would be no stanchions. One additional benefit would be a reduction in the number of pucks going out of play and into the benches. And there would be no guys flying over the boards from enthusiastic checks.
Plus, closing in the benches would also eliminate the type of hit that knocked the Blackhawks' Fernando Pisani out for several weeks. The whiplash effect from having your torso stop at the boards and your head and neck proceed at a jaunty clip another foot into the bench area would be a thing of the past.
There is a lot to like here, but the down side is going to make hockey fans' stomachs churn. Closing in the benches with safety glass would mean that players could no longer hop over the boards during a line change, they would have to enter and exit the ice surface through the doors. I know more than a couple of hockey fans that will dismiss the suggestion outright for that reason alone. And frankly, I'm not sure I can blame them. In fact, I may eventually be one of them!
The practicality of this needs to be assessed. The penalty boxes are closed in, and guys can get onto the ice quickly from there. But would that necessarily be the case on the benches with 14 other guys sitting next to you? Would the existing doors need to be widened? Would there need to be a design change to facilitate faster opening and closing? Would there need to be an additional door installed? I have no idea. These are all questions for guys who have quadratic equation solution races against each other on weekends.
But despite the potential complications, I don't think this should be summarily dismissed. The league and the fans are reluctant to let go of certain traditions, and rightfully so. However, we need to ensure that we are weighing the benefits the game could realize by doing this, as this suggestion could solve a number of problems — many of which have an impact on player safety. The league is saying that the safety of the players is their top priority. If they're serious, they need to give this more than a passing look.
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Hawks Beat Dawgs, Possibly Losing Sharp
Mar 21st
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Recaps
The two points we needed. The injury we didn't.
As is frequently the case, Blackhawks' fans are faced with a good news/bad news headline following an important game against a Conference rival. The Blackhawks played a tight game, allowing only 23 shots on Corey Crawford in a 2 – 1 victory over Phoenix, but suffered what may be a back-breaking loss in Patrick Sharp if his injury proves to be serious.
Blackhawks Visit Hamil— Uhh, Winnip— Err, Phoenix
Mar 20th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
With the bulk of the hockey headlines coming out of southern Arizona being about legal battles and ownership changes and Gary Bettman stomping his feet like a child being told he can't have candy at the supermarket, it's easy to forget that there's actually a hockey team there.
A team that is in fourth in the Western Conference, nipping at the heels of Division leader San Jose. A team on a five-game winning streak. A team that has scored the seventh-most goals in the league, yet has not one single 20-goal scorer. Although with two of their players named Lauri and Adrian, I'm not sure how seriously we're supposed to take them.
They Had Our Number, And Our Number Was Odd
Mar 18th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Recaps
Corey Crawford was pulled less than half-way through the game against Dallas, giving up 3 goals on 10 shots. And it wasn't his fault.
Among The Contenders: Blackhawks Visit Dallas
Mar 17th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
I wish there was more time to celebrate these wins. After handing the San Jose Sharks their jock straps and a bus ticket on Monday night, it would have been great to sit back and savor the moment a little longer than just two days. But alas, there's business to attend to, and tonight that business is in Dallas.
Fishing For Two Points: Blackhawks Host Sharks
Mar 14th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
How many times can we use the phrase, "must-win" in a single year? What about "do-or-die?" Or "crunch time?" It seems I'm typing those phrases almost daily now, and this is no exception. With the Blackhawks' OTL to the Capitals on Sunday, Chicago dropped into 7th in the Western Conference standings, just two points from having to fluff the throw pillows before playoff games.
And look who we're playing! The San Jose Sharks, who sit first in the Pacific Division, four points ahead of us, and who are looking for a sweep in their season series against the 'Hawks.
Long and short: if we thought Washington was a hard-fought game, this one is going to be even worse.
"Grab Yer SAC!" Umm, no thanks, Bruce…
Mar 13th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Any of you who watched the "Penguins/Capitals 24/7″ show on HBO got an earful of Capitals Head Coach Bruce Boudreau hitting below the belt on his team in the locker room following the latest in a string of humiliating losses due to lackluster play. The quote above was the most memorable of the diatribe.
As if getting checked for a hernia wasn't humiliating enough, now we have this ringing in our heads.
Who's Free Monday? We're Giving Away Hawks/Sharks Tickets!
Mar 11th
Posted by Tim Currell in Blackhawks
Once again, the generous folks at StubHub.com have hooked us up ~big time~ with some tickets to a stretch run game against the Western Conference rival San Jose Sharks– and YOU can have a chance to win them!
We're having a random drawing tonight (Friday) at midnight CST.
All you need to do is: go to our page on Facebook, find the status announcing the ticket giveaway, and "Like" that status. Simple!
Winner will be chosen at random and notified soon thereafter about ticket delivery.
It's Blackhawks vs. Sharks, Monday night at the United Center. And you could be there!
Big "thank you" again to our friends atStubHub.com for making this possible. Thanks for participating, and good luck!
Confederacy of Dunces: Overreaction To Chara Hit On Pacioretty
Mar 11th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Ramblings
The last 48 hours have seen one of the most staggering displays of emotional overreaction, knee-jerk stupidity, and just plain moronic behavior, all because of 0.15 seconds of hockey that took place at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Below is the video of the check that Boston Bruins' defenseman Zdeno Chara leveled on Montreal Canadiens' forward Max Pacioretty. If you have not seen this, and are squeamish in any way, take a pass. I don't want you to vomit on your keyboard.
The end result was about what you'd expect. Pacioretty is currently at Montreal General Hospital with a severe concussion and a non-displaced fracture to the 4th cervical vertebrae. Non-medical interpretation: he broke his neck, but not enough to cause paralysis.
So that happened. And then, following the league's disciplinary hearing with Chara, it was announced that Chara would not receive a fine or suspension. And then, IQ's all over Christendom dropped by 50 points, and all hell broke loose.
Shake It Off: 'Hawks Try To Stay Grounded Against Bolts
Mar 9th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
It was one game. And really, it was just one period. The Blackhawks ran circles around the Panthers and launched 29 shots on goal in the second and third on Tuesday night. They just didn't get the bounces and were up against a very talented, very lucky goaltender guarding the twine.
So, that happened. Cough it up, spit it out, and forget about it. Tonight we're playing one of the hottest, most talented teams in the Tampa Bay Lightning. We're going to have to put together a 60-minute performance that looks like our 40-minute performance last night.
The LAST 40 minutes.
Team Record In Sight: Hawks Take On Pus—- uhh, Panthers
Mar 8th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
There's a back-story with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Florida Panthers, as most of you know. Former Blackhawks player/broadcaster/scout/general manager Dale Tallon was hired to take over the GM post down in Miami. It can be argued that Tallon orchestrated the drafting and roster moves that won Chicago the Stanley Cup, and some people love him for that.
It can also be argued that Tallon accepted the GM position in Chicago despite being completely unqualified, was thrown into the deep end without a life jacket, made the draft picks any idiot could have made given the same circumstances, and got lucky with trades. I think the next five years in the Florida organ-eye-zation will illustrate exactly which of the two is closer to the truth.
Lending A Hand: Blocked Shot Creates Another Mystery
Mar 7th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Ramblings
During the third period of the Toronto matchup on Saturday, Blackhawks' defenseman Duncan Keith blocked a shot with his right hand and appeared to get hurt. Today in Florida he was not on the ice for practice, however we got a heaping helping of zilch regarding the full extent of the injury.
Two Unstoppable Forces: Winning Streaks Clash in Toronto
Mar 5th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
What the Blackhawks have done the last 10 games in the Western Conference, the Toronto Maple Leafs have done in the East. With who's-THIS-fucking-guy goaltender James Reimer between the pipes, the Leafs have surged to a 6-1-3 record over their last ten games. After having been written off for another year by pretty much everyone as recently as the All-Star Break, they are now within 4 points of a playoff spot.
Tonight the Leafs play host to the similarly-resurgent Chicago Blackhawks, setting up a Clash of the Titans in the NHL's broadcast media Coliseum: an Original-Six matchup on CBC's Saturday night edition of Hockey Night in Canada. The only thing that would make this more perfect is if it were at Maple Leaf Gardens. But alas, time marches on.
We'll See Who Gets Rocked: Hawks Host Hurricanes
Mar 4th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
"Hear about the Hurricanes?" Ask this question, even in Raleigh, and the answer usually comes back, "No! Was anybody hurt? Are they coming here? Do I need to board up the house?" Ask 100 random people on the streets of Chicago who Eric Staal is, about 3 will know he's the Captain of the Hurricanes. I doubt you'll find more than 2 who can answer that question correctly within a 10 block radius of the RBC Center.
Carolina's about chitterlings, NASCAR, basketball and good ol' Southern hospitality. Not exactly hockey country. Easy to explain why, like most teams south of the Mason-Dixon line, the 'Canes are in the bottom half of the league for nightly attendance, filling only 17 out of every 20 seats on average. Shame, too: because even with a team put together with a $10 million salary cap cushion, they are in 7th place in the Eastern Conference and will likely make the playoffs.
Attention Blackhawks: You Were Not Traded. Now Go Win.
Feb 28th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
With all the attention on the NHL trade deadline today (when the Blackhawks picked up defenseman Chris Campoli from the Ottawa Senators for pathetic minor-league flame-out Ryan Potulny and an exchange of draft picks) it was easy to forget that the 'Hawks have a game tonight. The Men of Four Feathers are in Minnesota to take on the Wild, a team with an identical record but by virtue of the screwy tie-breaking system sit just ahead of them in the Western Conference standings.
This is a must-win game, the fourth in a stretch of 22 must-win games for the Blackhawks. But we'll add another requirement to the Blackhawks' job tonight: win in REGULATION.
All-Out Assault: Pummeling Bryzgalov Key To Beating Coyotes
Feb 27th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Today is the kick-off to the most grueling part of the Blackhawks' season: five games over seven days, starting with three opponents hovering just above them in the Western Conference standings. Today's opponent is the Phoenix Coyotes, who recently wrapped up an 8-game winning streak that included a 3 – 2 shootout win against Chicago. It was this stretch of solid play that propelled them to fourth place in the West.
This is a big one for the Blackhawks, and we owe these pukes. But how do we derail this train?
Locking Him Up: Seabrook Signs Contract Extension
Feb 27th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Ramblings
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook has signed a contract extension for 5 years and a reported $29 million. This takes one of the biggest restricted free-agent headaches off the Blackhawks' plates as the off-season approaches.
This puts the focus on GM Stan Bowman to acquire the penalty-killing defenseman he has been in search of, and he has roughly 24 hours to put a deal together. Stay tuned to BlackhawkUp for details.
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On the veteran rod at the end of the game, you have to upgrade it several times to be strong enough to pull in the SS level fish. But it will never get past 6 upgrades before it fails and drops me back two upgrades. I've now upgrade the rod over 30 times! And goes up to 6 and falls back down every time! Anyone have a solution!?
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Sometimes a Story Just Has to Get Out of You
A commenter, unaware of what he was about to unleash, commented "Some backstory perhaps?" When I read that comment, a story suddenly and involuntarily flew into my head. I had to get the story out of my head and onto (digital) paper. (I guess this is what artists feel, that they "do art" because they can't not do it.)
The resulting comment was gilded, best-of'd, and upvoted to be one of my most upvoted comments. I figured I'd replicate it here.
It had been a long journey for the crew of the Kestrel, Captain Ariel thought to herself. I never would have thought it would have been this bad when I signed up. She and her crew had gladly accepted the assignment of couriering some data to the Federation Base. Lieutenant Mills, or "Bomfy", as he liked to be called, even pushed Ariel to volunteer the Kestrel. "She can take anything the Rebels can throw at her," the engineer boasted. The two old friends, along with tactical officer Lieutenant Mikhail Chernyshev, accepted the small data drive and the mission it entailed.
They knew they'd have to travel through at least eight sectors to get to the Federation Base, many of them hostile. But Ariel wasn't worried; they'd snuck through tighter nets before. The memory of the Elnubian Run made her chuckle. Mikhail was even more blunt: "Why don't we leave the weapons here, eh? We won't need them on this cruise." In the end, they only took a single burst laser and a few missiles.
"Subject goal: long, long journey. Subject vessel: unviable for journey. Assistance offered." The cold words of Maxwell, the Engi crew member first to join the Kestrel's crew, rung through Ariel's mind. Unviable for journey my ass! she thought, though that didn't stop her from accepting Maxwell's help.
They should have listened to Maxwell more in those early days of the journey, especially when they came upon that asteroid mining colony. Bomfy wanted to blow them out of the sky. "Let's shove a missile up their asses and see what happens when you work with the Rebels."
"Assumption: Incorrect. Colony: formerly Federation. Threats: unnecessary. Mission: continues," Maxwell chirped.
"Now hold on a minute there," Mikhail interjected. "The Federation is founded on helping everyone who is a part of it. This colony is in Federation space, even if the Rebels have claimed it. It's our duty to help them!"
"Duty: deliver data to Federation Base. Priority: highest."
"I've had just about enough out of you, tin can," Bomby growled.
"Everyone, calm down!" Ariel had shouted. "We do have a duty to the mission. But our mission is in service of the Federation, and we can't just abandon our ideals for a mission." She turned to Mikhail. "Load the shuttle with 15 missiles and send it down."
The whole crew, even the normally stoic Engi, had been surprised and outraged.
Bomfy: "Are you out of your goddamned mind, captain?!"
Mikhail: "We only have 15 missiles, sir!"
Maxwell: "Duty to mission incompatible with goods transfer. Probably of mission success: low. Recommend revise decision."
"I know you all probably think I'm nuts, but these colonists need to survive out here. With the rebel blockade, not only can they not get the explosives they need for their mining, but they won't have anything to trade with the Rebels. They'll die out here, or worse: enslaved by the Rebels." Ariel looked out the viewport at the colony. "No, we must honor our duty to the Federation. Mikhail, send the shuttle down immediately."
To their credit, the crew had accepted her orders with salutes and swift obedience. The colony wanted to reciprocate, but all they had to offer was a batch of navigational buoys. It had been Bomfy who thought up a novel use for them: "We could reprogram them to match our jump signature. They won't fool the rebels for long, and we can't overuse them lest the Rebels catch on to us. But they might buy us some time."
"I'd trade all of those damned buoys for a single missile," Mikhail later shouted to Charlie, both of them hunched behind consoles and spent missile tubes, trading blaster shots with pirate intruders.
"Their shields are down," Ariel's voice popped on the comm. "Open fire!"
"I'll cover you!" Charlie shouted to Mikhail as he stood up from cover and unleashed a barrage of blasts. Mikhail knew he had only moments before Charlie's blaster overheated, so he bolted from cover to trigger the weapons to fire.
"Firing!" he shouted as he rolled back to cover. The Kestrel shuddered as several laser and ion blasts shot out from the bow, arced across space, and silently impacted the pirate scout. The pirates, shocked by the destruction of their ship detailed on the displays, left themselves open to attack. Mikhail quicked blasted one, while Charlie knocked the other to the ground with his overheated blaster.
"Phew!" Charlie had said. "If I knew you guys were getting into tussles like these, I would have stayed on that moon!"
The FTL drive disengaged, and the Federation base came into communication range. "Open a channel to Admiral Tully immediately!" Ariel ordered Maxim, the recently recruited Rockman.
"Opening a channel," Maxim rumbled.
Ariel gave one last thought to the journey behind them. After the Lanius attack had partially damaged the data drive that was their mission, Bomfy and Maxwell managed to repair it. However, in doing so, they had unwittingly disabled the encryption on the device, which immediately displayed a hologram showing a massive Rebel Flagship with only a few weak points. She had a feeling that the Kestrel, banged up but also upgraded with new systems and weapons, would be tasked to engage the Flagship. Certainly the other fighters wouldn't be able to take it on, and the cruisers would be too busy engaging the much larger Rebel fleet.
She glanced at the ship's manifest: chain laser, charge ion, burst laser, drone parts, repurposed navigational buoys... She chuckled at the buoys, remembering how long ago it seemed they encountered the mining colony. Then a sudden thought came to her unbidden; she felt compelled to act on it.
"Mikhail," she said through the comm, "deploy the remaining navigational buoys."
All she heard was laughter over the comm and the thud of the cargo bay doors opening.
By the way, in case you're curious, I did end up winning that round.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
May The Force Be a Good Starting Point
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Explaining Net Neutrality
Here's a Simple Explanation of Electrical Neutrality And How It Affects You — In Plain English
Currently, when you access the electricity on your dishwasher, coffee maker or TV, you get to use electricity at pretty much the same speed everyone else does. The electricity you use simply by using your appliances is treated equally by the companies that have built the infrastructure of the electrical grid — electric companies like National Grid* and Ambit Energy.
This state of affairs, broadly, is called "electrical neutrality." Everyone gets the same treatment.
And it's about to change.
New rules
The Department of Energy (DoE) — which regulates how electricity providers are allowed to handle electrical transmission — said yesterday that it would create new rules that may allow electric companies to treat electricity differently. Some people — companies big enough to pay extra, basically — may get cheaper electricity than the rest of us. Here's what the DoE specifically said:
The [DoE] will propose ... that electric companies would be required to offer a baseline level of service to their subscribers, along with the ability to enter into individual negotiations with appliance manufacturers. In all instances, electric companies would need to act in a commercially reasonable manner subject to review on a case-by-case basis. Exactly what the baseline level of service would be, the construction of a 'commercially reasonable' standard, and the manner in which disputes would be resolved, are all among the topics on which the DoE will be seeking comment.
DoE chairman Tom Wheeler elaborated on that in a blog post today.
The devil, naturally, is in the details.
Instead of treating everyone equally, electric companies will only be required to give you a "baseline" level of service. Some people — again, likely companies rather than individuals — will be able to get more and cheaper electricity.
The change came about because a federal court recently ruled that the DoE does not have the power to regulate electricity the same way it regulates phones. With phones, companies have to supply everyone with the same hardwire service — even if they live way out in the countryside where it's very expensive to put up the lines. The electrical grid used to work that way too — companies had to give you the same service even if you cost them more — but that's now going to change.
Some appliances will get less electricity
The big change will be around companies like Kenmore. Currently, sometimes almost a third of all electricity is Kenmore's appliances. Kenmore often accounts for nearly 50% of all electricity usage at any one time. Over time, companies like National Grid have gotten tired of serving electricity hogs like Kenmore and paying for the privilege of doing so. By amazing coincidence, the speed at which National Grid delivered electricity to Kenmore appliances started to get slower and slower.
So Kenmore reached a deal with National Grid: Kenmore would pay National Grid for a direct connection between its electricity transfer stations and National Grid's, so that Kenmore's electricity didn't have to go through the interconnect companies. As if by magic, Kenmore electricity usage went up again. (This wasn't the first time that an electric company has made a major decision like this: In 2007, National Grid blocked electricity to Fridgidare appliances and in 2005 NSTAR blocked people from using electricity for coffee makers.)
Kenmore CEO Reed Hastings is actually hopping mad about this: He believes that all companies' electricity usage should be treated equally, and if electric companies are in the business of providing electricity, they should do just that in aggregate —and not pick winners and losers based on the fees they're willing to pay.
National Grid, obviously, has the opposite view. If it is to serve Kenmore at the same prices it serves your coffee maker, then Kenmore is essentially getting a huge service for free, National Grid argues.
'There is no free lunch'
Ambit Energy has been even more blunt. Kenmore has built a business that requires a huge amount of electricity, but it doesn't want to pay for it, Ambit Energy argued recently:
As we all know, there is no free lunch, and there's also no cost-free delivery of electricity. Someone has to pay that cost. Mr. Hastings' arrogant proposition is that everyone else should pay but Kenmore. That may be a nice deal if he can get it. But it's not how electricity, or the electrical grid for that matter, has ever worked.
The DoE's impending ruling will change this landscape a bit. It looks as if the DoE will require National Grid and Ambit Energy to offer Kenmore et al. a baseline level of service, but companies will be able to pay to get faster service. The advantage, obviously, will go to the richest companies (or the companies whose web apps are so cleverly designed that they use electricity in a miserly fashion).
Moreover, today's "baseline" service may be perfectly adequate for most companies who only make basic appliances. But in the future "baseline" electrical service might be a bit like baseline tube and knob wiring was in the 1920s — a miracle at the time, but completely hopeless now.
In other words, it would be the end of electrical neutrality and the winners would be those who pay to win. Even if you don't have a dishwasher yourself, you could see the effects in the dishwashing speeds of restaurants you visit — some could slow way down comparatively.
'They are flat out wrong'
The DoE says that's not going to happen. Doe chairman Tom Wheeler said:
There are reports that the DoE is gutting the Open Electrical Grid rule. They are flat out wrong. Tomorrow we will circulate to the Commission a new Open Electrical Grid proposal that will restore the concepts of electrical neutrality consistent with the court's ruling in January. ... behavior that harms consumers or competition will not be permitted.
But ... as long as some players will be able to pay to get more than baseline service, it looks a lot like the "baseline" will end up being the lowest tier of service, for the web's low-electricity losers.* Note: I inserted real companies to make this fake article work, but none of them did any of this.
I know it's not perfect, but it was at least an interesting experience. I still don't think it will help explain this issue to non-techies, but hey, it can't hurt.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Star Trek plot holes that annoy me
Probably obvious, but spoilers follow the jump.
All of TNG: Riker is always and forevermore Picard's XO.
Commander William Thomas Riker was the executive officer (XO) on the USS Enterprise for seven series of TNG and four movies (in Star Trek time, from 2364 to 2379, 15 years). That's a long time, even in Star Trek lore. Various people mention how long he's held the position and that it's kind of weird. He'd been offered commands three times and turned them down each time. Was Picard's Enterprise really that amazing to serve on? The answer the show/movies give is "yes", but I've got a better answer.
He's an asshole who only Picard really tolerates.
Let's look at the times he is given command. When he's commanding the Enterprise against the Borg, he constantly clashing with his XO, Shelby, to the point of treating her like crap. He even shouts her down a few times. Not particularly captain-esque behavior, eh? What about when Captain Jellico is temporarily given command of the Enterprise? It took Riker all of 10 minutes to get him dismissed as XO.
When he's in command, do you ever see him confer with the senior staff? That is, aside from Best of Both Worlds, when it's already become clear he needs help.
It would have made so much more sense for Riker to have been a difficult-to-work-with asshole than for him to constantly refuse promotion like a 24-year-old hanging around his high school.
Star Trek: Generations: Crusher explains a joke to Data; Data pushes her into the water.
This is a really minor thing, and yet it bugs the crap out of me.
Star Trek XI: Alternate Universe Kirk opens fire on the mid-black-hole Nerada.
This is just dumb. The Romulan ship Nerada is caught in a black hole. Anyone who knows anything about black holes knows you cannot escape them, particularly if they form in the middle of your ship. Why waste a single torpedo? Further, why risk your ship? They almost get sucked into the black hole themselves.
I get that Kirk was a punk kid and Spock was too angry to think straight. But, you know, there were a few other officers on the bridge who could have piped up. It would have taken nothing away from the movie to have the Enterprise turn tail as soon as Nero turns down the offer of help.
Star Trek: Generations: Kirk dies on Veridian III after a fist fight with Dr. Soren.
This one is the worst. Captain James Tiberius Kirk, the man who thwarted General Chang's plot to incite war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, the man who outdueled Khan in the Mutara Nebula, ends up dying on an essentially meaningless planet. Not only that, but Kirk left the Nexus, a place that literally gives you whatever you want. So he gives up a literal heaven because Picard decided that two is better than one in a fist fight.
Gah! What a disgraceful way for the writers to send off Kirk.
Here's what should have happened. If you recall, Picard had agreed to a prisoner exchange; himself for LaForge, as long as the Duras sisters sent Picard to the surface first. Once in the Nexus, Picard taps Kirk and brings them back to the moment Picard confronted Soren.
What a dumb move by Picard. He could have gone anywhere, at any time, and he chose to only go so far back as to have a two-on-one melee with Soren. He should have gone back to before the prisoner exchange with the Klingons (I assume he's not going to super-blatantly violate the temporal prime directive and go back WAY farther). He'd already agreed to the exchange, and so couldn't send a random old dude (it's highly unlikely the Duras sisters would recognize, let alone accept who Kirk was). So Picard would have Kirk go back to the bridge with his legendary combat experience to aid Riker and crew fight the Klingons. Picard would do what he could to stall Soren while Kirk and Riker attempted to gain the upper hand against the Klingons.
Picard would have instructed Riker to work with Kirk, but it would become clear once the Klingons fired that Kirk was the better tactician, and Riker would cede command. The same pitched battle would ensue, with the Klingons firing through the Enterprise's shields. However, instead of exploiting some weird cloaking shenanigan to force the Klingons to cloak, Kirk would come up with some badass maneuver to give the Enterprise the upper hand.
However, mid-battle, something would happen that would force most of the bridge crew to evacuate (and let's say data was already off the bridge for whatever reason). But Kirk would stay, leading the ship to victory, and give his life in the process.
There are plenty of problems with Generations, but Kirk's death is by far the worst.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
A Long Post for a Simple Rule
Ryan: so say I have three lists of (different) objects in a helper class to deserialize JSON tomy post on the XY problem, I needed to get more into the details about the problem:
Ryan: then these objects get saved to a database
Ryan: in the current version of our platform, all three of these lists will be populated, but in the previous version only two lists get populated
Ryan: would it be better to create a new helper object just for the backwards-compatible API call? or use a variety of if statements to check whether that one list is null or not and update the DB accordingly?
Ed: ummAt this point, I was pretty sure what it was he was trying to do. He was rewriting a service with a new API, but it had to be backwards compatible. But we were still talking about a problem one level removed from the important issue at play: changing the API.
Ed: depends?
Ed: you're adding a new list to this object?
Ed: or was it always there, but is sometimes filled?
Ryan: basically JSON data from a HTTP request is automatically deserialized into an object, and depending on API version a client will either send 2 or 3 arrays of objects
Ryan: would you create two different objects to deserialize to or use one object and just check whether one of the lists has been populated
Ed: is the api changing? is the client changing?This is a sneaky issue. One might think that changing an API to send additional data back is not really a breaking change. I mean, if they're still getting X and Y, who cares if they get Z as well?
Ryan: the API is changing, but the client may not change
Ed: So the question you have is, On the backend of the API, do you create separate classes to represent data for APIv1 and APIv2?
Ryan: right
Ed: what does APIv1 send
Ed: right now
Ed: 2 arrays or 3
Ryan: v1 sends 2, v2 sends 3
You should care! You can't predict how someone else will use your API. Maybe they'll write some terrible code that would throw exceptions if there are three arrays returned. Even if the consumers of your API are your coworkers, you have to expect that your consumers will rely on every single thing your API does.
And so, I began to dissuade Ryan of his folly:
Ed: so if you use the same object, you'd change APIv1?
Ryan: no, v2 only extends on v1, doesn't change it
Ed: but v1 sends 2 arrays now. if you make it send 3 arrays, you are changing v1
Ryan: I'm deserializing to the same object via two different controllers in two different namespaces
Ed: doesn't matter. Don't change v1
Ed: and changing the return value, even if it means adding an always-empty array, is changing the API
Like I said, this one's sneaky. We as programmers tend to think about how we would use our own code. But an API, even if only available to a limited set of people, is a public interface, and people will do dumb things with it.
Ed: a good rule of thumb is Never change the API
Ryan: yeah I guess I would be changing it, wouldn't I
Ryan: damn
Ed: yes
Ed: that concludes today's lesson
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Two Cents is Too Much: Ender's Game
* And if you haven't read the book, go read it. Now. It's the only book I've bought multiple copies of solely to loan out to people to read. All of my copies are out at the moment, so you'll have to ask someone else.
|I wish I got the Federal Network with my cable package.
* Posnanski** took the name "Plus-Minus" straight from the Fielding Bible, which makes sense, as he writes a sports blog. I prefer to call it the "Hype-O-Tron".
** Whenever you see an asterisk followed by an italicized comment on this blog, it's a Posterisk, and I totally stole it from him. The guy is brilliant, if not for his sports writing, then for his writing style in general.
The other axis is quality vs. enjoyment. Sometimes we really enjoy terrible things. Other times, we look at world class works of art and say, "Eh, I'd rather clip my toenails" (I'm looking at you, Citizen Kane). For example, Starship Troopers is not a quality movie*. The acting is sub par, parts of the plot make no sense, and the execution of all the actors (save NPH) it pitiful. Yet I can watch that movie anytime. It's definitely a comfort movie for me.
* If you get a chance, read the book. It's so much better than the movie in terms of quality, yet it's still eminently enjoyable.
Two axes, you say? Sounds like a job for a graph!
|No one ever accused me of being good at graphics.
Now, on to Ender's Game (after the jump, you know, to hide them spoilers).
Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Funeral Arrangements
The wake will be at Vander Plaat Funeral Home on Thursday, October 3rd, from 2-4PM and 7-9PM.
We'll be holding an open house/celebration at my folks' house on Saturday, October 5th, from 3-7PM.
Dad didn't believe in big church services for funerals; he just wanted people to have a good time.
Here's his obituary, if you're interested.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
All Good Things...
Thank you all for your wonderful words and support.
I'll be sure to post here when the funeral arrangements are set.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Death Smiles at Us All. All a Man Can Do is Smile Back
How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn't you say?
Monday, September 23, 2013
Lighting the Batsignal
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
After All, Number One, We're Only Mortal
I wanted to share this publicly because I know that I've been acting different lately, and people have begun to notice. Dad wanted to keep this quiet because that's the kind of guy he is. But I think at this point, it's worth letting everyone know.
Before anyone asks, I can say there's not much that anyone can do to help out. If you're near my folks, I'm sure they'd appreciate a visit. Other than that, please keep dad in your thoughts and (if you're religious) prayers.
Thank you to everyone who has been helping us out already; the level of support we've received has been wonderful.
Dad's been an incredible father to us all; we love you and will miss you, old man.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Star Trek's Best Non-Captains
I've got every crew position listed here, as well as some other non-positions that exist in most of the shows. I'll be looking at the five main shows that got significant airtime (so I'm not including the Animated Series or Final Frontier), as well as the movies: Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), Star Trek: Voyager (VOY), Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT). It's worth noting that TOS and TNG have an unfair advantage, having by far the most screen time.
N.B. Sometimes I had to make assumptions as to who was in charge of a particular position. In these cases, I italicized the character's name to make it clear they are not a clear choice.
XO: Spock, Riker, Kira, Chakotay, T'Pol
Is there any contest?
|There is an old Vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to China.
I'd give Kira the nod for second place. She makes an excellent counterpoint to Sisko's emotional wrangling and firm commitment to the principles of the Federation.
Science Officer: Spock, Data, Jadzia Dax, Kim, T'Pol
|Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.
Chief Engineer: Scott, La Forge, O'Brien, Torres, Tucker
I love Geordi. Love him to death. I love LeVar Burton too. I mean, look at this tweet:
Amazing, right? The problem is, La Forge is a fairly one-dimensional character. I blame the writers for this. There are only a few times when he gets an actual story for himself. He has the Brahms storyline, the bit with his mother, and a few other notable story moments (his eyes on the Ba'Ku planet). Interestingly enough, one of his best episodes is where he teams up with our winner, Scotty.
|I'd like to get my hands on her "ample nacelles," if you pardon the engineering parlance.
|RIP, James Doohan.
This was a tough one, but not because they are all great. Really, they all are pretty meh. They all have their perks. McCoy is a great ornery bastard and has the classic line: "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a ____
In the end, the doctor that I'd most want treating me is the EMH.
|Please state the nature of the medical emergency.
Tactical/Weapons: Checkov, Worf/Yar, Kira/O'Brien/Worf, Tuvok, Reid
|If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand!
Helm: Sulu, LaForge/Ro/Crusher/Redshirt, N/A, Paris, Mayweather
|The only Starfleet officer to go topless.
Security Officer: ??, Worf/Yar, Odo, Tuvok, Reid
Only one of these people has the sole responsibility of security, and he's our winner.
|Doctor, if a Klingon were to kill me, I'd expect an entire opera on the subject.
Counselor: McCoy, Troi, Ezri Dax, Neelix, ??
I grew up with Counselor Troi, but she seemed more useful to the ship with her empathic abilities than with her actual counseling. One of these made a very important contribution to their crew in the counseling field...
|As they say on Talax: "Omara s'alas - Good news has no clothes."
Communications Officer: Uhura, Sato
I guess Starfleet's universal translator tech improved such that communications officers were no longer necessary by the time of TNG. Makes sense; the universal translator was improved to the point where a dedicated communications officer was no longer required. I'm throwing a curveball here:
|Math is just another language.
|You're speaking with Empress Sato. Prepare to receive instructions.
OK, real dregs here, but this category must be addressed. As much as I love Wil Wheaton...
|But I'll always remember it as something more - as the place I learned that the line between courage and cowardice is a lot thinner than most people believe.
Comic Relief: Checkov, Barclay, Quark/Rom, Neelix, Trip/Phlox
This is a real tough one. Really tough. I was all set on my choice before I spoke to my friend/best-trekkie-bro Joe, and he almost convinced me to change. Almost.
|Doctor! My capillaries are shrinking!
Non-Spock What-Does-It-Mean-To-Be-Human Character: Data, Odo, Seven of Nine/EMH, T'Pol
It seems that every series after the original had a character who struggled with humanity. The struggle was more prominent in a few of these characters, but in the end, it was always Data.
|0.68 seconds, sir. For an android, that is nearly an eternity.*
* Of all the images I got for this post, this one was by far the hardest to source. Normally, between Google Images and Memory Alpha, I had no problem getting the picture I wanted. However, I was only able to find two versions of this shot; one that was badly distorted, and one that had anti-hotlink text pasted all over it. In the end, I had to get out my DVD (it was still in the shrink wrap; I hope it wasn't valuable) and take my own screencap. Though, as I type this, I just realized I get the movie for free through Amazon Prime. Oh well.
Non-Kirk/Picard Captain: Sisko, Janeway, Archer
Hey, the other captains need some love, too! These three all have great traits. Sisko embodies the moral philosophy of DS9 (more Kantian than the others) by being willing to do the dirty work to get the right outcome. Janeway is the exact opposite; she never betrays her moral compass on the way back to the Alpha Quadrant (though she does lose it when dealing with the Equinox). And, though he gets a lot of flak, I have to give Archer credit for being a truly dynamic character. He starts off as this starry-eyed captain, thinking about how great the world is. Then the Xindi come and bust down humanity's door, and he transforms into a badass dude willing to do anything to save earth.
|There's coffee in that nebula.
Sex symbol: Uhura, Troi, Mirror Dimension Kira, Seven of Nine, T'Pol
You know I had to go here, right? Well, here it is. Who's the best sex symbol on all of Star Trek? Well...
|One or both?
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Testing, Testing, Can You Hear Me Now?
My mother gave me her old Kindle Fire (first generation) a few months back, and I've been trying to find new ways to use it. I removed the default OS and installed Cyanogenmod (as it was the only mod I had any experience with). First, I just used it as a sort of phone extension; I'd read my RSS and reddit on it on the train. Then I started reading comics on it (Komik is a great app for that). But I got to thinking: shouldn't I be able to do more with a tablet?
So I looked into getting a keyboard case for it. Turns out, this became a far more complicated affair than I originally thought (I may detail this process in a future post). However, after much pain and suffering and swearing, I finally got a keyboard case working!
And, as you may have suspected, this post was authored entirely on the tablet. I hope that this will help me blog more, as I should be able to write stuff while on the train.
Monday, May 20, 2013
The XY Problem and the Five Whys
What is it?
The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem.
That is, you are trying to solve problem X, and you think solution Y would work, but instead of asking about X when you run into trouble, you ask about Y.
The ProblemIt comes up a lot, and it's something you should try to recognize both in yourself and in others. I recently encountered it with a coworker of mine:
This can lead to frustration by people who are trying to help you solve the problem because by the time you ask about it, the solution that you need help with might not have any obvious connections to the problem that you are trying to solve.
Coworker: Have you used the HtmlAgilityPack?I was perplexed at this point. HTMLAgilityPack is an assembly included by default in Sitecore installations. In fact, Sitecore itself relies upon it and will not work without it. So I probed a little deeper:
Ed: a little
Coworker: I can't get it to work.
Ed: what part of it
Coworker: Sitecore apparently has it included?
Ed: it does
Coworker: But I can't reference it.
Ed: the project should already include a reference to it
Ed: ok
Ed: so, when you reference it with the using statement, its just not available?
Coworker: Oh.
Coworker: It looks like the sample code I got needs a later version?
Ed: do you need the latest HTML agility pack?
Coworker: Probably.
Coworker: At least, the one included doesn't have methods I need.
Ed: what are you trying to do
Coworker: So, I'm trying to take a substring of content, to display in a "Featured Pages" section.
Coworker: But if there are any tags that open in the substring, but close after, the formatting breaks.
This whole exchange reminded me of the Five Whys:
To reach this sweet spot, we borrowed an idea from Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota. He calls it Five Whys. When something goes wrong, you ask why, again and again, until you ferret out the root cause. Then you fix the root cause, not the symptoms.
- I can't get the HTMLAgilityPack to work.
- Why? It won't compile.
- Why? The compiler says the methods I need from sample code I found aren't there.
- Why? The sample code was using a different version of the HTMLAgilityPack.
- Why? I don't know, man, ask the author of the sample code!
- Why? I can't read the man's mind! I don't even know him!
- I can't get the HTMLAgilityPack to work.
- Why? It won't compile.
- Why? The compiler says the methods I need from sample code I found aren't there.
- Why? The sample code was using a different version of the HTMLAgilityPack.
- How do we fix this? Let's upgrade the version of the HTMLAgilityPack.
- How would that solve the problem? It would give me the methods I need to solve my problem.
- Are the methods all you need? Well, yes...
- Is there another way to get the methods? We could disassemble the newer version of the HTMLAgilityPack and monkey-patch in the methods we need
- Profit!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
I spent about two hours shoveling snow the other day. My neighbors all have snow blowers, but I kind of prefer to do it myself. Part of it is definitely machismo crap; I'm the youngest father on the block, so I can be all "Look at me, the young strong man." But I think the greater part is the serenity I get while shoveling. The task is sufficiently mundane that my brain can wander freely. It's like when I used to drive places with my family when I was a kid, I would love to just stare out the window and just look. Sometimes my mind would wander to the point where I was totally dazed out; I'd snap back to reality and wonder what I was thinking about. I don't really have those moments anymore, but shoveling snow gets me close to them.
The big three games (for me) that came out at the end of last year (Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, and Assassins Creed 3) so far have been a mixed bag. BO2 is good, H4 was mediocre, and I've barely played AC3. I've probably played more FTL than all of them combined.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
It's Actually Really Important
If you're not sure where to vote, Google has a nice feature to find your polling place.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Getting in Shape: C25K
I had put off starting the program because I knew that if I put too much stuff on my plate, I could get burned out. I finally cast that burden off and did the run Sunday morning (using a nifty Android app called RunDouble). It felt good; I never felt overly extended, but I was definitely tired and sore at the end.
The best reward was using the garden hose on my head. Feeling that cold well water hit my hot head was such a rush! Highly recommended.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Belated Gaemzcast Annoucements
Gaemzcast Episode 4: http://gaemz.net/podcast/gaemzcast-may-28th-2012/
Gaemzcast Episode 5: http://gaemz.net/podcast/gaemzcast-june-1st-2012/
We're recording episode 6 tonight, and we have a lot to discuss (e.g. ALL OF E3).
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Gaemzcast: Episode 3 is live!
Sorry it's a few days late. Blame me, my schedule was messed up.


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Updated: 09/28/2006 - Aiken Public Safety has arrested a man shortly after the robbery this afternoon of the Security Federal Bank in the Target shopping center on Whiskey Road. Officers suspect that the subject is the same person who robbed First Citizens Bank on Monday.
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Posted: 09/27/2006 - One form of white collar crime is on the rise in Augusta. Last weekend, someone used fake $100 bills in at least three restaurants.
Posted: 09/27/2006 - South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford announced the winner of the "Have Fun and Be Safe in the South Carolina Sun" poster contest at Warrenville Elementary School.
Posted: 09/27/2006 - Two children were in an apartment where shots were fired yesterday afternoon. Richmond County investigators continue to look for a suspect in the shooting on Heritage Circle, just off Jackson Road in Augusta.
Updated: 01/11/2007 - Chief Magistrate Wade Padgett has apparently struck a nerve with his lecture series Teenage Years 101. Hundreds of teenagers came out again to hear his message.
Updated: 09/28/2006 - Edgefield County joins two other counties now looking for a new school superintendent. Last night, Sharon Keesley announced that she is voluntarily stepping down.


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The remaining guys talk about the difficulty of this week's choreography.
Nellie shares more about her time on The Glee Project.
Mario shares more about his time on The Glee Project.
Samuel moved to LA with 10 dollars and a dream.
Nikki wraps up the contenders' first day in a professional recording booth.
The contenders play fun improv games to get their juices flowing for this week of improv.
An interview with Abraham from Season 2 of The Glee Project
Nikki talks with Maxfield about his song and gives him advice.
The guys discuss this week's choreography and Alex gives Matheus advice on dancing.
The contestants open up to the judges
The nine safe contenders await the bottom three to return and discuss their fate.
Nikki talks with Aylin about her song and gives her advice.
Getting into the spirit of this week's theme, Hannah busts out a rap she wrote herself and Cameron accompanies her with some beat boxing of his own
Lindsay is worried about winning and the homework assignment and being the last girl remaining
Cameron sits down with Robert and talks with him about how Sexuality week is affecting him and Robert gives him advice.
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