Football, RSS, and other stuff
So I'm still watching football, surprise, surprise. But with most anything, I know I'll drop it quickly if I really become convinced it's too screwed up. The thing that keeps me watching most is that my wife and 2 year old daughter are into it. So Sunday just becomes a family day on the couch, something I can live with since it's the most time I sit in front of a TV.
I've also been enjoying fantasy football allot. This is my first year, and even though it's been a big learning year, it's been fun. Laura did great in the draft and even though most of her team is Pittsburgh based, she has allot of other hot players like Westbrook. Now if she'd only stop whining because she got 100 points instead of the 120 or so she could have gotten.
Other than that, I've been trying to find a RSS reader that really suits my needs. I tried bloglines because someone said it lets them read their bloglines on different OSes and from different places. I like that idea because I constantly read blogs at work during lunch and at home. Unfortunately, with bloglines it's not good for when you have 120 posts you want to get through 20 at a time. It marks them all as read, or all unread, but you can't easily unmark the ones you read. So I'll have to switch. Maybe I'll try Google's reader again, and if not I'll probably try to find a web based reader I can install. Worst case I'll write one in PHP or maybe I'll brush up on my OO Perl.
Other than that things are good. I should probably be more productive with my off-work time. Fantasy football has been eating allot of my time because I haven't liked who I have. Some picks I made like Tatum Bell are panning out nicely. Some other positions like tight ends I'm trading every week to try to get someone who can get me some points. At least Housh is back in at WR since Santana Moss seems to be suffering with other targets on his team.. Part of the problem was that our league went from 4-12 teams the day we started which I didn't expect, so the number of players I set up in the auto draft wasn't right. Oh well. At least I got the bears defense ;-) and they look like they may have what it takes to go all the way. This week should be a real good test, I'm looking forward to it. Now if the league would just let football be what it should be instead of a flag fest.
I've also been enjoying fantasy football allot. This is my first year, and even though it's been a big learning year, it's been fun. Laura did great in the draft and even though most of her team is Pittsburgh based, she has allot of other hot players like Westbrook. Now if she'd only stop whining because she got 100 points instead of the 120 or so she could have gotten.
Other than that, I've been trying to find a RSS reader that really suits my needs. I tried bloglines because someone said it lets them read their bloglines on different OSes and from different places. I like that idea because I constantly read blogs at work during lunch and at home. Unfortunately, with bloglines it's not good for when you have 120 posts you want to get through 20 at a time. It marks them all as read, or all unread, but you can't easily unmark the ones you read. So I'll have to switch. Maybe I'll try Google's reader again, and if not I'll probably try to find a web based reader I can install. Worst case I'll write one in PHP or maybe I'll brush up on my OO Perl.
Other than that things are good. I should probably be more productive with my off-work time. Fantasy football has been eating allot of my time because I haven't liked who I have. Some picks I made like Tatum Bell are panning out nicely. Some other positions like tight ends I'm trading every week to try to get someone who can get me some points. At least Housh is back in at WR since Santana Moss seems to be suffering with other targets on his team.. Part of the problem was that our league went from 4-12 teams the day we started which I didn't expect, so the number of players I set up in the auto draft wasn't right. Oh well. At least I got the bears defense ;-) and they look like they may have what it takes to go all the way. This week should be a real good test, I'm looking forward to it. Now if the league would just let football be what it should be instead of a flag fest.
posted by Robert Zaleski at 3:49 AM
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