Iginla Olympic GOLD hero, again

Shout out to Jarome Iginla.

Jarome had a great Olympics, plenty of shots on goal. And assisted on the Olympics winning goal by Syd the Kid.

Do you recall that Jarome was the gold medal game hero 8 years ago in Salt Lake City? Sydney Crosby does:

… Crosby was 14 in 2002 and said Iginla’s performance has stayed with him.

“I can still remember him from that game, how well he played,” Crosby said.

Iginla scored two goals, became the tournament’s breakout star and made history as Canada ended a 50-year gold medal drought.

Vancouver Sun

whistleblowers Cryptome are back online

I’d never heard of Cryptome until Microsoft slapped them down:

Since 1996, the whistleblower site Cryptome has been posting sensitive government and corporate documents. Now Cryptome has been stricken from the Web after releasing the “Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook“, a “spy guide” for law enforcement detailing what data Microsoft has, keeps, and can relinquish. …

MSNBC

Next day, Microsoft relented, withdrawing their complaint against the website. But still complaining that their property had been posted without permission.


I like whistleblower sites, therefore I like Cryptome. Check it out:Cryptome.org

curling the “least cool” Olympic Sport

Last week I roomed with former Navy Seal, Actor, Model and Personal Fitness Trainer Cliff Parks.

He’d rather watch a Lakers NBA game on TV (without Kobe) than the Winter Olympics. When I asked Cliff what goofy Olympic sport was the “least cool” his answer was definitive … CURLING.

What! … Who else thinks chick magnet Olympic Champion Kevin Martin isn’t cool?


And what about the Norwegian fashion statement. A highlight of the Games. Their pants Facebook page has hundreds of thousands of fans.

Cliff simply doesn’t understand curling. The Onion explains it:

… DOYLESTOWN, PA—After three hours of watching Canada take on Denmark in women’s curling Friday, regulars at the Cargo Grill in suburban Pennsylvania felt they had the rules and traditions of the sport sufficiently sussed out. “We basically think it’s like horseshoes but with ice,” bar patron Jim Comito said of the 500-year old sport. “The middle part of the bull’s-eye thing is worth two points unless they both get their pot-looking thing in the middle. Tommy said they use the brooms to clear little ice particles out of the way, but I still think it’s a static electricity thing.” By the tenth end, the entire bar felt they had enough information at their disposal to chant “Curl! Curl! Curl!” at the television.

Bar Thinks They Have Curling Figured Out

Curling not cool … Gosh golly, Cliff. Get with the 19th century!

why won’t you clean the fridge?

Recall when Bill Gates in 2002 announced he was going to reinvent the refrigerator?

Like most of his other announcements for Microsoft, Bill didn’t deliver. Finally here’s some good news:

… appliance makers like Whirlpool, Viking Range Corp. and Sub-Zero Inc. are tackling the messy fridge problem with a host of new features including souped-up shelves, bacteria-killing devices and better lighting. …

Is your fridge better or worse than this one?

Read more on the Wall Street Journal:

Why Won’t Anyone Clean Me?

Most Americans Tidy Their Refrigerators Only Once or Twice a Year; Manufacturers Try New Ways to Combat the Mess

Clara Hughes ROCKS

Clara Hughes has won the most Olympic medals of any Canadian woman, all time, tied with skating team mate Cindy Klassen.

But Clara won them in both Summer and Winter Olympics. In fact, she’s the only woman from any nation who has won more than one medal in both Summer and Winter. Amazing!

What’s next?

Clara plans future Ocean kayak adventures with her husband Peter Guzman.

are you a slave to your STUFF?

The Steadfast Finances blogger is:

… the graphic below represents how my personal finances looked using what I call the “How your stuff owns you calendar?” method when I was fresh out of grad school, making ~$60,000 a year, and leveraged up to my eyeballs. …

Visualizing How the Things You Own, End Up Owning You

Me? … I’m a slave to my new-to-me car.

related post – Voluntary Simplicity

Google v Apple

The big fight in coming years will be Google challenging Apple. It’s war, I’d say.

Many iPhone users will be tempted to switch to a Google phone.

I’m expecting Google will win, long term, because that company is far more “open”.

Actually, consumers will win. Competition is what drives innovation.

This graphic was produced by Column Five Media.

(via GigaOM)