| Michael Pointer: Purdue Q&A
Question: When will the Purdue quarterback actually look off his primary receiver and go through his progressions? From what I saw Saturday, come-heck-or-high-water, Curtis Painter is going to throw to his primary, even if there is a crowd. And, on two of those interceptions, no Boiler receiver was in the area. I haven't seen anyone say that a receiver zigged when he should have zagged. Were those interceptions all on Painter? Quotes from coaches and Painter seem to suggest so. (Mike from Kokomo)
Answer: Mike, I have covered four quarterbacks since I've been on the Purdue beat: Brandon Hance, Kyle Orton, Brandon Kirsch and Painter. (I missed having the pleasure of covering Drew Brees.) I heard that complaint about everyone of them, including Orton, who had 31 touchdown passes and just five interceptions as a starter.
Redpine Signals Releases Its RS9110 Ultra Low Power 802.11n 1x1 Wi-Fi ...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- International Consumer Electronics Show -- Redpine Signals, Inc., a leading developer of multi-standard OFDM and MIMO silicon-based solutions, today announced that it has released to the market the first member of its Lite-Fi(TM) product family, the RS9110 ultra low power 802.11abgn solution for battery constrained mobile handsets, consumer electronics devices, digital still cameras and personal navigation devices. The RS9110 enables unparalleled levels of performance and power reduction for battery operated Wi-Fi products. By implementing unique & proprietary circuit design, system-level and advanced algorithm techniques, Redpine's solution extends the battery life for 802.11n products longer than rival 802.11b/g products. Low power 802.11n technology is critical to the growth of Wi-Fi specifically and wireless connectivity in general.
Agent hosts limo tours of available homes
Valley real estate agents are getting creative when it comes to convincing wary buyers that a down market is the perfect time to nab hot deals on homes. Read Misty Williams' real estate blog Search current Valley foreclosures Later this month, West USA Realty agent Kent Gagon will begin hosting limousine tours of foreclosed and bank-owned houses in Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert and other East Valley cities. The first tour on March 21 is open to 16 people and will visit 20 to 30 homes, ranging in price from $160,000 to $400,000 in Ahwatukee Foothills and Tempe. Buyers must be pre-qualified by one of Gagon’s lenders. Find more information at www.allarizonarealestate.com. Show appeal With more than 50,000 Valley homes for sale and competition escalating, some agents are going the high-tech route to draw buyers and sellers.
Legend Buddy Guy still has the blues
The one-day festival will play host to some impressive national and international names in blues, reggae, funk, roots, pop and swamp rock. Alongside Guy, KT Tunstall, Keb Mo, Wilco, Ian Brown, Midge Marsden, Hollie Smith, Pluto, Little Bushman and The Checks are all set to perform. While the line-up is an impressive range of talent, it cannot match Guy's musical legacy. He has been called the bridge between the blues and rock and roll and has performed with Chicago electric blues pioneers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, inspiring musicians such as Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Known for his showmanship on stage, Guy is happy his music is still finding an audience. "Music seems to make people happy, if you are fortunate enough to draw a crowd to do that.
High school basketball: BHS will be busy with playoff games
Bozeman High School will host two Class AA basketball playoff games this week as the Hawks attempt to reach next month's state tournament. The boys, who finished third in the Eastern Conference, play No. 6 Great Falls High Friday at 6 p.m. Bozeman swept the Bison during the regular season, winning 58-46 at home and 67-51 at Great Falls.Bozeman finished its regular season Friday with a loss to No. 1 Billings West, which saw its perfect season ended by Butte High in overtime Saturday night. The Hawks are 14-6 overall and went 7-5 in conference. GFH is 8-12, 3-9.Friday's winner plays the second seed out of the West to begin the state tournament in Great Falls on March 6.Bozeman's girls, winners of six games in a row, are hosting Billings Skyview, although a date won't be set until today.
Mozilla may be eyeing online services space à la .Mac, Windows Live
Mozilla Labs vice president Chris Beard has expressed interest in the possibility of creating an open and extensible infrastructure for developing online services similar to Windows Live and .Mac. Beard is intrigued by the possible advantages of closing the gap between the browser and the Internet cloud. "It seems that as the Web continues to evolve and as more of our lives moves online, we could do more to broker even richer online experiences," writes Beard. "We've been thinking about this a lot lately. And, in particular, how the blending of the desktop and the Web—through deeper integration of the browser with online services—could further enhance the user experience, increase user control over personal information, and provide new opportunities for developers to build innovative online experiences." Beard notes that existing web services aren't broadly designed with browser integration in mind.
Will 'Amnesty' Sink McCain?
The perennial controversy over what to call McCain's amnesty is silly. Every program in the world that has allowed illegal immigrants to stay has been called an "amnesty." McCain himself called it "amnesty" as recently as May 2003, when he told the Tucson Citizen "I think we can set up a program where amnesty is extended to a certain number of people who are eligible … Amnesty has to be an important part ..." But once the focus-group results were in, "amnesty" became a four-letter word. ...[snip] Real Straight Talk would be to say "Sure, it's an amnesty, but we don't really have any choice" ... P.S.: The McCain, post-focus-group argument is that it can't be "amnesty" if it has some requirements--e.g., to pay a fine, learn English, etc. But it turns out that Ronald Reagan's 1986 "comprehensive" reform, which he and everyone else called an "amnesty," had requirements too, including payment of fees.
Posted by: Peter Burrows on January 28
And more than ever, it proposes a vision in which data centers are defined not by a computer architecture, be it mainframe or PC server farm, but around the network itself. That makes sense. After all, almost every kind of software is evolving from something that was written for a particular computing platform, into something that is written to be delivered as a service via the Internet. And not static services, either, but ones that can be adapted at a moment's notice on a users' whim—say, by adding a new widget to Facebook, or a new customer order on Salesforce.com. These days, the communication of information—not just the processing of information—is where the action is. Specifically, the company announced the Nexus 7000, its biggest upgrade of the basic corporate network switch since Cisco started selling its now-ubiquitous Catalyst line in the mid-1990s.
Cibola falls to Coyotes in quarterfinals
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Paris Hilton has new boyfriend, reality show
The "war against our will" continues because Americans are so apathetic that they can't be bothered to vote out of office whoever fails to change the course in Iraq. The buck stops with American citizens, as in any democracy. In terms of citizenship, you're as lazy and irresponsible as these celebrities you're obsessed with. .
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