SubscribeMonthly Archives: January 2009
GoDaddy Purchases Second Super Bowl Commercial
Recently, GoDaddy.com has been asking its visitors to vote for which of two commercials they should air during the Super Bowl. After the votes were counted, GoDaddy.com decided against picking just one of the spots and instead bought a second spot during the Super Bowl.
GoDaddy.com, which is known for being the most popular destination for domain name purchases, has been busy in recent years running ads during the Super Bowl. Most of their ads have been edgy and have generally… More »
Fair Grounds Race Course preview for Super Bowl Sunday
Saturday (1-31-09) Fair Grounds recap
Both surfaces seemed to play fair.
Hat trick for Jamie Theriot. Brian Hernandez Jr. booted home a pair. Morris Nicks saddled two winners on the day.
Turfiste (Theriot-Holthus) headed favored pacesetter Big Push in the 52nd running of the Black Gold Stakes for 3yo turf sprinters. Steve Asmussen returnee Unbridle’s Dream rallied from last after coming in at the break to finish best of the rest. He was my top, and I would consider playing him… More »
Gulfstream Park news and notes for Super Bowl Sunday
Before I take a look at Super Bowl Sunday’s graded races, let’s review the big events run this week at the Gulf.
Thursday (1-29-09):
Old Hat (G3) runner-up Elusive Heat (Elusive Quality-Xtra Heat) won a 6f allowance race as Alan Garcia pleased and stopped the clock in a rapid 1:08.94. The Kiaran McLaughlin trainee is definitely headed back to the stakes ranks, and I would not want to tussle with the fleet miss around one turn.
Friday (1-30-09):
Old Hat… More »
Mark Valley on Flying with JJ Abrams
Here’s my favorite quote of the week. It’s from a recent conference call with Mark Valley, John Scott of Fringe.
“Can you imagine being on an airplane with J.J. Abrams, just kind of sitting there, what’s going through his head? He’s probably thinking about people screaming and luggage flying everywhere.”
Same reason I never wanted to travel with Irwin Allen, Mark, especially not on a ship!
Cr: George Holz/FOX… More »
Andrew Bynum Knee Injury – Fantasy Update
Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers must be experiencing deja vu. In a January game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Bynum has injured a knee. He was helped off the court and appeared to be in considerable pain.
The injury occurred when Kobe Bryant fell into Bynum’s knee. Bynum immediately grabbed his knee and stayed down while yelling out in agony.
If Bynum is out for a significant amount of time, this obviously isn’t good news for the Lakers or Bynum fantasy… More »
Pro Football HOF Class of 2009
National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced their Class of 2009 today in Tampa (site of tomorrow’s Super Bowl XLIII, of course). Wide receiver Bob Hayes, guard Randall McDaniel, defensive end Bruce Smith, linebacker Derrick Thomas, owner Ralph Wilson Jr., and defensive back Rod Woodson make up the Class of 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees.
The six-man class was elected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee. The newest members of… More »
Norman Chad and Lon McEachern
Norman Chad and Lon McEachern make one hell of a duo. I highly doubt their announcing tandem could be topped by another. Still, Chad has me wondering. I used to think his schtick was all in humor, but now I’m starting to think he’s quite serious with some of the things he says.
He recently married for the third time, but seemed very unenthusiastic about it. Almost as if he was talked into trying another marriage sure… More »
Pittsburgh Steelers will win Super Bowl
NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
The Steelers will win the Super Bowl.
There. It is out there. The Steelers will win.
Funny, my heart wants the Cardinals to win, but my mind says the Steelers will win.
The Cardinals have Kurt Warner and he is on a mighty roll and oh so much fun to watch. The Cardinals have Larry Fitzgerald and he is dominating.
But…The Steelers have a bone crushing defense. The Steelers have a… More »
UConn Come On Down!
Your pounding of Providence today 91-67 means you will be the new number one team in the nation!
But don’t get too comfortable. You could only be there for a few hours.
The Huskies play at Louisville on Monday night. A loss there could make it the shortest stay ever by any team at number one.
… More »
NBA All-Star Snubs – Who Should Have Made It
The 2009 All-Star Game reserves were recently named and the coaches got most of the selections right. However, there were three blatant mistakes made. Here are the three snubs along with the three players who should have been left off the All-Star team.
In: Ray Allen
Out: Devin Harris
There’s absolutely no way that Devin Harris should have made the All-Star team before Ray Allen. Allen is having a great shooting year despite not getting his usual amount of shots. Harris, on the… More »
Granado Espada Version 3.3: What to expect
Boy, Granado Espada Version 3.0, better known as The Zeia, is still piping hot but news of the release of Version 3.3 in South Korea (and probably Japan) is already rocking the Southeast Asian community.
This is, of course, due to a video trailer of Granado Espada Version 3.3 hitting the Internet through our favorite video broadcast site, YouTube.
I won’t expound anymore on what Granado Espada Version 3.3 will bring to the table. Instead, I’ll let you watch the video and… More »
Fly For Fun Philippines client won’t download?
I’ve been receiving a lot of complaints about how the download link for the Fly For Fun client on the Level Up! Games website won’t work or about the patcher not working, and frankly it’s getting on my nerves.
First, as I’ve said countless times, MMOtaku and b5media are in no way connected to Level Up! Games, publisher of Fly For Fun in the Philippines, and the game’s developer Aeonsoft. If you have a beef with the way Flyff’s being run,… More »
Super Bowl Prediction – Fantasy Football Stats
Although the Pittsburgh Steelers are favored, this Super Bowl will undoubtedly be a well fought game. Here are our predictions on how it will play out and the resulting fantasy football stats for the Super Bowl.
Final Score
Pittsburgh Steelers – 24
Arizona Cardinals – 21
Quarterbacks
Kurt Warner – 301 yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions
Ben Roethlisberger – 215 yards, one touchdown, one interception
Running Backs
Willie Parker – 125 yards, two touchdowns
Edgerrin James – 45 yards
Tim Hightower – 25 yards
Wide Receivers
Larry Fitzgerald – 109 yards, two… More »
Lots of earthshaking changes in Florensia
And I’m not playing anymore!
Don’t you just hate that? I mean, quitting from a game only to find out later that it has improved … a lot. Well, it happens to me a lot. There goes that “a lot” again.
Anyway, I have no regrets, primarily because Florensia is free to play and I think my characters are still on the database of Florensia Western Global. But, again, this posting is not about what ifs. It’s more about what is and… More »
Granado Espada V3.0 patch notes
Just like what I did on January 21, 2009 for Atlantica Online, I’m posting here on MMOtaku the patch notes (well, at least an excerpt) for Version 3.0 of Granado Espada in Southeast Asia:
The Ancient Shelter has been introduced to the game. This is a non-PK version of the Ancient Territory. There are two Ancient Shelter dungeons—Shelter of the Ancient Skeleton in Ustiur and Ancient Underground Shelter in the Bahamas.
Occulta Fortress has been added to the game. This dungeon comprises… More »