Cornell looked nothing like a team that had won 16 straight games going into the NCAA tournament by getting absolutely humiliated by Stanford.  I don't think I've ever seen a game where a team shot 16% in a half.  Now I can't say I was expecting Cornell to win, but I was expecting them to put up a much better showing than they did.  After all, they had held their own against Syracuse and Duke on their home courts, and even beat a Siena team that had beaten Stanford early in the season.

As bad as it was (and believe me - it was *bad*), it still wasn't the worst performance by a team that day.  That distinction belongs to Kent St., who scored 10 points and had 17 turnovers in the first half against UNLV.

Friday, March 21, 2008 2:50:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)      Comments [0]  Cornell | Sports

If you're reading this blog, you're probably like me and have at least *some* technical skills.  While I am nowhere near qualified to run an IT enterprise, I know enough to fool the average Joe. 

So I'm probably not the only out there to have become "technical support" for a growing list of friends and family.  I have set up wireless routers for a couple of my neighbors, and it always makes me smile over the way they think how amazing my mad technical skills are.

The other day we were having a neighborhood happy hour in somebody's front yard.  One of the people for whom I set up a wireless router told me a story about going over to her mom's house that very morning.  Apparently, her mother bought a new laptop and was trying to get on the ol' interweb.  Her mom was furious that she couldn't get the browser on her new fancy and expensive laptop to connect to anything.  My neighbor asked her mom, "Well, where's your wireless router?"  At which point her mom looked at her with the same look you'd get from George W. Bush if you asked him to divide 3,670,879 by 47,546. 

So my other neighbor said, "Chris, you need to open a business for people like us.  Just be brutally honest and call it, 'You're a dumbass - Give me a $100 and I'll fix your shit.'"

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:44:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)      Comments [0]  Dumbass | Humor | Tech Support

Unfortunately for me, the Cornell Big Red will be playing their first round NCAA tournament game in Anaheim against Stanford.  Oh well.  I was hoping for a matchup within driving distance - Birmingham or Raleigh would have been nice.

If you haven't seen this already, check out the story on Cornell player (and Atlanta native) Khaliq Gant.  He was paralyzed diving for a ball in practice two years ago, and has recovered to the point where he can walk without a cane.  He now is back at Cornell and lifts weights with the team and serves as the team's manager.

Monday, March 17, 2008 2:53:11 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)      Comments [0]  Cornell | Sports