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October 28th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Sports

For the past few months, I’ve been extremely obsessed with ESPN’s Streak for the Cash. I’m not at all great at it. And I think that’s a good thing. If I was awesome at picking the winners of all these different sporting events online without having to put down any cash at all, I’m sure I’d be broke as all get out laying down real bets on this stuff.

Right now, my record is 164-146-10, which is a paltry 52.9% when it comes to accuracy. If you want to see it broken down by sport, I think you should be able to see this link. My highest winning streak has been 12 in a row; my highest losing streak has been seven in a row. Obviously I’m all over the board when it comes to accuracy.

The StreakMaster posts what he’s picking for the day. I was kind of impressed by it and I also realized that if maybe I did that, I wouldn’t be stressing so much about it all day long. I can only look at ESPN so many times during the work day before our IT department realizes it’s not really for networking activities. So, here we go:

Current L1 (that’s a streak of one loss for those of you that don’t know how this works); Current .529 (164-146-10)

United States Win. David Banda is the only person from Malawi (which is the U.S.’s opponent) I know and I’m pretty sure Madonna’s not going to let him play in the Under-17 FIFA World Cup.

Benjamin Becker. I’ve never heard of the other guy. (I told you I wasn’t great at this!)

Ottawa Senators. The Senators haven’t let me down yet this season. I know it’s still early, but they’re looking pretty hot so far.

We’ll see what happens and we’ll see if this becomes some sort of daily thing… I’m not counting on anything here.

tools for stalkers everywhere!

October 28th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Misc.

$99 Best Buy gizmo lets parents track their kids

Richfield-based Best Buy is selling under its house brand a tracking device being marketed to parents who want to keep tabs on their kids.

The Little Buddy Child Tracker, $99 plus shipping, “fits easily into a backpack, lunchbox or other receptacle … so you can check on his or her location at any time using a smartphone or computer.”

Specifically, the item’s web page says, the device allows parents to establish exact times and locations where their child is supposed to be and then alerting Mom or Dad with a text message if the child leaves the designated area in that time.

Online buyers are finding that the item is on back order, suggesting that Little Buddy’s popularity is outstripping supply.

via startribune.com

I’m gonna buy about 2801 of these and strategically place them on other people.

That girl that I always end up next to at a hip hop show at First Ave who insists on bringing her luggage to the show and ramming into my back regularly? I’m gonna put one in her purse and then I’m gonna follow her everywhere and make her feel really, really creepy.

I might attach one to Riley’s collar, so when he’s roaming around in the house all by himself and thinks it’s time to get on top of the kitchen counter for a treat of peanut butter, I’ll know about it.

I might also attach one permanently to The Kid’s ear lobe. That way when we’re gone and he’s supposed to take the dogs out, we can tell when he actually moves off the couch and does his assigned chore. The idea of being able to show him that we know he spent three hours parked in front of Food Network Challenge episodes is very appealing.

Man, this is a horrible idea. I really understand the idea of it. But it’s so damn creepy! “The Little Buddy Child Tracker” just sounds like a device that’s begging to be bought by those almost-Level 3 sex offenders that are just waiting for something easy like this to track little kids ‘locations.

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