Dan

Am I the only one that's noticed that you talk to yourself alot?

I agree; hence, my depressed state and black stripe. I see little reason for optimism going into this season. But, I do agree as well, that they are doing some things we've all been waiting years to see. But, until I see it translate to wins on the field I'll reserve any real judgement. It's extremely rare to change the FO, change the coaching staff, change the offensive and defensive schemes, hire a very average HC, a very below average OC and DC, and fail to address the team's primary needs either in the draaft or FA - and come out winning in the fall. To say the cards are stacked against this team is a huge understatement. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that all would be right in the world with Cowher. But, it would have at least assured a great many of us that the FO was truly trying to improve the team as opposed to putting on a band iad and hope they get lucky approach. Only time will tell, though.

Thanks. I'm checking it out now.

Yep, it's called SEO or Search Engine Optimization. There's actually people that, that's all they do. They get paid to sit around all day and find ways to get your website to be at the top of google. I know a little about it, but I'm by no means an expert. But, you do it through the use of meta tags on your site and listing certain key words throughout your site. Then it get's complicated... you set up a facebook and twitter and such to link to your site. You blog regularly. All using the right keywords that are on your site. That makes your site look popular, which moves it up in google. Then you buy words. Essentially, you pay to put adds on sites using google addsense. So, that drives more traffic. This one gets confusing to me. So, that's it in a nutshell. But, yeah, the big companies will spend alot of money to get all these key words linked to their site so that when someone types in "apple" Apple Computer pops up first in google. That's the genious of google, imo. Of course, if you have a less popular type site, there's less competition for your words; hence, its easier to get at the top of google. But, like in the sites I listed above... my buddies site is Apple Ridge Farms. Well, it's esy enough to get it high ini google if you type in Apple Ridge. But, to get it high in google just by typing "Apple" or "Organic Farm"... it'll take tons of tiem and some money because those are common words that have already been bought.

That's how it seemed to me. Maybe their legs just finally gave out, but they seemed out hustled. No ball control, very few shots on goal, and poor defense. I don't know much about soccer, but Ghana definitely looked like the better team out there for the vast majority of the game.

Anyone with experince using Google Sites? Apparently she's registered for a google site, to get a unique email address. But, in quickly checking it out (while be distracted by the US losing to Ghana), it seems kidna screwy. It wants to set up various pages and sites within the site and add all these google apps. I just want to set up a website, though.

Univision announcers are MUCH better than ABC announcers. Of course, I have no idea what they're saying. But, they're sayin alot of it... very emphatically!

Says quite a bit right there.

Interesting, that sucks. Thanks!

I was wondering that same thing. Anyone? Also, why don't they substitute more? Maybe I'm just thinking hockey. But, it seems alot of fresh legs would really help. Is there a limit on the number of substitutions?

The sense of perversion goes ary once you're inside the rabbit hole! Click at your own risk. Yeah, I agree. That's what I attribute that last site to. Without a unique domain, all the SEO in the world probably has very limited success. But, of course, using "apple ridge" to represent true SEO isn't a great example, as Apple Ridge is in the website domain. True SEO would get the site highly ranked if you typed in "organic fam" or some other type of slightly related term.

That's' wise. Because I reserve the right to always change my mind. Also, I reserve the right to argue the opposite just because it needs to be argued. But, that doesn't mean I'm not always right.

I purchased this album and it's pure gold. Of course, a couple of the tracks are just redux versions of songs on Exile. One Keith is clearly just filling in for Mick... its great he's just singing "etcetra" towards the end. But, several of the songs are as good as anything they've ever released. It's been in high rotation.

Weebly says it does... but the quality can be highly variable. Essentially, I think if you register your own domain and upgrade to the Pro package, you'll get thte best results. Last year I created 3 sites: One registered through Go Daddy. It's a simple site, so I wrote the code myself - no website builder thing. One through Weebly with a registered domain and using all their site builder tools. One through Weebly, using all their sitebuilder tools. Granted, this group wanted to go cheap; so they haven't even registered their own unique domain. So, again, I really think if they would get their own domain and upgrade to Pro, the results might be different. Go to google, type in "Teton Mosquito" and it's the 2nd site linked. Not bad - granted there's not alot out there for Teton Mosquito, so I'm not that good. But, still. The site. Go to google, type in "Apple Ridge" and you'll see the site 8th on the list. Not bad. This fella registered his own domain (I don't think through weebly) but doesn't appear to have upgraded to Pro. The site. Go to google, type in "Idaho Mosquito and Vector Control" and you won't find the site through the first 10 pages. So, it's essentially not in google. But, I did turn on SEO terms and such. The site. Of course, the big advantage to weebly is it's idiot proof and all files are on the net. So, it's easy for me to build something and then turn it over, effectively washing my hands of it. Which is what I'd like for this next project again.

Thanak you, as well, for the effort. Unfortunately, I doubt it'll work. But, I'll add my 2 cents to the cause... I agree. I like the approach so far. All QBs got equal reps with each unit up to this point. So, there's no way anyone can say that one is favored over the other. But, you've got to have a number 1 guy in TC; you just have to. But, Chan's clearly stated that although he'll do that, it's really more of a pecking order and he may change that order as camp/preseason moves forward. I'm not at all excited by the Gailey hire, but that's a solid and reasonable approach. It definitely seems as though he's going to have a much more physical camp. Which we've needed for 4 years! It'll be interesting to se how many 2 a days he has. He did say in that same interview thatyou don't need that many.

Thanks. I'll check it out. I haven't seen that site yet

OK, I know this has been discussed here and there in the past, but I'm wondering if anyone has come across any new sites. A good friend owns a small business and wants/needs a website. I can easily build one for her, but I want something real easy to maintain, because ideally I'll turn it over to her to maintain once the initial layout is up. She's not very computer savy at all! So, it needs to be one of these super easy to update and maintain type thinigs (that I hate but that's a different topic)). She won't be taking any orders through the site; just posting basic information (mostly static), maybe a blog as well. I'm not sure of her budget; but, being a young, small business... the more free the better, if you know what I mean. In the past I've used Weebly and it's pretty good. But, was just wondering what others may suggest.

Who?

Because they have a good PR person?

I can't believe it took that long for someone to take that bait.

I'm sorry that you couldn't detect my somewhat sarcastic and snarkish language in that particualr post. I guess it's my fault for thinking someone might have the intelligence to see through the language on a few items that I would think are pretty well common knowledge. I'll dumb down my humor in the future.

I remember that. Awesome game, absolutely unlike any MNF game in years! God, I just wish we could win one of those. It seems every great game we're involved in... we lose.

My intentions are quite simple.. to better understand complex issues, discuss them, and hopefully allow others in the discussion to better understand the complexity. Plus it passes the time while the Bills are lifeless.

Actually, I didn't realize I was being treated like an idiot. I guess ignorance really is bliss. He suggested I "stop driving cars, using plastic bottles and taking medications". Now that's getting pretty ridiculous. Especially, when just a few posts north I clearly stated I'm not against drilling. I just think there are consequences that need to be considered regardless of where you drill. And driilling in some remote artic tundra such as the ANWR can have consequences which my be just as impactful as this mess in the Gulf, depending upon your viewpoint. So, what huge leap did I make again? The post said "anyone who wants to restrict drilling anywhere". That's a pretty radical statement. It suggests that no one should restrict drilling anywhere. Which leads me to think he wants no restrictions. Hence, the question I asked.

So you're suggesting that we just drill without restrictions, constraints, or concerns? Just let these companies have at it regardless of any consequences or liabilities? Do you share similiar beliefs about every industry?