Happy Birthday to Super Hardcore Words From a Farb!

Rell pointed out to me that our blogs are now over a year old. So...Happy Birthday to my blog (belated, I guess, since it really started on Nov 4, 2004). Anyway, I want to do a year-in-review post like Rell, but I don't have time right now, so it'll have to wait til I get home from Alabama. Wait on the edge of your seat!

G-Maps Pedometer

One of the coolest parts of Google Maps is that that they have made the API open to anyone. One cool application is Housing Maps, which combines Google Maps with Craigslist's housing listings.

But even cooler than that is the G-Maps Pedometer.

1) Find your city and get zoomed in to where you are going to start.
2) In the left window, click "Clear Points and start over" to make sure there are no points already there.
3) At the top of the left window, click "Start Recording".
4) Double click on your starting point. Now double click along your route until you are finished. At any time, use the "Undo last point" button as many times as needed.

If you want to save a route, you need to click on "Permalink", and then the URL address at in the browser will correspond to your route.

Hybrid and Satellite modes are great for looking for your local trails for non-road running.


My old Chapel Hill Loop.



My current Silver Spring loop. Erti, you can see that trail and river we found
plain as day in the satellite mode.

Panthers' Cheerleaders...

News brakes today:

Carolina Panthers' cheerleaders arrested

BY KYLE HIGHTOWER

The Orlando Sentinel

TAMPA, Fla. - Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested just 11 hours before Sunday's game, the Tampa Tribune reported, for an incident after they had sex in a bathroom stall. One was charged with battery and another with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Sunday night, the Tribune reported on its Web site that officials were checking into whether one of the cheerleaders gave false identification - namely, the name of another cheerleader.

Witnesses say the incident began around 2:10 a.m. Sunday when the two were having sex in a bathroom stall at Banana Joe's in downtown Tampa. The report said some patrons got angry they were taking so long in the bathroom. The report also said that when they left the stall, one of the cheerleaders and another person began arguing and the cheerleader punched that person in the face.

Carolina Girls, the best in the world?

ACC Predictions 2005-2006

Last year, 8 players attempted to predict the entire ACC in conference schedule. Rell won. Jeff and I tied for second.

Well, welcome to year two. If you are interested in playing, leave a comment or drop me an email, and when I get the details figured out I'll get up with you.

If you think this sounds even somewhat interesting, you should play. It takes like 5 minutes to make your guesses. And you get to be a contributor on the blog and talk shit as the season progresses.

And Rell has his mini-crown to defend....