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My wife and I were lucky enough to have 2 tickets to the practice round and Par 3 Tournament on Wednesday, April 8, for the 2009 Masters. After an incredible morning of walking the Augusta National Golf Club, we made our way over to the Par 3 course and settled down on our chairs for the afternoon. We picked a spot where we could watch the Par 3 action on several tee boxes and greens simultaneously. Since golfer pairings and start times were not published we had no idea who we would see. We did not expect to watch anyone we had not already seen on the full course during the morning practice round.
From our spot, we really could not tell who was coming until they reached the tee box of the third hole, and even there I had to zoom in with my camera to recognize players. The third tee box was across a lake and up a hill about 300 yards away from us while the green was about 100 yards closer. When I heard the crowd start to buzz around a corner of trees on Hole 2 I knew somebody special was coming, and when the cheers intensified and the crowd swelled on the green to left of the third tee box I got my camera ready. I must have been grinning from ear to ear as I slowly figured out the threesome that was causing such a stir.
I’ve been to PGA tournaments before and I’ve watched Phil, Tiger, Vijay and the stars of my generation compete. As special as those experiences have been, they now fall short of seeing these three men having fun and enjoying each other’s company on a Wednesday afternoon. To be in the middle of the Augusta tradition, on day I was allowed to take photos, and see these legends together for me made an incredible memory on an amazing day!
I already keep pictures of my family on my Backberry 8800. I don’t wear a watch so I rely on the device for telling time. My Blackberry even let’s me leave my iPod at home because I can listen to my mp3s and watch movies on it too, but will I ever be able to save my credit cards, identification, and replace my cash with features on my phone? (more…)
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Here’s the list of all ten of the utilities. Read the entire article at the link above for more details on each one. (more…)
I’ll admit it. I just jumped on the Atlanta Hawks bandwagon. Even if they can’t win another game against the Celtics I was impressed enough with the way they played in games 3 and 4 to jump aboard. Part of the reason is that my team, the Dallas Mavericks, is already disappointingly finished again.
Grit, determination, resolve. Maybe the best way to describe the Hawks attitude was seeing Zaza Pachulia get in Kevin Garnett’s face after an elbow from the NBA Allstar. The Celtics may be the best team in the East, but not this week. Definitely not the best team in the A-T-L! (when was the last time you could say that with confidence?)
I’ll be realistic. Joe Johnson needs to continue to be superhuman. Just like Dwayne Wade was vs Dallas in the 2007 finals, just like Baron Davis was vs Dallas in last year’s first round series, and just like Chris Paul was vs Dallas in this year’s first round. (hmmm, is there a pattern here?) Too bad the Hawks couldn’t play the Mavericks in the first round.
Some good home town reading from the AJC.com to get pumped for tonight’s game: (more…)
“Six fingers and three iPhones are enough to create a band, and Austria’s iBand is living proof, having scored a hit on the Internet by converting the little gadgets into a guitar, a keyboard and a set of drums.
The Viennese trio first gained attention in February on the video-sharing website YouTube with its music video “Life is greater than the Internet.”
Converting videos to the correct format for my iPod Nano has been frustrating to say the least. The Videora tool has made it much more simple, however.
“Videora iPod Converter is a free iPod video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and DVD’s so you can play them on your iPod. The software, developed by the creators of Videora, can convert all types of video files (avi, divx, xvid, flv, x264, vob, mpeg, DVD’s, YouTube, etc.) into the proper video formats (MPEG-4, H.264) that play on the iPod.
With Videora iPod Converter you can convert videos for any (more…)
“I’m really excited about being here in Atlanta,” Ryan said less than 12 hours after the Falcons plucked him off the draft board and transported him from New York to a downtown hotel. “I’d like to thank Mr. Blank and his family, Thomas Dimitroff, Coach Smith and everyone associated with the Falcons for giving me this opportunity. I look forward to becoming part of the Atlanta community, getting involved and getting to know everyone here. Yesterday was a whirlwind and I couldn’t be happier with where I ended up.”
From Sam Baker:
“I wasn’t too worried about where I was going to go,” said the massive tackle, who started 49 of 52 career games at USC. “As long as I got my shot, that’s what I wanted. I really anticipated going to Atlanta second round, and that’s what I was hoping for. But to go first round, and to be in Atlanta, is great.”
Mike Smith, new Falcons head coach, said in his first press conference today he believes in stopping the run on defense and having a consistent running game on offense that will set up the ability to take shots down field in the passing game.
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I’ll admit it. I just jumped on the Atlanta Hawks bandwagon. Even if they can’t win another game against the Celtics I was impressed enough with the way they played in games 3 and 4 to jump aboard. Part of the reason is that my team, the Dallas Mavericks, is already disappointingly finished again.
