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Jack Picks Ain’t It Cool & Machete!

Harry over at Aint’t it Cool News has broke a VERY timely movie trailer:

MACHETE

This is going to be a huge hit. With what is going on in Arizona this couldn’t be better timing if Robert Rodriguez passed that asshat of a law himself!  I hope this keeps the steam and reaches audiences on the big screen.

Arizona Asshats you get what you deserve!

Jack Picks Water

Never bet against water.  EVER!

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Go Browns!

The Cleveland Browns have hit the Holmgren era hard and fast. 1st dump two unproductive QBs, 2nd get a proven veteran with only one bad year on his resume, 3rd draft the QB of the future (some experts say the 2nd best QB in the draft) with the 85th pick!

Draft Analysis:

  • Round 1, Pick 7 (7) Joe Haden CB 5′11″ 193lbs Florida
    • The Browns get a great ball hawk here to pair up with Write on the other side. 5′11′ hand size is over 9 1/2”  that is like a baseball glove!
  • Round 2, Pick 6 (38) T.J. Ward FS 5′10″ 211lbs Oregon
    • The heaviest hitting Free Safety in the draft.  He should start by the end of the year and reminds me of Eric Turner, another great pick.  So far I don’t see much Holmgren in here, Manginous would have draft D anyway.  The next 3 picks, however, have Holmgren all over them.
  • Round 2, Pick 27 (59) (From Cowboys through Eagles) Montario Hardesty RB 6′0″ 225lbs Tennessee
    • A big time back from a big time school.  225 lbs, 4.49 40 yrd dash, 60 yrd shuttle is 11.47 seconds! and a 41 inch vertical…12 inches in a feet folks, this guy is a baller and will contribute this year and should challenge to start next year.
  • Round 3, Pick 21 (85) (From Patriots through Raiders) Colt McCoy QB 6′1″ 216lbs Texas
    • Are you kidding me?  some say the 2nd best QB in the draft, playing in the sister Football Mecca of TX, all he did was set records for wins.  In the 3rd round?  This is god smiling on Cleveland folks.
  • Round 3, Pick 28 (92) (From Jets) Shawn Lauvao OT 6′2″ 315 Arizona State
    • Shawn put up 225lbs 33 times, 20 yrd shuttle of 4.51 seconds?!  that is fantastic movement from a 315lb man.  Shawn Lauvao will be opening some big holes, but with that shuttle time, the Browns cold make him a guard and omg…315lb pulling guard! That is insane.
  • Round 5, Pick 29 (160) (From Jets) Larry Asante SS 6′0″ 212lbs Nebraska
    • more defense, and good special teams prospect.
  • Round 6, Pick 8 (177) Carlton Mitchell WR 6′3″ 215lbs South Florida
    • Hand Size = 10 5/8 inches, is that even legal?  40yrd dash 4.49 secs, bench 225 16 times with a 33 1/2 inch arm length? and broad jump of 122 inches?  again…12 inches in a foot folks…3 feet in a yard….This is the guy that will go over the middle, draw down the safety over top in a cover two and let Massaquoi get one on one coverage for delhomme to bomb it to, or…Carlton Mitchell will just eat up line backers and CBs all day long…think Brian Brennen meets Michael Irving…ya…that good.
  • Round 6, Pick 17 (186) (From Panthers) Clifton Geathers DE 6′7″ 299lbs South Carolina
    • at 6′7” 299 and hand size of 11 1/8 inches at the 187th pick?  Ya…he needs polish, but he will be great for working the starting line and if he learns fast could impact the D this year.

I give the Browns an A+ for this draft.  They get an extra level and the plus for the value they got in the middle and late rounds.  McCoy and Mitchell are going to be starting on Sunday in the not too distant future.

Go Brownies!

This video is just sick! Who needs Adobe Illustrator if you have Microsoft Excel! The time lapse could be a bit faster, but with the old Nintendo style music it still works. I’m still watching in disbelief.

This ranks up there with the etchasketch artists, imo.

Jack Picks Red Dead Redemption

When I asked my friend Jason for a multiplayer game that we can blow some steam off with after the kids go down, little did I imagine he would show me Red Dead Redemption.

The free roam idea looks fantastic. The ability to form a posse and take down other gangs has me drooling. I love the concept of law evasion. I would like to see the ability to be a “Wyatt Earp” good guy, basically a not so good guy with a badge. Rockstar Games seems to be smart enough that I’m sure this will be available as some point, if not at launch.

Overall I can’t wait to Posse UP and take Black Jack out on a train job!

Arianny CelesteJack Picks Arianny Celeste simply because she has decided to got to a 17 year old boy’s prom with him.  One persistent and avid fan of hers successfully walked the fine line of stalking and flattery and won over Arianny.

From a Maxim interview:

Er, we won’t! Who are you dating now?
I’m actually going to a fan’s prom soon.

What?
Yeah, he did this series of videos on YouTube asking me to his prom. He would even come to fights with his friends holding up signs that said be my prom date! He’s this 17-year-old kid, and it was sweet, so I said yes.

Is he going to get to make out with you?
No. Maybe. Oh, I don’t know! I guess if he plays his cards right…

I am going to guess that this kid had limited success asking out girls in his school.  Video of Arianny’s latest photo shoot should make him the envy of every male at prom and the object of affection for the girls for some time to come.

This is the kind of Hollywood moment in cheesy films that seems contrived, but here it is.  Real life professional hottie going to prom with the luckiest high school boy ever.

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It Just Works – Readability Tool

ReadabilityThe sub-head says it all, except why this tool is important. All the noise on a website can get in the way of the communication between the author and the reader. We even see it minimally here on BrooWaha. The advertisements, the links, the layout, all that just equals noise when a reader tries to read a web page. Readability cuts that all out and formats the text the way the reader chooses when they set it up. This allows the reader to concentrate on the message, to focus.

On sites like cnn.com and espn.com readability really shines. The amount of noise on sites like those is defining almost to the point of blinding. Readability will allow for more efficient access to the content of sites like those. It works equally well on blogs with their crazy amount of widgets and whatsits and whodats. All that noise gets slayed by the simplicity of Readability.

Don’t take my work for it. Go configure Readability right now, come back to this site, use it on this article and watch how much faster you can read the same words with an increase rate of understanding. There are only two steps.

1) select your settings
2) drag shortcut to your browser

That is it. That is the magic of readability. It just works! When on a noisy site all you have to do is click that shortcut and it is a visual mute button for all that craziness! Please comment with your experience with Readability.

It Just Works – Dropbox

DropboxDuring more than a decade of IT experience I have seen many file synchronization services. They all needed moderate to advanced computing skill levels. Dropbox is different. Dropbox just works. The best part is that it works across Apple Mac OS X, all Microsoft Windows versions, and all Linux distributions. You can also access all your files from dropbox.com from any http compliant web browser. This includes the popular browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, as well as Opera, Flock, Mozilla Seamonkey, and others.

Dropbox offers a free account that gives users a generous 2 gigabytes of data storage. Users can refer others to Dropbox in various ways and with each successful account activation both the referrer and the referee receive a bonus of 256 megabytes of storage. This bonus plan can take a user up to 5 gigabytes of free synchronous data storage.

Think of Dropbox as replacing the need to carry around a USB memory stick. 2-5 gigabytes of storage for your PowerPoint presentations, resumes, favorite photos, and other files you may want to have access to anywhere any time. This is network storage “for the rest of us” with web based access.

Dropbox has pay plans that are ideal for independent contractors that need access to their files at client sites. This offers enterprise data access to individuals in sizes ranging from 50-150 gigabytes priced at $10-$50 a month. This Software As a Service for individual contractors is an amazing tool to have at their disposal. No need for data backup, easy access anywhere in the world, and no home server needed. This product is so slick that you can even access your files from your iPhone.

Don’t take my word for it. Visit https://www.dropbox.com/ and see for yourself!

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