29. August, 2003 - wrapping up the season

This weekend is the final home-stand for The Saints. They’re going to be facing Winnipeg in the playoffs next week, but this is it for the regular season. I’m not especially happy that they’re going to have to win all three games against Gary this weekend just to finish the second half of the the season above .500, but hey, let’s see how the boys look this weekend. This is the chance to tune everything up before the playoffs, and I hope they use it wisely.
There’s been a lot of news about Johnny Cash lately. He was too ill to attend the MTV Video Awards where he was up for six nominations for a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt. The video is amazing–you should watch it online if you haven’t seen it. [jim]
While we’re talking about music, the buzz is that Warren Zevon produced a pretty darned good album with The Wind. I haven’t bought my copy yet, but I’m prepared to believe that it’s good, and I’ll buy it one of these days.
Hey, sometime when I wasn’t looking, Andy Ihnatko started typing his YellowText again. There’s some good reading there. [accordionguy]
Spy gadget leaves nowhere to hide. It’s a matchbox-sized GPS and cell phone combination that will periodically transmit an SMS text-message over the cell network to tell you where it is. Only works with the European GSM nets at this point, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a US model soon. [gizmodo]