2008 January [page 2]

Why No. 1 recruit Terrelle Pryor should go to U-M instead of Ohio State [∞]

An Ohio State fan sums it up nicely:

  • His cousin goes to UM and family is important.
  • UM has a better academic program.
  • RR is a pure spread coach, Tressel is not.
  • New football facility coming.
  • Stadium renovation coming.
  • What a hero he would be if he beats OSU.
  • UM is known as quarterback U and should continue to be.
  • New athletic study center.
  • Largest stadium in the country
  • Will get a lot of TV exposure.
  • New successful and innovative weight training program.
  • RR has made other quarterbacks very successful.

Rick Parsons, Columbus, Ohio (unfortunately)

Also, Michigan beat Florida, with Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow, while Ohio State got embarrassed in the BCS national championship game yesterday.

Nonverbal actions add to Clemens’s story [∞]

In the “60 Minutes” interview, for example, the analysts noticed that Clemens swallowed hard, looked down, and licked and pursed his lips when answering questions — all signs, they said, that he might not have been telling the truth. “That’s indicative of deception, that’s indicative of stress,” said Joe Navarro, a retired F.B.I. agent who trains intelligence officers and employees for banks and insurance companies. Navarro has also written a book about how to tell whether someone is bluffing in poker.

Watching the interview, I too felt that Roger wasn’t completely frank. I hope for the sake of baseball that the steroid allegations are false, but when he said “B-12 and lidocaine” it looked forced to me.

Netflix to deliver movies directly to TV [∞]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that will pipe entertainment over a high-speed Internet connection.

The set-top box, to be made by LG Electronics Inc. as part of a partnership announced late Wednesday, is designed to broaden the appeal of a year-old streaming service that Netflix provides to its 7 million subscribers at no additional charge.

LG Electronics didn’t reveal how much the set-top box will cost when it hits the market in the summer or early autumn. Similar devices made by Apple Inc. and Vudu Inc. cost $299 to $399.

This sounds like a great expansion, which I’m hoping will coincide with added support for streaming in Firefox and Safari.