Every game the Redskins win, special teams coach Danny Smith awards a "Hit Stick" to the player who delivered the most crushing shot on special teams coverage. The stick -- which is an actual carved piece of wood that Smith acquired in Jamaica -- then lives with that player until the next time it's given out, sort of like a smaller-scale, woodier Stanley Cup. Can you guess who got the Hit...
Analyze Words is a new and super useful tool for determining other people's personalities via their posts on Twitter. Developed by James W. Pennebaker, a University of Texas Professor of Psychology, along with his daughter Teal, Roger Booth and Chris Wilson, the program analyzes Tweets based on not the 'content words' but rather the 'style words' — like articles and prepositions — to determine...
Holy FUCK this would've been awesome to see! On Halloween night, in Philadelphia, Ted Leo and Chris Wilson of Ted Leo at the Pharmacists , Atom Goren from Atom and His Package , and some dudes from Paint It Black and Franklin played a Misfits cover set in full make up (and Leo's case, wig). They called themselves TV Casualty, and thank christ there's video of the entire show. (Parts 2-6 are all lined...
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Micro Pulse: How small touches in social media impact the heartbeat of your brand. View more documents from Chris Wilson. I love presentations like this. An absolute breath of fresh air. Gone are your typical bullet points and times new roman font and here you have a brilliant case in point that hammers the message home, less [...]
Obviously, CN went through a site change earlier today. There are some problems, and things are being fixed, argued about and changed, as we speak. Above all changes, you should see faster site loading times. Comments about the changes are welcome! Jared Crick snags dream game at Baylor for family Nice story about Jared Crick , "J-Rod", and his family. Must read. Good job DN! Jones, Batch,...
I can't say this Slate article by Chris Wilson is the sort of thing I would normally comment on, but read it yourself and see if what struck me strikes you... Wilson states the White House using Drupal site management...
Hey, it works good for me! I guess the White House website is running Drupal (ugh!) and Chris Wilson over at Slate does not think that it is such a swell idea. Chris Writes: Drupal knows best. It’s not that Drupal thinks you’re evil. It just thinks you’re ignorant. In a basic setup, the software is suspicious of [...]
Chris Wilson, at Slate, hips us to a looming political disaster for Obama: he's setting himself up as a fascist, condescending, reactionary, moralizing, religious cultist because the White House switched to the wrong Web publishing platform. Apparently he means it. The White House recently ported its Web content to an open-source platform, ...
» Slate: Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen. (Chris Wilson) I wish Drupal and the White House nothing but happiness. But I have a feeling this story ends badly. If...
Patrick Tuohey at Big Government has some complaints about the Tea Party support for third party candidate Doug Hoffman in the NY 23rd election. Chris Wilson of Wilson Research Strategies–and a fellow brigand from that 1992 Buchanan campaign–published a similar concern: I don’t necessarily disagree with how the Tea Party members are expressing their anger and backing a candidate they...
Hey, did you hear that Vinny Cerrato said that head coach Jim Zorn's job is safe through the end of the season? Oh, you did ? WELL, did you hear what the players had to say about it? Oh, yeah, we did that too . Oh well. Here's what a few more players had to say about it anyhow, just because this really was the main topic in today's open locker room. London Fletcher: " Hopefully we can get this...
A FAVORITE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO "Me and Mia" from the album Shake the Sheets Original release date: October 19, 2004 iTunes November 2, 2004: Regrettably, there is no better way to describe "Me and Mia," the opening song on Ted Leo and the Pharmacists ' new record, than to cuss it out. In italics. Uncreative, emphasized profanity. It's wicked fuckin' catchy. The blistering minor-key...