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F100 version ( md5sum is a1a8d357b756beabf0dbe7c8b6075f51 )
F200 version (md5sum is bbc5c6ec81fbf117289def9d9f6e12e0 )
They are compressed with 7zip. You might need to download the 7zip extractor http://www.7-zip.org/
Please note that the readme and archive description both state that emulators using the "Selector" interface are fixed but that is not true. Unfortunately, they are still not showing text correctly. I just don''t have the time to properly apply the fix I came up with a day or two ago. It will just have to wait until the next release.
Also note that I do not have a PAL TV so I am trying my very best to fix this issues but I honestly have no idea if I''ve improved PAL or not in this release. (Crossing my fingers)
New in DR7:
* Lots more work on the TV-Out tweaker. It now has
better compatibility. Mame and PocketSnes should now
work (They use an older minlib that trahses the VSCL
register for some reason. My tweaker detects this.)
For best results, try to use 4:3 scaling modes, which
preserve the aspect ratio. When Minlib trashes the
register the only way out is to restore it to a 4:3
ratio to the HSC register. Simple eh??? hehehehe
God this tweaker has given me burnout.
Furthermore, I added a new option, "Scaling Tweak" that
should be turned OFF when using LemonBoy2X. Furthermore
LemonBoy2X requires that "YUV Tweaking" be turned ON,
because it does lovely weird stuff with the YUV layers.
Additionally, the tv out option "Stubborn Fix" has
been removed because I figured out a way to do it
in a way that won''t affect other programs, so now it
is automatically applied. Older Fenix games and some
old SDL games now work right no matter what. (Spout,
Blingo, Ruckman, etc)
Rlyeh''s PAL overscan tweak is now optional and can be
enabled in the GMenu2X settings. It was always enabled
before, and I have no idea if it was helping or hurting.
I also fixed the video player, mp2x, to properly set
the scaling registers in PAL mode.
(It was ignoring them before when in PAL mode and this
might be why some people had the bottom of the screen
cut off.)
* Some F200 units had a garbled screen when trying to
first install the firmware. This was probably
because I left an F100 kernel in the F200 install.
I guess some units didn''t like this (although mine
did). It''s been replaced with an F200 one.
* I forgot to mention in DR6 that Open2X now has
stick-click emulation. If you didn''t notice, there
is an option in the Open2X settings to change it from
Vol-/+ to Up+Down+Left+Right or disabled. F200 and
DPAD-modded F100 users will need to know this if
they want to use the bundled music player, Gmu,
as it uses stick-click a lot.
* Orkie''s "Compat" compatibility package is now
included. Launch it from the Applications section.
It allows you to run games that were dynamically
linked and incompatible with Open2X''s newer libraries.
It is NOT yet compatible with Joy2xd or maybe lots
of other new Open2X features. Work might be done
to improve that in the coming months.
New features from Senor Quack in DR6:
* Software reset: if a program crashes or hangs, press
VolUp+VolDown+A+B+X+Y+L+R and then release all buttons
and watch as the Open2X kernel kills off the errant program
and automatically relaunches GMenu2X. It should take 5
seconds or so for the menu to start to relaunch, though
it might take a little longer if it''s a big program.
* TV tweaking daemon, customizable for each program. Gives
most programs 100% perfect TV out. Will not work with some
HW-accelerated SDL apps that used double buffering,
however. Supports tweaking the YUV layer if you find your
movies are off-center in the video player, too.
NOTE: I only have an NTSC TV, so I have no way of knowing
if this even works with PAL TVs, please get back to me
and lemme know if it works or not.
* Support for direct control of the GP2X from a USB gamepad.
Joy2Xd is a new background daemon that can be fully
customized for all sorts of USB gamepads. When running,
the first joystick (leftmost USB port) can control
every single GP2X button in every single GP2X app ever
made, including GMenu2X. Play games and watch movies from
the comfort of your couch. If an app crashes, you can
just hit the same buttons you would on the GP2X to relaunch
the menu: VolUp+VolDown+A+B+X+Y+L+R. For each app, you
can configure you you want the USB joystick used to
control the GP2X to be hidden or shown to apps. This
configurability allows compatibility with every single
emulator I tried. Some need the hidden option turned on,
some have good customizability and don''t need it. Be sure
to run the configuration program in Settings before
turning Joy2XD on from the Open2X settings screen.
* Controls remapping for SDL applications (and others that
read /dev/GPIO for their button inputs). In the GMenu2X
links settings, you''ll see you can map each GP2X button
to a different one. This should work on every single SDL
program every compiled for the GP2X that used the SDL
input layer. (Some apps did not but they are very few)
* Support for volume scaling and muting for all applications.
Press Vol-/+ in GMenu2X and see the icon in the bottom
right change to indicate Normal Mode, Headphones Mode, and
Mute Mode. You can configure the volume levels in the
Open2X settings. Mute mode entirely mutes the GP2X for
all apps until you change it back. Headphones mode makes
the GP2X much quieter overall so you don''t lose your
hearing. Thanks to PokeParadox for helping me get this
wedged into GMenu2X.
* Support in GMenu2X for SD insertion/removal. GMenu2X now
stores all links in a special folder on your SD: .open2x_gmenu2x/
Hit X in GMenu2X to unmount your SD card before removing it.
If you insert a new one, GMenu2X will automatically scan and
display its links. Make sure your SD''s filesystems are free
of any errors, as these can make unmounting flakey.
Sometimes Linux just won''t let go of a filesystem and there''s
nothing I can do about it, so sometimes you might find you
still need to reboot if you see Gmenu2X doesn''t pick up the
new card.
* Touchscreen calibrator for F200s
* LCD timings calibrator. Your timings will be applied at every
boot. My F200 unit gained a much better screen image by
reducing the timing to -4. Scanlines were much less
noticable. Even F100 units can benefit. Note: FPLL mode is
not really good to use because it is tied to the CPU speed.
* MMUhack built right into the Open2X kernel. Write buffering
is turned on by default for any and all apps and will not
affect compatibility. This provides a small speedup to a lot
of apps. Write caching is a configurable option for each
link but that often requires that the program originally
used mmuhack.o, lest screen artifacts occur. Most people
will never need this as Open2X now automatically loads its
own version of the MMUhack module when it detects a game is
trying to load its own. (Open2X uses a wrapper for insmod
and modprobe for this purpose)
* Automatic importation of all old GMenu2X links into the new
/mnt/sd/.open2x_gmenu2x/ link location
* Application section links restorer. If you mess up any
links in the application section, this will remove them all
and copy in all the default ones.
* New GMenu2X options: Booting gmenu2xes found on SD cards is now
turned off by default and configurable. Always apply fast RAM
tweak is a new option that overrides all link settings if you
want an overall speedup for no cost in battery life. New
display of current uptime in the bottom info bar so you can
better estimate remaining battery life, especially on F200 with
no battery gauge. There is now a separate gamma setting for
TV mode because I found TV looked washed out most of the time.
External drives can now be unmounted as well as mounted (to
allow clean, safe shutdowns)
* Open2X now has stick-click emulation. If you didn''t
notice, there is an option in the Open2X settings to change it
from Vol-/+ to Up+Down+Left+Right or disabled. F200 and
DPAD-modded F100 users will need to know this if
they want to use the bundled music player, Gmu,
as it uses stick-click a lot.
* Mindless made the Open2X image viewer. It kicks ass, try it out.


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By Michael Arruda and L. L. Soares
(The scene is a dark basement. L. L. SOARES sits on a chair, surrounded by a bunch of shouting children. He is wearing a flowered dress and lights a cigarette. Meanwhile MICHAEL ARRUDA is in front of them, hanging from the ceiling by ropes that are around his wrists. As viewed from behind, he is naked. His buns are perfect.)
MA: Obvious stunt double.
MA (suddenly clothed and untied): You know, after watching JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, I'm not in the mood for parody. What do you say we just get on with the review and do this seriously for once?
LS: I figured you'd wimp out on this one. Okay, kids, you're all fired.
(Children booing and groaning as they exit.)
LS (still wearing dress, takes a drag from cigarette): Not to be confused with other movies titled THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (there are a few of them), JACK KETCHUM'S version isn't a comedy or a documentary. Instead, it is the adaptation of writer Jack Ketchum's 1981 novel of the same name, which I believe is one of the most powerful, disturbing horror novels ever written.
This is one of those books where you think "There is no way anyone can turn this into a movie." But somehow, it's been done. Daniel Farrands and Phil Nutman have crafted a fine screenplay, which is very faithful to the book, and director Gregory Wilson has done a fine job bringing it to the screen . I have to say, I was quite impressed with how well this movie turned out.
The story, for those of you out there who never read the novel, concerns David Moran (Daniel Manche), a normal kid growing up in a typical small town in 1950s America. Next door to his house is where Ruth Chandler (Blanche Baker) and her kids live. Ruth is the kind of mother all the boys in the neighborhood like. She hands out beers like other moms hand out soda pop, she swears like a sailor, and she tells great stories. But the Chandler household gets some new additions when Ruth's nieces Meg (Blythe Auffarth, in an amazingly courageous performance) and Suzie (Madeline Taylor) Loughlin show up – after their parents are killed in a car crash. In fact, poor Suzie has braces on her legs from the same accident and can barely get around.
Right from the start, it seems that Ruth has a problem with these new additions to her family. Her own kids are all boys, and she treats the girls as intruders. She takes most of her anger out on Meg, the older of the girls, and finds lots of excuses to "punish" her when the girl rebels against her tyranny. It begins with Meg being not allowed to eat for days because she's "getting fat" and then degenerates as her "punishments" get more and more brutal.
The disturbing part of the story – which is based on a true incident – is that Ruth involves her own children in the punishments of these two girls, and other neighborhood kids as well. And things get more and more vicious as time goes on. Remember how cruel other kids could be when you were growing up? Well, Ruth channels this cruelty into the most bestial behavior possible as she gives the kids free reign to do whatever horrible things they want to poor Meg.
David, who has feelings for Meg, has to stand back and watch as things get worse. This is the 1950s after all, and people were supposed to mind their own business, and you didn't get involved in the domestic problems of others. But David feels more and more guilty in the face of the helplessness he feels, and his inability to save Meg.
I have to admit I read Ketchum's novel in two days over a summer weekend. I couldn't put the book down, but at the same time it was very disturbing to read. Ketchum does a great job of bringing all of this to sinister life, but, like David, you feel like an accomplice the more you read. Which is why it's such a powerful novel.
While the film does a good job of bringing the book to the screen and certainly has its rough moments, I don't think it ever reaches the level of tension that permeates the book. The book just ratchets up the trauma more and more, and Ketchum's writing really makes you feel bad as you keep reading. The movie seemed safer, for some reason, even though it has just as much brutality.
Both the novel and the movie are not for everyone. If this subject matter upsets you, you are not going to feel very good when the movie is over. This is intense stuff, and the reason it works is because it is simply unrelenting.
The fact that is it not for everyone makes it even more impressive that this movie ever got made. Somehow it even got an R rating! Although it is going straight to DVD (after being shown at some festivals and conventions), I think it's easily the best "straight to DVD" movie I've seen in a very long time.
MA: Well, I'm going to surprise you and admit that I liked THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. You are absolutely right. This movie is not for everyone, and it is unrelenting and extremely disturbing. I was uncomfortable throughout, so if that's the point of the story, then the filmmakers succeeded.
This is a movie that did not look cheap at all. It looks like a mainstream film, from the sets and costumes, to the 1950s cars, to the acting performances; THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is high quality stuff.
The acting was very good. I thought three performances stood out. You already mentioned Blythe Auffarth as Meg, and you're right to credit her with a courageous performance. But I also enjoyed young Daniel Manche just as much. He is an important character in that he's the person we in the audience most identify with. We're right there with him watching the horrible things done to Meg, and we're there thinking this is horrible, yet we're also there with him watching, and for those of us who make it to the end credits, we watch with David till the end. The third tremendous performance in the film is Blanche Baker as Ruth Chandler. Hands down, she's got to be the creepiest, nastiest character seen on screen is some time, and thanks to the writing of Jack Ketchum, she's not a one-dimensional villain. For everything she does, if you listen to the things she says in the movie, you know exactly what it is that is motivating her to do these horrible things, and it all comes down to things that have happened to her in her own life. It's deep stuff for a movie, which is another reason why it succeeds.
LS: You're totally right about the performances. Blythe Auffarth, as Meg, shines the most for me because she's the one who has to undergo all this harrowing stuff, and she does so bravely and realistically. Not once was I not on Meg's side – like Danny I wanted to protect her and save her from it all, which is crucial to making this story work. But you're right about Daniel Manche – he's a very sympathetic character and does not once seem to be going along with the cruelty of the other kids. Right from the start we know he's different – but I do wonder why he hung around with these other kids in the first place – and why they didn't turn on him sooner. He's clearly more mature and sensitive than they are, and you'd think they'd ostracize him for that – or at least exclude him from their "fun" as things get more and more brutal. But everything Manche does as Danny is in character and you root for him.
Blanche Baker as Ruth gives a great performance, too. It's a showy role, and she handles it well – giving us just the right level of viciousness without spilling over into caricature. These three characters are the heart of the film (and the book as well) and the actors do a great job. Without good actors in these roles, the film would fall apart. But instead, it has all the more impact because they're all so believable.
MA: Another thing I liked about this movie is that in spite of its harsh, unsettling subject matter, it's not exploitative. You're watching this film, full of horrid images and cruelty which goes beyond entertainment, and yet never do you feel like you're watching something pornographic. It's not titillating. It's sad. I wouldn't say the subject matter is kept tasteful, because the subject matter itself is simply too disturbing for that word, but screenwriters Daniel Farrands and Phil Nutman have prevented it from being tasteless by refusing to give in to any sense that what is going on is fun. You watch what these children are doing to Meg and even if you allow yourself to enter into their mindset and have fun at her expense, you are hit smack in the face like Meg time and time again by Farrands and Nutman to feel what Meg is feeling, and what young David is feeling, and ultimately you are just as pained as they are. You are not allowed to feel good. Farrands and Nutman should be commended for their efforts.
LS: I agree. The movie does not seem exploitative at all. It seems as if you're watching real people's story unfold and it's as "tasteful" as it possibly can be, considering the subject matter.
MA: Now I'm going to put you on the spot. I want to go back to the source material, the novel by Jack Ketchum. You said Ketchum's THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is one of the most powerful, disturbing horror novels ever written. I've heard many readers say the same thing. My question is, why? I haven't read THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, but I have read other works by Ketchum. I agree he's a terrific writer, but what he writes about isn't what I like to read about, in terms of horror anyway. As you know, I read horror more for fun than to be scared, and Ketchum's novels aren't exactly escapism. Mind you, this doesn't take away from their quality, which brings me to my question.
Why do you feel that THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is such a powerful horror novel, as opposed to simply a powerful novel? I'm not asking because I disagree with you, but because I want to understand. See, I don't quite get it. A story like THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is powerful, yes, disturbing, yes, but why do I want to read a novel or watch a movie about horrible painful things being done to an innocent person? What's the point? And why would a work such as this be considered a powerhouse horror novel compared to say an extremely literate and well-written tale about werewolves? See, because I'm going to read the book about werewolves over the book about the crazy lady down the street who tortures young girls. Though to be honest if it's a book about one werewolf gang fighting another, and then taking on a gang of vampires, I'd probably read about the crazy lady.
LS: First off, I consider THE GIRL NEXT DOOR to be both a powerful novel and a powerful horror novel. It transcends any genre boundaries. But it is one of the best works the horror genre has to offer, so we should rightly claim it as our own.
As for why would anyone want to read such a thing? Well, it all comes down to your basic philosophy of what horror should do. I think you and I are a good combination for these reviews because we stand for totally different philosophies. You, for good or bad, think horror should be safe and entertaining. Vampires, werewolves, the like. You like stories that give us very clear lines of good and evil, and you like to leave the theater (or finish the book) knowing that good has triumphed. There's nothing wrong with this, but personally I want something more. If you already know that it's safe and that good will win, then why read it? If you're going for a rollercoaster ride, then I can enjoy that too, but in the end, I don't find it very satisfying.
MA: Pardon the interruption, but your interpretation of my view on horror isn't quite accurate. To define my view as safe, where there are clear lines of good and evil, and where good triumphs, is wrong. I liked THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, don't forget. I just don't think it's horror. It's drama. To me, safe implies watered down horror, and I don't think films like THE EXORCIST (1973) or David Cronenberg's THE FLY (1986) are safe, yet I liked those movies and consider them horror movies. When I watched THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, it reminded me, at least in terms of the disturbing emotions, of the old David Lynch film, BLUE VELVET (1986), a great movie, but not horror.
I guess we're arguing semantics, which might be pointless. It's just that we review horror movies, and I wouldn't think to include THE GIRL NEXT DOOR on that list.
LS: If THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is just a simple drama, then why did you have such a strong reaction to it? Why did you have trouble making it to the end of a movie which deals with very HORRIFIC incidents? You don't need a monster popping up to feel horrified, and this movie proves it.
It's funny, first you say you enjoy horror for fun and escapism, then you say I'm wrong when I call you on it.
For me, the best books and movies are those that have truly affected me. Whether it's the gritty violence of movies like the original THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE or a book like THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. I don't think horror should ever be safe, and I think that reducing it to an amusement park ride is to sell the genre short. Horror is all about emotion, and the potential is there to make it one of the most powerful mirrors on the human condition. The subject matter horror deals in – death and violence in particular – are things that affect us all, and we all have to deal with.
While I can appreciate films that offer us an escape from everyday life, I don't necessarily want every horror movie I see to fit that category. It's like food. If you eat nothing but candy bars, you're going to feel a little nauseous after awhile. I like to take a break from the sweets once in awhile and have a steak. Something that will move beyond the scares and give me some real insight into what it is to be human. The good and the very, very ugly. Because there is plenty of ugliness out there.
Horror at its best faces these things head on – but the most important works in the genre are those that don't feel the need to sugar-coat anything or give us a safety net. I want to finish a book or see a movie that has a strong emotional effect on me. And that doesn't happen very often.
Anyone can just make a movie or a film that shocks or disturbs you, and for every Jack Ketchum there are plenty of imitators who focus on the shock rather than the emotion behind it. Something like THE GIRL NEXT DOOR takes it to the next level, to the literary level, which is why it is such an important book in the horror genre.
MA: I understand what you're saying, but still if someone were to say to me they wanted to see a really good horror movie, I wouldn't recommend THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. I'd suggest 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, for example, or even THE MIST, if they're looking for recent horror. Now, if someone asked about a movie that depicts pain in a realistic, unsettling way, hey, go check out THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. But horror? Again, I ask you, why does THE GIRL NEXT DOOR get included in the horror family?
LS: I've had this discussion with a lot of people over the years and it once again goes back to personal philosophy. Some people believe that something is horror only if it focuses on supernatural horror. Things that are out of the ordinary, from beyond our scope of experience. But I don't agree with that at all. I think that what humans do to each other is far more horrific than anything a monster could do. And I think that by exposing this, something like THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is as true to horror's intention as it can be. Also, if we take the old Douglas Winter quote to heart, that "horror is an emotion," then we should have an emotional response to it. And I don't really have any kind of emotional response to something like 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, no matter how much I enjoyed watching it.
MA: I thought the emotion of being frightened was pretty cool.
LS: Well, I guess 30 DAYS OF NIGHT didn't especially frighten me.
Meanwhile, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR has an emotional punch, and thus it is true to Winter's quote. And that's why I feel it's as pure an example of "horror" as you can get.
Would I recommend it to anyone who likes horror movies? No. Clearly some people would not be able to handle it, or would be deeply upset by it. This isn't popcorn and gummy bears. But for those who can handle it, and who are able to take something away from it, then you can do a lot worse.
MA: Eloquently stated, but ultimately a little too deep for me. I also found it cool that we both know Jack Ketchum and Phil Nutman. That's kind of fun. I also want to assure our readers that the fact that we know these guys didn't affect our opinions. If I'd hated THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, I would have said so, and to be honest, knowing the subject matter beforehand, I thought I was going to hate it, but I didn't. I'll probably never watch it again in my life, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a good movie.
LS: I think the book takes a very repulsive story (based on reality, no less) and makes it literature. I also feel that Nutman and Farrands take a very difficult novel and do it justice on film. In lesser hands it could have been a depressing, exploitative travesty. And that's not the case at all here. The movie is faithful and in the truest sense it's an "adult" film.
(LS finishes his cigarette and crushes out the butt. A tendril of smoke rises as the scene fades to black)
(Originally published on Fear Zone on 1/11/08)
© Copyright 2008 by Michael Arruda and L.L. Soares


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Ive been reading about a lot of these new draft prospects over the past few weeks.
With the Combine in full swing I thought Id post some players I think we should keep an eye on as well as my most recent mock draft.
I really think Cyprien should be our first selection (in the 2nd round) if hes still available. Depending on the combine and Pro days, I think he should be.
Next, I like Will Davis for our 3rd round pick and Josh Evans for our 4th round pick.
After that I just let DraftTek do whatever it thought should be done. Im not sure I buy the need for 2 Linebackers, but Bass is actually an end, isnt he? Id prefer to see us take O-line for the 5, 6, & 7th round picks. This also means wed need to fill our other holes in free-agency. Assuming thats possible.
Round Pick Selection Psn School 2 51 Jonathan Cyprien SS Florida Int'l 3 85 Will Davis CB Utah State 4 116 Josh Evans FS Florida 5 147 David Bass OLB Missouri Western 5 155 A.J. Klein ILB Iowa State 6 181 Ricky Wagner OT Wisconsin 7 211 P.J. Lonergan OC LSU


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I was recently interviewed about the impact of social media on student-athletes and athletic departments. Makayla Hipke, a Nebraska Media Relations Student Assistant conducted the interview. Below is the transcript.
"Social media has made all of college athletics into one gigantic campus. There are personalities, ups, downs, breaking news, and rumors spread. The best part of it all, is that tuition to Social Media U is free."
Makayla Hipke: As a student-athlete, when were you first exposed to social media?
Blake Lawrence: I came into college with exposure to Facebook, naturally. It seems like the majority of student-athletes (98%+) are involved with Facebook. I began using Twitter, another social network in April 2009, after seeing the value in connecting and sharing information with friends, fans, and family.
MH: Did you initially view social media as more of a risk or an opportunity? Why?
BL: I initially saw the great opportunity to connect as the main reason for getting involved with social media. The power to influence and share your life with others in a simple, easy way was apparent.
MH: How is social media "changing the game," so to speak? (Specifically, how is it impacting collegiate athletics?)
BL: Social media is changing the way that college athletes are able to present themselves to their fans and to the media. If done correctly, social media can boost an athlete's marketability as they prepare for a professional career. It has changed the way fans expect to interact with athletes, in a good way.
MH: It seems like we're often hearing about student-athletes making gaffes with regard to social media and coaches banning the use of things like Twitter, etc. Do you think student-athletes are not adequately prepared to handle social media, and if not, how could they be better prepared?
BL: I would agree that some athletes do not realize the power of social media. They must understand that they are openly sharing their information with thousands/millions of users worldwide. The way to eliminate mistakes is to closely monitor a student-athlete's activity, or to educate them on the power of social media before they even begin using it.
MH: What inspired you to embrace social media and eventually turn it into a career?
BL: I have been inspired by the very basics of social media, connectivity. The ability to create a network that blurs the line between fan, athlete, friend, and brand is extremely valuable. Social media has allowed us all to break down the walls that have long-divided brands and target audiences.
MH: Are there any potential drawbacks to social media use by athletic departments or student athletes?
BL: The only drawback for using social media in athletic departments or by student athletes is lack of control. Once a message is delivered, it has the power to spread quicker and wider than any other form of marketing. Damage control on social media is time consuming and costly. Making sure the message is appropriate the first time it is sent is of incredible importance. And, as in all marketing situations, the bad news or 'gaffs' spread much quicker than the good news or appropriate uses of social media.
MH: What do you feel are the main benefits to social media use?
BL: The main benefit of social media use is to give personality to a brand, a person, or an athletic department. Student-athletes are allowed to shine outside of their field of play by sharing their life in social media. Athletic departments are allowed to stay connected with their audience and fans in an incredibly personal way. The walls are broken down, and social media has made all of college athletics into one gigantic campus. There are personalities, ups, downs, breaking news, and rumors spread. The best part of it all, is that tuition to Social Media U is free.
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I would love to get into App Development, but at heart I'm just not a programmer.
Preferably, I don't want to go to school and bet a Bachelor in Computer Science. That is time and money that I can't commit, especially already having a full time web development job. What I would love to do is take a credible online course (there are no local programs in the area to teach me exactly what I need). Does anyone know of such a thing?
Does anyone build apps for the iPhone? How did you start out?
Cheers!I haven't heard of any online courses.
I wouldn't really know where to get started, but I would definitely check out mobiletuts if you haven't yet.I always wanted to get started on this, but haven't really had the time or patience to learn, even with a background in C++.
However, on iTunes U there are a few courses, like the Stanford University one, that give you an introduction to iPhone development. I had all of the source code for that at one point and can have a dig around for it if you want me toThanks guys.
I actually subscribed to the Stanford iTunes U stuff. It's amazing. I've started with the intro programming course and will be doing all three of the programming courses they offer. Then, once I feel confident with all three of those, I'll venture into the iPhone App Dev course.
Huge props to Stanford for doing this. Definitely temporarily calling myself a Stanford student!Hi I dont know if this is of any help but have you tried the book "begining iPhone Development" by Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche published by apress? It walks you through a lot of different tutorials and has helped me no end I also subscribed to mobiletuts which is a great source of inspirationFrom what I've heard, this is the best: http://appdevmanual.com/I've been following the Objective-C and iPhone Development tutorials on The New Boston and have made one or two working apps.
I tried the Stanford iTunes U, but some things the guy did didn't seem to produce the same result (most iPhone dev tuts out there are older than iOS 5, which has made many changes.
I also found that along with thenewboston, looking stuff up in the Apple Developers' portal I get all the stuff that has been update.I've started iPhone app development earlier this year, and I've tried a handful of courses/books. Every time I started out enthusiastically, but it wouldn't take long before I would be completely frustrated.
The main reason is that it's simply difficult and confusing. Objective-C is not an easy language, and developing apps is not just something to do "on the side"; I really think it's something you have to spend a LOT of time on.
Appress' "Beginning iPhone Development" is a great book, but my version covers Xcode 3, whereas my Mac has Xcode 4. A difference enough to confuse me greatly, so always make sure your course material and your development environment are working with the same version of Xcode and iOS!
There's some other books I've tried but once they would go into specific Objective-C stuff, and I still didn't understand what they were saying even after reading it 57 times, I went crying to my mom.
I haven't tried the Standford one, but that's next on my list.
IN THE MEANTIME..... I would recommend 2 alternatives.
First, app frameworks. Something like Titanium Mobile will let you develop apps in a more graphical shell, and the environment will do all the back-end coding for you (the output is an app that works on both Android and iPhone, or even ). I'm having a lot more fun with that. There's more of these that I haven't tried (AppDesigner is one of them), so you may want to look into those.
Second, since a lot of us here are more into the front-end side of things (myself definitely included!), I've found web apps are a great stepping stone into the app developement direction. It's really just a web site and not an actuall app, but with some specific iOS structure, front-end and UX methodology. Personally, I've done a lot with iWebKit -- it's not perfect but a great start to get into web apps.
Hope that helps a bit.@Senff Why use C++? iOS development is done in Objective-C.
And TheNewBoston tutorials are very good, though it would help to watch the many Objective-C tutorials before the iOS ones. It also means that you could develop for Mac as well as iOS.@cyneWATCH: my mistake, Objective-C is what I meant of course! Thanks for pointing it out, editing my post now.Hi,
Go through the below links and you will get some ideas about the online development process courses. Many like these available in the net, but you have to choose the best one to proceed with.
For any kind of app development processes, visit http://innoppl.com/mobile-application-development, where you can find about the Innoppl mobile app developers Atlanta functionality and the projects they worked in and how to built basic apps at ease http://www.e-careers.com/app-developer-training/app-developer-training/iphone-android-apps-package http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/november/itunes-apps-class-111511.html http://unex.uci.edu/areas/it/mobile/
I've dabbled a bit in C and Objective C (the languages you need to know), and the stuff that worked for me was the Apress Objective C books. http://www.apress.com/9781430245124 That book specifically will allow you to start from scratch.


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Kara Wood (Coos Bay, Ore.), the lone sprinter, secured 3rd place in the 100 meter hurdles at the Oregon State championships a year ago. The Marshfield High School senior qualified nationally in 2012.
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Mary Roy (Mt. Vernon, Ore.), Marissa Brainard (Battle Ground, Wash.) and Katie Ingram (Malin, Ore.) will compete in jumping events for Tech next spring. Ingram, the lone Klamath Basin local, recorded a 5th place showing at last year's Oregon 2A meet in the pole vault competition. Brainard, a transfer from Clark College, will add to Tech's depth in three jumping events – long jump, triple jump and high jumps, while Roy took home a 5th place at last year's Oregon 3A State Championship in the triple jump.
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Alcatel has already declared that its new One Touch Fire is the world's first smartphone running Moxilla's Firefox OS - but Mozilla says it's also working with LG and ZTE to build the first Firefox OS devices… and notes that Huawei will follow later in the year.
These first-generation Firefox smartphones are expected to launch in Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Venezuela.
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Well I have certainly been a bad blogger recently! It's been almost a month since I last did a post… tsk tsk!! As I'm sure it is with most bloggers who accidentally find themselves blog post free in almost a month, it hasn't been for lack of things to blog about, but rather a huge lack of time.
Anyways, here is a little bit more about the mini chocolate zucchini bread loaves I made for the picnic with the BFC girls last month…
This is a recipe that my family has been enjoying for many years. We normally make it in two standard loaf pans, but I thought it would be fun to try out the new 'mini loaf' pan I recently bought.
I wrapped the little loaves in wax paper and then a thick strip of craft paper, before finishing it off with a kitchen string bow. I love the cute, crafty and homemade look of packaging the little loaves this way. They would make great party or shower favours!
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
- 3 eggs - 2 cups sugar - 1 cup oil - 1 tsp vanilla - 2 cups grated zucchini - 2 rounded tablespoons cocoa powder - 3 cups flour - 1 tsp cinnamon - 1.5 tsp baking powder - 1 tsp baking soda - semi sweet chocolate chips (I just keep adding them until it feels right…) - optional: 1 cup almonds (whole, sliced, chopped… however you like)Beat eggs; add oil and sugar and beat well. Add vanilla, zucchini, and chocolate powder; beat well.
Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and then slowly add to the wet mixture.
Add in chocolate chips and nuts if you so desire. Mix well.
Bake in two greased standard loaf pans, or mini loaf pans at 350 F.
The recipe book says to bake for 40-60 mins depending on the size of the loaves. However, I found that the size of mini loaf pans can really vary, the ones I bought made about 16 little loaves and only required about 20 mins in the oven.
Oh and in keeping with the nostalgia kick I also mentioned before… here is a picture of me at age 5 or 6 making 'Z bread'* as it is affectionately known in my family.
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scb wrote:cincybearcat wrote:scb wrote:For those of you talking about shitty teachers versus good teachers.... I'd like to know how you propose that we measure which teachers are shitty and which ones are good.
Also, I can't help but notice that there seems to be more talk about shitty teachers than most any other profession, which I think only serves to propagate the idea that it's the teachers' fault that our education system isn't better. Is this what you believe?
You'd like to know how to measure which teachers are good? Do you ask this of any other profession? Since I'm not in the education business (teacher or otherwise) I'll defer to someone who is, but I don't think it is any harder than any other profession.
There is more talk about shitty teachers because everyone comes in contact with teachers over a large portion of their lives. Do you spend that much time with lawyers? Accountants? Nope.
Also, are teachers exclusively union?
If someone calls many people of another profession shitty at that profession, yes, I ask how they measure what it means to be shitty and what it means to be good. I do believe that if people are going to talk about shitty teachers (or shitty garbage men, or shitty lawyers, or whoever), then they should be able to explain what they mean by this. (I realize that you didn't exactly do this.) I think it probably is harder to determine how to measure good teachers than many other, more objective professions.
I'll point out that, although we don't always meet them in person, we spend many more years of our lives employing the services of trash collectors, mail carriers, physicians, etc. - and yet we don't hear half as much judgement about them, especially not as a group. We all know that the healthcare system in this country is probably in worse shape than the education system, yet the failure of the education system is blamed on teachers much more than the failure of the healthcare system is blamed on doctors (and you certainly wouldn't see all the healthcare providers in an entire system fired like happened in that one school system). But everyone's a fucking critic when it comes to teachers, and I think this is just another aspect of their undervaluation in this country.
No, teachers are not exclusively union.
I'm sure there is a very blurred line and a large grey area, but you should be able to associate who is on which end of the spectrum... take for example (and i'm not trying to be biased) my mom: shows up to work 2 hours before to prepare, make worksheets, keeps her class interactive and always has the highest enrollment (she is an ESL teacher). Her coworker: brings an acoustic guitar to class and sings (this is her idea of teaching ESL)...


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Being sent some sort of message that contains only the word "fag."
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Amanda Tiller's work addresses the pervasiveness of popular culture and our ability to retain facts and information. Whether she's working on her Movie Poster series or Facebook Portraits, her work is always characterised by laborious and time-consuming working processes. With her Genogram series, Tiller takes a famous celebrity and weaves a web of connections between their real and fictional families. The faces of the figures are all stitched by hand. The interview was conducted at the artist's studio in Chelsea, New York.
Your work is set in antithesis to our current 'information age', your focus being on your personal repositories of knowledge. Your Genogram series are a useful illustration of the themes you address. How did they come about?
Genograms are usually used by medical professionals or social workers to diagram families and relationships, so it's not your typical family tree. I started with the idea of one's relationship to fictional characters, which stemmed from a conversation with a friend. We were joking around at a bar one night and she asked 'who would be your TV dad?' She said that hers would be Bill Cosby, but for me, it would be Bob Saget, who was the dad on Full House. Bob Saget was actually the first work in the series I got started on but my diagram got to be so gigantic that I realised I had to get started on a smaller one to sort out the technical issues. That's why Bill Cosby was the first in the series. Bob Saget, or Danny Tanner, the name of his character, was more of a dad figure in a sort of stereotypical way in that he's really not anything like my father but he encompasses everything that you think of as a television dad. He's kind of embarrassing, a little bit nerdy, always trying to impart the morals whereas Bill Cosby's character felt more like a real person. When you think about these people you're really thinking about their characters. When my friend said Bill Cosby, she didn't mean Bill Cosby the person, she meant Cliff Huxtable (his character on The Cosby Show) and when I said Bob Saget, I meant Danny Tanner. In reality Bob Saget is the complete opposite of Danny Tanner. His stand-up is extremely vulgar and especially shocking if you've grown up with his character. We feel like we know these people but we don't.
Hence your decision to blend these fictional characters with their real families into one diagram.
Exactly. There's no difference to me. When I think of Bill Cosby I think of Cliff Huxtable because they're the same person to me. His family on The Cosby Show mirrors his real family too. He has one son and four daughters just like he does in real life, and their ages are similar so it gets even more confusing!
A unique part of your process is that you won't research the fictional or real families on the internet. You're very strict about making all your preparatory diagrams from memory.
Well that's key to all my work. It's about my personal relationship to a broader culture. Thinking of things from memory started out as a bit of a lark while I was at graduate school. I was known by my friends as being a fount of useless information. We didn't have smart phones, so if we were sitting at a bar and my friends were trying to recount a movie fact they would usually ask me. I'm really good at remembering stuff that doesn't matter! Something useful like artist's names, which I really should know given my field, I can never remember. But 'who was so and so's wife in that movie?'; I can remember that. No one remembers these kinds of things now because we don't have to. You can just pull out your iPhone and go straight on to Wikipedia. No one needs to remember anything anymore.
Even if a viewer didn't know about your working process, that you insist on creating the diagrams from memory, your choice of media complements the personal nature of the work. The figures are very skillfully stitched by hand but up close look appropriately awkward, much like a hazy memory. It reflects the fact that the diagrams are purposely imperfect.
I feel that it's important to do things by hand even though the planning of my work is done with computers. The diagrams for the Genograms are laid out in Adobe Illustrator and the faces of the figures are broken down in Photoshop into simplified colours for the embroidery. But when I make the piece, I do it by hand and it's really labour intensive. It requires a lot of focus, which isn't something that happens much these days. I could easily get these machine embroidered but I'm not interested in that. I like the look of a wonky character when you get up close to it.
Why did you choose Fred Savage as the subject of the second work in the series?
I will always start with a character I grew up watching who is a member of a well-known family. They tend to be from television rather than movies because of the prevalence of sitcoms. Even if an actor has played several well known roles, I'll pick one who I know of as one character. I always think of Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years even though he's been in other TV shows. Sarah Michelle Gellar is another one I'm going to be doing soon who to me is always Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm also going to do Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher will be interesting as she's got an old Hollywood thing going on with her mom being Debbie Reynolds and her father married to Elizabeth Taylor. There's going to be a lot of people going up on there!
How do you express the connections between the figures? What are the meanings behind the coloured lines and symbols?
The dark grey fluid lines relate parents to children. Sometimes a line will rise up from a figure but I can't remember or don't know who their parents are, so they'll end abruptly. The lighter grey, thicker lines are marriage lines. One character could have five or six marriage lines depending on how many characters they've played. Red slashes over marriage lines denote divorce and black slashes are for deaths.
On average, how long does one work take to execute?
I started Fred Savage in June 2011 and finished it at the beginning of December, but of course that's not all solid work time. Bill Cosby took about the same. That was all done by hand whereas for Fred Savage I used a sewing machine to start the lines.
I imagine that you divide up the time you spend on individual works?
If I have a deadline for a piece, I'll really focus in on it. The wonderful thing about my studio's location, which is also near where I do my day job, is that I can come and go early in the morning or in the evening and get a couple of hours work in. On a full studio day, I have to break up the time as the work can be physically exhausting, especially the eye strain. The Facebook Portraits help me break up the time and they can be executed quickly. The preparation for those is the hardest part.
For your series 'The Facebook Portraits', you essentially recreate a friend or acquaintance's profile picture from handwritten sentences which describe everything you know about them. The better you know an individual, the more detailed their portrait will be. How many individuals do you plan to draw?
The plan's to cover all of them. At last count I had something like 390 friends so I've got plenty to go. I've started with those who I haven't got current contact with in any real way, so I won't be learning anything new about them. Many of my friends don't show up on my feed because of Facebook's algorithm deciding who my friends are. So I've mainly focused on high school friends and friends from college.
How do your friends feel about being drawn this way? Have you met with any opposition?
This is the one project I haven't listed on Facebook. Usually I like to get feedback on what I'm doing. The whole point of Facebook is to network so it will be interesting to see how those whom I've only met once will take it, especially if they're artists! I do have links to my website on Facebook so some people have found them. Usually friends say 'oh god! I can't wait for you to do mine'. Those who are the most worried about it, well, their information will be practically illegible because there's going to be so much of it.
Do you find their discomfort paradoxical given that they are happy to upload photographs of themselves and surrender personal information online, though they balk at the idea of the drawing being physically present in a gallery?
If you put information out there it's not private anymore, though much of this information is not on Facebook; it's stuff that I know and has stuck.
The drawings really capture the conflict between the public and the private. Most profile pictures are highly choreographed. There's always a graduation photo, someone with a pet or their kid. Here you lock private information into its false contrivance.
The profile pictures all follow a basic formula. They show people in their most flattering light or when they're trying to be funny. It's a personality that they want people to think they have. I use that as a springboard to reveal how I personally perceive them to be.
Let's talk about your movie posters. Would you say that they are your most labour intensive production?
Perhaps. Most of my projects are. It's the recall of information that's always the worst.
Your movie posters are created by recounting the entire plot of a movie from memory, printing a copy of its publicity poster and then overlaying your text upon its surface. You'll then painstakingly scalpel out the area around your text from the poster's surface so that the image bleeds through the words.
Yes. It's definitely labour intensive. I could just print out the work, and I have done a print series, but I enjoy the laborious process of it. At least with the embroidered works there are minor victories along the way such as when you finish a face. With the movie posters, it depends how long the text is. Sometimes I can't recount as much. The Karate Kid was in my rotation of movies I watched as a child so I know it very well! When I get to working on the actual poster I listen to audiobooks a lot, there's a nice focus and meditation on the task, especially living in New York City. Everything's go-go-go-go-go, always. There's very little time to really sit and focus. I rarely get to read books because I feel like I don't have enough time, except for on the subway. That's the only place I allow myself to sit down, relax and read.
I find your work is characterised by an affection for film and television, that you enjoy expressing the memories of what you've seen and know. Other artists such as Fiona Banner produce huge canvases documenting everything that happens in a movie scene for scene, which are completely banal by comparison. Intentionally joyless. Whereas you'll try to infuse joy with mundanity. Personalising the impersonal.
There's a degree of ridiculousness in everything that I do too. It's an absurd project to be spending four months or so scratching out the surface of a movie poster. It's The Karate Kid. We're not talking Citizen Kane here! It's not a good movie but it is a good movie. It's not a good film but it is a good movie, if that makes sense. It's the same with the celebrity stuff. I'm not one of these people who cares about celebrity gossip. I never buy US Weekly or any of those magazines, though I may glance at them in the store. There are more fictional relationships on the Genograms than there are real ones. Of course, there are well known connections you can't avoid if you have a computer or a television. You know about what happened between Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and all those kids. You can't help it. And that's part of it too, my ambivalence and mixed feelings towards this culture. I love it but I also hate that I love it. I hate that I know all these things. It's the stuff that just sticks. But that's okay. It's a love-hate thing. I work at this poster tediously, even though it doesn't matter. I still love the movie. It was one of my favourites growing up. I dressed up as Johnny from The Karate Kid for Hallowe'en. I love nostalgic eighties movies because of the community it builds. It's part of popular language. It's part of what's right about our society and what's wrong about it.
Your most grandiose, absurdist project is 'Everything That I Know'. Could you describe it and your intentions for it?
It's a series of books that I've made where I'm literally trying to write down everything that I know. The books are catagorised into different genres and are colour coded. For example 'People and Places' are blue. It's all based on the Trivial Pursuit categories. There's also 'History', 'Science & Nature', 'Arts & Entertainment', 'Sports & Leisure' and orange is the 'Wild Card' category, which is for anything that falls in-between.
Have you set yourself an end date for this or will you work on it continuously?
It's an ongoing project. I'll keep working on it in the studio. I don't think it can ever be sold. I'm just going to keep working on it 'til I'm done. I'm drawn to its Sisyphean quality. It's only facts. There are no opinions written down in these books. It's part of that idea of the quest for self-knowledge. This would be my encyclopedia. Though they're broken down into categories, there's no order in the books. I just write from stream of consciousness.
Do you consciously infuse your work with a performative element? You've previously worked on the books in front of members of the public.
It was the project of my MFA thesis show which is how this all started. People walked into the gallery and the only things there were a shelf of the books on the wall, myself at a small writing table and a larger table for visitors to sit and read. People could watch me filling up the books with information or take one off the shelf and read it. When it comes to secrets about friends which I've been told in confidence, those get put down into a book labelled as Secrets. When they go into one of the other categories they will be blocked out. 'Performative' is the art term for it, for me it was more of an activity. It wasn't a performance in the strictest sense. Usually when you watch a performance you can't talk to or engage with the performer, unless of course that's the intention. I didn't want that to be the case at all. People came up and asked me questions.
You're keen not to aestheicise the action?
I didn't want to put in any cues about what people are supposed to do. If people asked to take a book off the shelf I would say yes, of course. If they didn't, I wouldn't suggest it. Sometimes with Performance art, I can feel a little pressured. It ends up detracting from the piece if you have to make people feel engaged, unless your idea is to make people feel uncomfortable.
As much as I sense an affection for the trivia you have amassed, you also express regret. Your work is a commentary on the inanities we're surrounded by every day.
That's definitely part of it. In The Everything I Know project, the pink book, the 'Arts & Entertainment' category, is the largest. The first book that I made was Every Movie Quote that I Know. It was a hundred pages long and I filled it very quickly. I can't deny it. With the 'Science and Nature' section, which really interests me, I found I couldn't recall as many specific facts with confidence. With the movies, I can even recall specific song lyrics. It's information that's stickier for my brain. Friends would see that and say 'you're so smart!' and I'd say '…um…not really! Is this smart? Is knowing the plot of The Karate Kid really smart?'
Are you ever shocked by some of the things that you are able to recall?
For a long time I'd be carrying around a grey, non-specific category book where I would write down information which I'd later transcribe into an appropriate category. The order of things that I remember is really interesting. I'll be sitting with a friend and writing down a fact about them and then that would generate another fact and so on. There are weird pockets of knowledge that are somewhat important. I know a lot of facts about the U.S. presidents that all goes back to one class I had in elementary school. People would deem that more important knowledge than the plot of The Karate Kid because it's history. By putting the knowledge into categories upon a shelf, I'm treating them equally. Does the fact that the movie quotes are in a thicker book make them more important? I try not to pass judgement. I present the information and let people decide for themselves.
Though you address weighty art historical subjects such as memory and the use of text in art, you seem to purposely devise an idiom that will appeal to a broader range of viewers, beyond the confines of an 'art world' audience. Is that fair to say?
I think so. I don't know if I'm doing that intentionally or not. The subject matter happens to be popular culture. But I do like how relatable the work is. I've had people look at the Bill Cosby piece at a few shows and they love to examine it. To work out what's going on. That doesn't happen with most artwork. There's an eight second rule, even in museums. There's very few things that make people stop and pay attention. That's not necessarily the reason I do my stuff, but it is a good effect.
Amanda Tiller's website: http://www.amandatiller.com


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while he is no sheed on the def end... he's getting better and has alot of room to improve. He took 2 charges down the stretch last night and a big rebound. I think the win with def down the end was a baptism by fire for alot of the new pistons. Another point but one that hasn't been made, while our def suffers greatly when Big Ben is on the bench the coaches seem to understand that he can only play so many mins a night. only 2 fouls and still only played 28 mins. Got to like the coaches approach so far this season.
...I was wondering about the gong. "More cow-bell!!!" ...Maybe Imgonnagetmine's poked eye prevented him from seeing that defensive stall-wart, JJ Redick was checking BenGo. Gordo prolly coulda had 'fitty in this game. ...Melo will fade. The Nuggets will finish in the bottom half of the WCF playoff picture and will be bounced in the 1st round.
I'm still feeling Stuckey's game. He did a lot of good things. He creates a ton of contact and commits a lot of offensive fouls, but usually the whistle goes in favor of the offensive player, and he's getting fouled a more in return. Also, he's getting better defensively and rebounds like a forward. I don't mind Kuester's version of small ball since it includes 2 bigs and a Stuckey, who boards. Odds are that we are going to have at least 2 guards per night who are having a good game. Will Bynum has got to be the best backup PG in the league. The man is as hard to stay in front of as anyone. He's got such great hops that he can go right at shot blockers and have a chance at getting his shot off... and draws contact well. Jumper seems to be improving. He and Stuck never looks for the threes, which keeps us in attack mode. Think about this, we fouled out the best center in the league in only 17 minutes of action and we also fouled out his backup (who would be a starting center on half the teams in the league) in only 23 minutes. So, a great Center/center rotation comitted 12 fouls in 40 minutes against the Pistons, a team that has ZERO post presence. Stuckey, Gordon, and Bynum put on an attack like we have never seen before with 25 free throws among them and numerous other non shooting foul draws. That is the way to marginalize opposing big men. Drive at them and cause contact. If you do that 15 times, they are going to foul you 4 times and get screwed on calls 2 more times. This formula should be repeatable. We'll look stupid when Stuckey gets volley ball spiked a few times, but it is the best chance we have. It is also funny that they had 29 more three point attempts than we did... and they have Dwight Howard. Did he dunk once? Helluva job by Ben and Kwame on D.
Haha. We shall see tonight as I'm staying up to watch the Toronto game. That's tonight right? Great game by the pistons, I really was not expecting that. Seems we need some more production from our front court though. The bens are doing their thaaang!
Nice win. Liked a lot of what I saw. I'm a huge fan of Jerebko, despite the butchering of his name and it changing every 5 minutes. JER-eb-co Ya-REEEB-CO. Ya-reb-co. Defensively I like what he does, a lot of hustle stuff, and I think he just needs to make a few shots on the offensive end to get comfortable. Even on a couple of shots he hesitated, just thinking a bit too much. The best thing IMO is that he still took a wide open shot, despite knowing he was off last night, rather than pass it away into traffic. He didn't chuck it up but he still tried to get it going. I don't know, I really like what he does, he has a better offensive game then what we saw last night. So when do we trade Rip?
I like what Bynum can do for us but I had a hard time watching the finish last night. He completely took his teammates out of the game. I realize he was amped up but you still have to play team ball. In the last few minutes of the game he was not even looking for his teammates. The defense was keying on him (which they had to) but he was not getting the ball to the open man. This is the next step in his maturity process. Once he gets the opponent to commit the extra attention to him he has to play smart and take advantage of his open teammates. Ignoring the open man and forcing shots is a quick way to go from warrior to pigroast.
It looked like the coach was calling that play for Bynum. Each time down, they cleared out half the floor for him to isolate him and his defender. His teammates were into it and were fully behind him. It's pretty funny that at the end of a game against a top tier opponent, we relied on a bench player coming back from the locker room with an eye poke, to be isolated time after time to secure the win. In the past we've wondered why coaches didn't go with the hot hand and stuck to their rotations like they were set in stone. Here is a good example of a coach who recognized the momentum and went with it.
@Tashawn: I agree it looked like the coaches were calling his number, but I also think he got caught up in the moment a little and was forcing a few shots up as well. There's getting your number called and then forcing that play when it isn't there. There is always a 2nd and 3rd option drawn up. Either way, we will live and die by this approach so I will shut up and appreciate the win.
This is exactly what I wanted to see. Going with the hot hand. Everyone misses shots, but Bynum had the ball on a string and was abusing Nelson last night. Not to mention, his heroics had to be providing an emotional lift to his teammates. I quite like our guard oriented offense. The least talented scorers are only getting shots inside, and only enough to keep the defense honest on the perimeter.
Kwame's moves are better when he is very close to the basket. He's a little clumsy, but he's decent with the footwork and pump fakes. Surprisingly average is how I'd categorize him, in a good way. When he gets it up by the FT line or FT extended, then it is a charge waiting to happen. Also, CV had a nice post move last night. The first one I've seen him attempt this year. Maxiell might be our next best post option. Kpaav, I agree that Will went into pure scoring mode and wasn't going to pass unless he got doubled. Probably not a great long term strategy for us. Nelson did a nice job of staying in front of him a few times, but got whistled.
The other thing I like about our offense is that we aren't settling for jumpers or running the shot clock way down looking for the pass. We're at our best offensively when we carry the game to our opponents.
Maybe we are FINALLY moving away from a purely jump shooting team. Even back a few years ago our "post scoring" was Sheed fall away jump shots "in the paint." Having multiple guards that can drive at the same time is great. Every team has at least one week perimeter defender at the 1-3 spot, so we should be able to exploit it.
I think he learned all these ball hog skills from his mentor Stuckey....and wanted to prove that he is really the go to guy.. re name him as HQ said "Imgonnagetmine"
Unless you have some cool comments to say in chat, [STRIKE]I[/STRIKE] we would prefer that you sleep through this one too and watch it later via your DVR or the midnite replay on FSD....
But those same superstars have started to learn that they need to trust their teammates in order to win. We need Wil to learn this quickly because he is not MJ, Kobe etc.