SunRocket

Everyone has seen the Vonage adds on TV, and online. They advertise that their broadband phone service is the cheapest around. Well I would like to introduce a company that is much cheaper, with great service and unlimited minutes.

SunRocket is $199 for a year (that is ~$17 a month) and you will enjoy the freedom of unlimited minutes, free long distance calling, voice mail, and caller id among the top features. I have been using the service for a year an a half now and have no complaints. It is easy to set up, the calls are clear, and it save my wife from going over on her cell phone minutes. Check it out, you won't regret it.

Movie of the Week 001

My wife and I typically end up watching at least one movie on the weekends. In honor of this, I have decided that every Friday I will recommend a movie to watch over the weekend.

Today, my recommendation is Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Richie and set in London's ganglands, this movie is full of witty comedy, and surprising twists that will keep your attention until the very end. With a great cast, boasting many virtually unknown actors when the film was released, including Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Sting and Vinnie Jones (who in my opinion steals the movie). And as an added bonus, don't forget to check out the "Cockney Dictionary" in the bonus features section of the DVD.

So take the time this weekend to go to your local video store or add this to your Netflix Que. Enjoy!

Next-Gen Console Wars!!!

Now that the holiday's are over, and all of the new video game consoles have been released, I wanted to take a step back and analyze each.

Xbox 360
The Bright Side: It has been out the longest. The graphics and gameplay of the second generation of games are as good, if not better than PS3's current offerings. Has the strongest financial backing (Microsoft).

The Dark Side: Microsoft! (For reason's that shouldn't need explaining). Less innovative than the Wii and PS3.

Playstation 3
The Bright Side: It is the most powerful of the next gen consoles. Sony has dominated the past two console wars.

The Dark Side: The Price Tag. $500-$600 is a lot of loot even if it is the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market. Many people are fed up with Sony's high and mighty attitude.

Nintendo Wii
The Bright Side: The most innovative and unique of any console to be released since, well, Virtual Boy. It is by far the cheapest of the next gen consoles.

The Dark Side: The most innovative and unique of any console to be released since, well, Virtual Boy. No major graphical upgrade (is that a word?). Nintendo's lack of 3rd party support in the past.

Based on what I have seen so far, I believe the early favorite to win this generation is the Xbox 360. It seemed like there were more people trying to make money with the PS3 than wanting to actually spend money on one. I'm not convinced that the Nintendo Wii has the staying power to with the less than stellar graphics even despite early sales. The Xbox 360 seems to have created a nice cushion, and with killer apps like Gears of War out now, and Halo 3 in the future along with others, I feel it has the most potential to be the King of this generation.

BCS

After watching College Bowl games for the past few days, I have realized once again how flawed the College Football & the BCS system is. There are two major changes that I feel would greatly improve College Football.

1. Remove Preseason Rankings
2. Make the BCS National Championship game a real Championship game.

To explain further, removing the preseason rankings I feel would improve the rankings at the end of the year. Take this year for example; Boise State and Ohio State were the only remaining undefeated teams after the regular season. But because Boise State was unranked at the start of the season, they were left out of the National Championship game. One more example is LSU. They currently have two losses, but they are ranked ahead of one loss teams like Wisconsin, and Louisville based on where they started in preseason rankings. I guess I don't understand why teams are ranked based on the previous year? You always here quotes like "that is why they play the games", yet ranking teams before games are played makes little sense.

In regards to my second point, since there is very little chance of having a playoff, why not take the top four teams, and have them play plus one format. For those of you not familiar with this, it would be set up so the winner of the first two bowls would face each other in a second bowl to determine a Champion. There is no reason to change any of the other bowls, just add one extra game.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Feel free to post your thoughts.

The Beginning!

Welcome to my world. This blog will be home everything from my life, to my interests, to what I consider news.

Today, I would like to share a website I visit everyday. Woot
is a website that sells one item a day (sometimes more when they have a woot off). The cool thing about this is each day, the price on the item they are selling is below what you would typically pay for them. Check it out!