Windows Live Stadium Tour: Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium as most people know is home to the New York Yankees of MLB. According to the official website, it was baseball's first triple decked structure and was the first ball park to be labeled a Stadium The doors were opened in 1923 for a game between the Yankees and Red Sox. This historic ballpark is scheduled to close it's doors after the 2008 season as construction of the New Yankee Stadium is already under way.

The Word Yinz

For those of you who read this blog and are not from Pittsburgh, PA or know nothing about the region you may wonder where a word like Yinzertainment comes from. Here is a little background on it. The word is a combination of Yinz and Entertainment, hence Yinzertainment. That is the easy part.

The real question is what is the word Yinz? Yinz is most commonly used in southwestern Pennsylvania and the Appalachian Region. In Pittsburgh it is part of a local dialect known as Pittsburghese. The word is derived from "you ones" and is an alternative to words like you all or "y'all" as many people from the south say. A Typical use would be something like; What are yinz up to today? How are Yinz doing? Where are Yinz going?

For more background on this word and other Pittsburghese check out Wikipedia or the Pittsburgh Speech & Society website

Wallstrip

I found Wallstrip on a blog I read called A VC. Wallstip has been posted a few times since I began reading the blog and I have been both entertained and educated each time I have watched. There is a post on A VC that has a good description of what Wallstip is all about. Check out the latest Wallstrip on Kellogs below.

Windows Live Stadium Tour: Madison Square Garden

We now move from The Windy City to the Big Apple. Madison Square Garden home to the New York Knicks of the NBA and the New York Rangers of the NHL. The 4th building to hail by this name, it opened it's doors in 1968. This is one of the worlds most famous sports and concert venues.

Windows Live Stadium Tour: The United Center

The United Center home of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA & Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. . Host to major events year round from sporting events to concerts, this is the largest arena in the United States. Opened in 1994 it has been host to over 200 million guests.

Windows Live Stadium Tour: Solider Field

Staying in Chicago our next stop is Solider Field home of the Chicago Bears. Located right off of Lake Michigan, the newly renovated stadium has been around since 1919.

Windows Live Stadium Tour: US Cellular Field

US Cellular Field the home of the Chicago White Sox is our next stop on the Stadium Tour. The predocessor to Old Comiskey Park which was open from 1910 until 1990, the stadium opened it's doors April 18th 1991 . It was originally called New Comiskey but in 1993 it was renamed US Cellular Field.

Windows Live Stadium Tour: Wrigley Field

When Microsoft released its Maps portion of Live.com they had a fairly limited coverage of Bird's Eye View. Over the past year or so that I have been using the site this feature alone has been greatly improved. Not only has the coverage expanded, but they have also made the navigation much more user friendly. My favorite thing to use this feature for is checking out all of the stadiums. I've decided to start posting some that I've found so far. I'm going to begin with Wrigley Field home of the Chicago Cubs since baseball season is just underway.

Spider-Man 3

It is under a month now until Spider-Man 3 is released in theaters. I have fairly high expectations for this movie because of how good the past two movies were, but mostly I'm looking forward to seeing Venom. I am not an avid comic book collector, but when I was younger my brothers and I used to get subscriptions in the mail. My younger brother had one for the Amazing Spider-Man and I still remember him receiving issue #316, the first time I had seen Venom and to this day he is still one of my top 3 villains.

How to Remove Red Eye Using Photoshop

I am a casual user of Photoshop and I have tried for a while now to learn a good way to remove red eye from pictures. Recently while doing a Google search on the subject I found a method that I was extremely impressed by and it is pretty easy and quick. A website called the Luminous Landscape is where I found this method. It was easy enough that I literally went through all of the pictures on my hard drive within about an hour.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game MultiReview

I was very excited recently to see the the old 1989 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Arcade Game was released on Xbox Live Arcade. This game brings me back to my childhood and my love for the Turtles. I also have been wishing for about 15 years for Konami to release this game on a home console (granted my need for it has diminished a bit over the years). Now that it is finally here, I decided to gather some reviews from around the web and see what people think about it now. Below is my MultiReview for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: The Arcade Game on Xbox Live Arcade.

MultiReview Score: 65

87 Planet Xbox 360
77 Team Xbox
74 Gaming Target
71 GameSpot
70 Console Gameworld
70 Gaming Nexus
70 Xbox 360 Advanced
67 IGN
60 Games Radar
40 Xboxic
30 EuroGamer