Radio for iPod's

I got an iPod 20GB for my birthday this year. It's great. I've talked to a lot of people about it. Here's my story about it. Remember in the 1970's we had big boomboxes that we ran on battery power and pumped the music up. In the 80's Sony brought out it's welcoming cassette player and meant things got a little smaller but it could only play for about 90 minutes before you had to change the tape. Then in the 90's we got CD players, which were a little bigger but you got better sound and a little more time out of them and there was this nifty repeat feature. Then in 2000's we got the iPod. My 20Gb iPod holds about 5000 songs, total play time, if I can get a battery that lasts this long, 14 days. I currently have 2200 songs on it and that's 7 days of audio files. But here is my problem. There are some days when I just want to listen to the radio. You can't do that on an iPod. I really think someone should come up with a way to incorporate an AM/FM radio with an iPod. I don't mind if it's an attachment, just about everything else is for the unit, but it's something I have been thinking about. Let me know what you think! You can email me by clicking my email link on the left or hit the tagboard with your comments. I'll have an NHL update over the weekend and I'll also tell you how much stuff is in that picture of my brothers truck. Have a good weekend.

NHL for 9-20-05

It's NHL time! Tonights pre-season action saw the Dallas Stars beating my Oilers in regulation 6-4. The Islanders played the Rangers (both of New York), and beat them. Toronto shut out Boston 5-0. Montreal thumped defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay 6-1. Minnesota beat Buffalo 6-3. The Los Angeles Kings beat Coach Wayne Gretzky's (yes, you're reading this right) Phoenix Coyotes 8-4. The Coyotes are 1-2 currently, Edmonton is at the same record. While I'm not exactly pleased, I haven't been able to watch a game so I have no clue how Edmonton is playing, I don't get to see them play till October 5. The countdown is still ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Oilers!

NHL on Sunday

Yeah, I'm late, big deal, you still didn't know what was going on in the NHL because it hasn't been on TV in the United States. On Sunday night, Edmonton lost in a shoot-out to Dallas 6-5. Florida, Buffalo, Buffalo, Chicago, Montreal, Ottawa, San Jose all won. Carolina, Columbus, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles all lost. You figure out who played who! It was busy on Sunday. Last night, was a little lighter. Columbus beat Pittsburgh 3-2 in a shoot-out. Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay defeated Detroit 5-3. Tonight Edmonton is in Dallas for the second time in pre-season. Edmonton faces Calgary a few more times in pre-season as well. That's all I have. Later.

Last Night in the NHL

The Edmonton Oilers started out with a bang last night, defeating the Calgary Flames 2-1 in double overtime. Ryan Smythe scored the shootout goal to end the game. The teams combined for 22 penalties in the game. Caroline beat Washington 6-0. Phoenix beat Minnesota 3-2. If I get more details I'll add them.

Let the Countdown begin

DROP THE PUCK!!!! Reads the headline at tsn.ca. Ladies and Gentleman the NHL season is back, well ok, it's only pre-season and I can't find anyone carrying in on TV right now but HOCKEY IS BACK!!!!!!! Tonight has three pre-season games. The Washington Capitals are playing the Carolina Hurricanes. The Edmonton Oilers are playing the Calgary Flames in pre-season battle of Alberta part I. And the Minnesota Wild is playing the Phoenix Coyotes. GO OILERS!!!

Something Fun!

Ok, this isn't my truck, it's my brothers'. His truck has a two-inch blocks in the back and a four inch lift on the front. Let's play guess how much stuff is in his box? It's a lot of coffee stuff, like syrups and other stuff. Anyways, take a guess, I'll post soon what the real total is. Post to the tagboard or email with your guesses.

I love Canada!

David Frum, senior fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, has written an eye-opening piece on Canada's new governor-general. The Governor-general, for those of you who don't know, is the Queen's representative to Canada. While Canada has no "real" ties to England and the queen, she is still a figurehead and has a representative. You can find the article here. Questions, comments, leave them on the tagboard or email me.

OIL BOOM!!!

Ok, there are so many americans who don't give a crap about hockey, it's neat impossible to talk to them about it (although my girlfriend is definately going to hear about this story later tonight). My NHL team, The Edmonton Oilers, have just made three absolutely huge deals with other NHL teams. Between August 1 and today the Oilers have made three deals with other teams. On August 1st, the Oilers traded forward Brad Isbister to the Boston Bruins for an entry draft pick. On August 2nd, the Oilers traded defensemen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka to St. Louis for vetran defensemen Chris Pronger. Today, August 3rd, another deal this time with the New York Islanders. The Oilers sent Mike York and a conditional draft pick to New York in exchange for defense vetran Mike Peca. I have had a crazy weekend so I haven't really been following all of this, but I can't believe all of this. Pronger is getting a little more than 6 million a year in his contract. Edmonton will pick up Peca's contract from New York and they will have to pay just under 4 million dollars. This is just nuts. Check out TSN.ca for more details. I'm still in shock, the Oilers are starting to look like a half decent team on paper, something they haven't done in a very long time, GO OILERS!!!

Gay Marriage: Part 2

In a story from the CBC, gay marriage faces some challenges in Canada. I can't say I didn't say so, I believe if you look back a little while ago about gay marriage in Alberta and how they wouldn't take it. Sure enough, Alberta's Justice Minister Ron Stevens says he wants to protect various groups from being forced to perform gay marriages if it goes against their beliefs, and he is planning on invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian constitution. For those of you reading this in the rest of the world, the "notwithstanding clause" is like being able to say no I won't do that when it's something you have to do. The United States has something like that called "State's Rights", where the Federal government, if it doesn't have the explicit right to run something that is given to the state, it's sort of like that. If you have further questions, email me (it's one of those links on the left, I promise). Anyways, Alberta is planning on telling the Feds to go do something anatomically impossible, something Alberta has been doing for a long time. The notwithstanding clause makes it a lot harder to have a gay marriage performed in Alberta. Hats off to the Alberta government for doing what the people want, which is much more than I can say for Canada's moronic leader Paul Martin and his band of cronies known as the Liberal Party of Canada. Congrats Alberta, at least someone from my homeland is getting it right.

Hurray it's over!!!

The NHL lockout is all but over. Today the NHLPA ratified the new CBA and the end of the lockout is truly in sight. The Owners must ratify the deal tomorrow for the season to officially begin. For more on this story click here. Final count, a 309 day lockout (if the deal is ratified tomorrow). Welcome back HOCKEY!!