Borderline Fantastic

There are awards for dogs? (I mean dogs in entertainment, I’m aware of dog shows.)

So happy to have a great Triumph bit.

Grantland on the Big 5
Saying this is probably my favorite read on Grantland since it started says more about how weak I’ve found the site. This is a solid overview of the Big 5 with plenty of Drexel teasing.

Pirates #34
The Pirates traded for AJ Burnett, but they already had a #34. A pretty good #34. Andrew McCutchen had that number. What did he ask in exchange for the number? A college fund for his daughter, who isn’t due for a few months. Maybe not as exciting as Kruk and Mitch, but very cool. (Kruk told the story on Letterman, I couldn’t find the video.)

NBA Ratings
Kind of surprising NBA ratings are up after the lockout. My only guess is that people like the games more often. The Sixers are playing well and are 4th in the league for both percent and actual increase in viewers.

Big League Chew
I found a blog all about candy because of this post and it is one in-depth piece of work. Working at a baseball field as a teenager and having snack bar privileges meant a lot of Big League Chew for me. I can’t think of a better design. You could decide exactly how much gum you were in the mood for. During those boring days at work, that amount was an entire bag. After those days, we’d take a little break from the BLC, a whole bag at once is a lot of sugar. Takes a while for that to work itself out.

Finally, good bye Dr. Saturday. Ok, not entirely. Dr. Saturday is a Yahoo blog, Matt Hinton left and he’s all I’ve known of Dr. Saturday. I’m sure the new blogger will be alright, but I’ll be on the lookout for where Matt winds up next.

Fun TED Talk video today: Why Videos Go Viral.

I’m not sure about the three reasons for a video to go viral. I’d lean on the Tastemakers getting people to see it. Then the community builds up around it if it is unique.

I was watching an old Tosh.0 the other day and the viewer video killed me. I have no idea why, but I couldn’t stop laughing. See what happens to you …

I saw this article a while back about a survey of British drivers, stating that almost half of them name their car. I thought it was a little strange. I haven’t heard of many people naming their car. I never have. If I talk about my car I will sometimes refer to it as Tiggy, but that is more of just giving the Tiguan a nickname.

I don’t even know what I would name my car.

Does your car have a name? Why not give it a name, if you can think of something to name it.

Is this a common thing? I haven’t seen it before and I want it.

I was looking around online at cars. My car is almost at its 3rd birthday. I’m not planning on getting rid of it, I can’t until I graduate. My last car was a 3-year lease, so I am just used to looking at this point in ownership.

I wound up on Ford’s C-Max site and am plenty intrigued. These should come out in plenty of time for when I will want to buy something. I want something efficient and VW has been terribly slow in improving things, besides diesel. But my future car thoughts aren’t why I brought you by.

Look at this thing! You just wave your foot under the bumper and as long as you have your smart key in your pocket, it will open for you.

Questions
1. Does it only open? What about closing? I have the issue of not having a free hand to close the trunk a whole lot more than needing to open it. I really had to think of a case when I would need this to open.
2. What could potentially set it off? If you get out of your car (meaning you are close enough for the key) and a squirrel runs under the car, might that open the trunk?
3. Why are we stopping at the trunk? How about opening the driver’s door for me?

I searched around and found this was first announced a few months ago. I also saw a bunch of comments saying this was a dumb idea. I don’t get the complaining. It’s an additional feature. It doesn’t change any usual usage and if you weren’t told about it, you probably would never even know it was there.