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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 6, 2013 -> 03:29 PM) Bingo. Seriously, what's the appeal? I get Google Glass - that's basically putting your phone screen in your field of view all day. That's an extension of the smartphone. The smart watch is just an additional piece of hardware that doesn't offer you anything new. No reaching in pockets without the obtrusiveness of having a smartphone on your face

I think smartwatches are going to be a big thing, but Samsung f***ed up by making theirs only compatible with the Note 3, which nobody will buy

Phegley has had a much different developmental track. He was sidetracked from the get-go with the autoimmune disease, which was followed by aggressive promotions as well as another orthopedic injury. This year in AAA was the first time he has ever repeated a level. That isn't to say Phegley is going to be great or even better than Flowers, but looking at minor league numbers for Phegley is going to be fairly non-informative. This was basically his first time repeating a level this year, which I mentioned. Beyond that, he was consistently being promoted before reaching any decent measure of success due to his having lost a year to disease. We tried to promote him to age-appropriate levels regardless of production, which is not unheard of for our system.

Joe Flacco - biggest contract in NFL history

Does anyone see a future in the things like NVIDIA Shield and other mobile gaming platforms? It seems like the Nintendo DS stuff has had limited appeal so far

Good explanation from commenter: I feel for the dad - if losing your son isn't terrible enough (I've had the non-pleasure of watching my own dad go through this), he clearly has also lost his main hobby along with him. I bet if someone had gone to his dad with the hypothetical, "what would you do if you son died unexpectedly?" He probably would have said that he'd fly those helicopters more often. s***ty thing to read to start my day

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 6, 2013 -> 08:14 AM) Guess who hit it? Impossible. I heard Dunn is a non-clutch p****

So I have my external drive, any recommendations for free backup software? I'm doing full system backup via windows, but that isn't really a format I can use to access individual files

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 5, 2013 -> 11:23 PM) I usually end up taking Decker on my fantasy teams. This year, with Wes Welker on that team, there was no chance I was going anywhere near Decker. I tend to de-prioritize WRs, so that's who fell on my lap

Catch some passes Decker!

Pretty bold stuff. Where does Alexei disappear to?

Hey, I got my HTC One in June

This is me when my check engine light came on

The nice thing is that Illinois has an actual basketball coach now.

The 24-5 numbers are fine, by the way. That's what he is going to be.

Black + Snider = ??? Black + Snider + Alexander = ???

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 5, 2013 -> 09:09 AM) I would welcome the inevitable "Grocing" backlash from Indiana fans if we got all three and didn't have the scholarships for them. Indeed. New coaches always catch a break on that anyway.

I read "canyon" as "crayon" and felt confused

re: Jonathan Scott uhh what

Yeah, I'm not going to be overly critical but it certainly seems a bit out of LF. These moves can look good, but more often look bad. With 2 SC in 4 years, I won't do much b****ing for a while. They definitely have stuck their necks out there on the Bickell and Crawford deals...we've been shying away from keeping our young (non first-tier) guys headed into FA like that until now.

Corey Crawford, entering the 2014-2015 season, will be earning the same as Kane/Toews (who will be UFA after that season)

I think Tebow loves and encourages all the attention Also, I'm questioning whether there are really that many fans of his that actually think he is good anymore

We just need one of these guys to pan out and our entire minor league staff can take a deep breath

McCain would have been a good VP

Yeah I liked it for the reasons listed above, plus the assurance that these guys wouldn't get in trouble ....woops