Saturday, June 11, 2011

Business... /?

At work, a few days ago. I received an email from someone asking me to clarify statements I've made about him to another colleague. Just for the uninitiated, I was told that this "guy", agent from another floor was emailing and trying to get close with agent B, who's from our operations area. I gave a friendly reminder of this guy's reputation, aptly backed up by one of this "guy's" friends. Now, he's crying that it's all business.

I didn't mince words and replied straight to the point on what I said, how I said and how his friend also reacted in agreement to what I said. I didn't get another reply. I managed to bump into this guy without any incident in the elevator. Amazing. He can't say a word to me because he knows I'm right.

As it turns out, it's partly business, but partly personal. I mean, who asks people they want to do business with if they can accompany them home? Or to be constantly emailing, random items that DOES NOT RELATE TO THE BABY BACK BULLSHIT EXCUSE THAT HE'S USING WHICH IS... BUSINESS. Would this guy do the same to another random "guy" or "girl" who does not have the same physical traits as this girl Agent B? I think not. It has happened before. He knows it, the world around us knows it, and he's upset he's being called out on it.

No names are left here, but people can put two and two together.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

The Evolution in Flash Drive pricing

Way, way back when I was in college, I wrote about a 64GB flash drive being made available. At the time, it seemed like a world of portable storage, but the price made it prohibitive. How prohibitive, you might ask? It's more expensive than a computer, that's for sure. Check that post [which goes back about 5 years here.

I went to a tech store, Newegg.com who sell similar products from the same manufacturer and see the huge change in prices from then to now. See the current price of the same sized flash drive from the same manufacturer
here.

Now if only Solid State Drives start dropping in price soon, so that I can start affording them.

Monday, June 06, 2011

Vamos! Rafael Nadal wins his 6th French Open championship

Rafa Nadal has done it again! He has risen to the occasion and proved the doubters wrong once more. For the 6th time, he has won the French Open. With Novak Djokovic steamrolling through the competition and threatening to snatch away the number one ranking, Rafa came up big and won this Final.

The first set was tight with Roger coming up with an early lead 4-1, but Nadal managed to win 5 games in a row to steal away the first set at 7-5. The second set was more of the same, and it looked like he was on his way to his 6th slam in Paris, but Roger managed to win the third set. However, it is only a minor chink in the armor of Rafa as he dominated the fourth, winning it 6-1 and seeing him fall to the ground as the match was declared over.

With this win, Rafael Nadal remains in number one. Had he lost today, or had Novak Djokovic managed to beat the Fed, he would have been number one come Monday when the rankings get updated. Instead, Rafa would retain top billing in the men's rankings. It is an astounding record knowing that the top man in tennis has been either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal since February of 2004.

Winning this year's French Open championships has upped Nadal's record to 45-1 in this Grand Slam tournament.

Thursday, June 02, 2011

GSP's next fight is set to be a barn burner

Coming from the official UFC site itself, Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz would be the next in line to challenge George St. Pierre's welterweight reign of terror. It is slated for UFC 137, which is set to take place on October 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

What was first to be thought as an impossibility due to Diaz' current standing as Strikeforce Welterweight champion, details have been ironed out which allowed him to be back in the Octagon. Diaz is seen by many as the one to challenge GSP's skills with his excellent combination of boxing and jiu-jitsu. But then again, could he really stop GSP's takedowns and ground and pound? We'll have 3+ months to debate on that.

At the very least, it shows that UFC and Dana White are committed to bringing the best fights possible on the table, which is a sharp contrast to what boxing has been having the past few years [or even the past decade, if you will].

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-137-fight-card-updates