NFL Divisional Playoff Games

With both the Rambling Geek and Kimota94 posting playoff predictions for the weekend, I thought I would throw mine in the mix too.

I didn't publish my predictions from last weekend but if you're willing to take my word for it, I'm 3-1 (my picks were Colts, Seahawks, Pats, Giants).

Moving on to this weekend:

Indianapolis at Baltimore - This one's the toughest one to pick for me. I don't think too highly of either team right now so I'm just going to pick the team I want to win: Indianapolis Colts

Philadelphia at New Orleans - This one's a no brainer. Drew Brees has been the best QB this season and will demolish the Eagles: New Orleans Saints

Seattle at Chicago - Another no brainer. I believed the Seahawks would get their act together the second half of the season but they didn't. I don't think Rex Grossman is all that special but he'll have no trouble overcoming Seattle: Chicago Bears

New England at San Diego - This is the best match-up of the weekend but it's an easy one to pick for me. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots have proven themselves over and over again in the playoffs. Phillip Rivers is good but having to face the Patriots in his first trip to the playoffs is asking a bit much: New England Patriots

Updated: Bollywood Movies I Want to Watch

I got around to watching 3 Hindi movies over the Christmas break! One was on my list, one was by popular demand and one was a classic from 1982 that happened to be on TV.

Angoor (1982)
Baabul (2006)
Dhoom 2 (2006)

Blogging Bullies

Most people would probably agree that bullies are only a problem in high school but it would appear sometimes you just can't get rid of them!

I came to my little corner of the Internet, made my own little personal blog where I could post to a few times a month to create my little collection of favourite articles. It appears the world of blogging is ruled by the bullies though - "Blog or have your blog be taken over by comments!!".

And just like dealing with the classic school bullies, I only have 2 options:

1. Take the abuse and pretend like the problem doesn't exist
2. Prove my worth by beating the bullies at their own game

Considering option 2 would require me to post 8 times a day, I'll stick to option 1 thank you!

My 3rd post of the day... REALLY!

I just checked my blog and interestingly my 12 Days of Christmas post got dated to "Saturday, December 16, 2006". I've had my Firefox open and logged into the Blogger interface for 5 days now so it used the original date.

But for Kimota94 aka Matt's benefit I really have posted 3 times today!

Backlog Item #3 Completed

Just to satisfy Kimota94 aka Matt I thought I would splurge and write a whole 2 posts today!

Some time ago I added a couple of lists on the side of my page (and for all the Agilists, yes they are prioritized backlogs) to demonstrate how abysmal I am when it comes to watching movies. My intention was to cross off the movies as I watch them but last weekend I was disheartened to find out that the Blogger interface doesn't let me use HTML when managing those lists. So here's backlog item #3 getting crossed off:

Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (2006)

12 Days of Christmas

It looks like everybody who's anybody (at least Jim Hinckley and the Man from Mars) are embedding YouTube videos in their blogs and I'm not one to get left behind!

My sister sent me this one and I just can't wait to find my true love... so I can get my 3 butter chickens!

How about some free HDTV?

Here's an excerpt out of Tracy Swedlow's [itvt] newsletter about a free HD IPTV service. The website is called MyTVPal.com and offers up channels such as ABC News, NBC News and a regional FOX station for free. There are also tons of international channels for anyone from abroad who is feeling a little homesick.

1080P HD IPTV Service, MyTVPal.com, Launches

A service called MyTVPal.com--which claims to be the world's first 1080P high-definition streaming IPTV and VOD service for PC player and IPTV set-top box clients--launched last week. The service, which is operated by IPTV content aggregator, BB Entertainment, and powered by technologies from MatrixStream, a Bay Area-based provider of IPTV solutions (note: to access the service, consumers must have a broadband connection of 1.5Mbps or faster), currently offers over 700 free standard- and high-definition channels from around 70 different countries, and plans to roll out additional channels on a monthly basis; in the coming months, it also plans to offer what it says will be a "wide range" of VOD titles "for a low monthly cost." In addition, it says that user-uploaded content and DVR features will be available as a software upgrade for PC and set-top box clients at some point in 2007. MyTVPal.com claims to be targeting 10 million users over the next five years, and is currently offering a free trial of its PC player to consumers who register on its Web site. In addition, it says that it plans to release 100,000 MatrixStream 1080P IPTV set-top boxes during its first year.