To access buoy data by phone, select the “Dial-A-Buoy” heading. The Dial-A-Buoy Data Center (888-701-8992) provides telephone access to all of the weather reports from the buoy and coastal weather stations operated by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and numerous Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOSS) partners.

In my phone phreaking days I would have thought it interesting to know of a phone number from which one could receive an automated weather report from an ocean buoy.

[ You can get the data by RSS too... ahh data. -k]

Weather call | Articles | Ocean Navigator

] Since 1933, when the Boston Braves were renamed the
] Redskins, the result of the team's final home game before
] the presidential election has always correctly predicted
] the White House winner. If the Redskins win, the
] incumbent party wins. If they lose, the incumbent party
] is ousted.

That pretty much speaks for itself. Looking ahead...

-- 2004: Redskins host Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Bush faces John Kerry on Tuesday.

Now I sit and watch how many people can reply to this without opsting a jab at one of the teams/candidates.

[ What about a jab at coincidences masquerading as predictors? But this is sports, which just wouldn't be the same without superstitions, so I'll play along.

Anyone know what the odds are on this game? Neither is exactly kicking ass this year, but GB has the slight edge being at 3 and 4 (Wash. is 2/4). Also, the 'skins have lost more home games than road games, so GB has the edge there. I'd normally go for GB over redskins anyway, based on historical trends, and the fact that i absolutely hate the 'skins and their racist team name. Shit. Looks like i couldn't get through without a jab... oh well.

Still, if the Green Bay away bus crashes, or Favre has a mysterious injury, you'll know why! -k]

Yahoo! Sports - NFL - Redskins win, incumbent wins -- a history

] The NHL lock out may have postponed the 2004-2005 season,
] but disappointed hockey fans can still watch the puck
] drop in more than 50 million U.S. and Canadian homes when
] the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning
] face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the season
] opener of the video game NHL season on G4techTV.
]
] All 1,230 regular season games originally slated for the
] 2004-2005 NHL season will be played, with results of each
] video game match-up available to fans who tune-in daily
] to "Sweat."

[ HAH! Very clever. It's not real, but I'll be interested to see how it fares.

I could give a fuck about hockey, but these labor disputes between people whose incomes run from PRETTY FUCKING GOOD all the way to COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS truly get under my skin. These crybabies squabble over millions while the fans, who love this sport enough to spend a calculable percentage of thier income on passively consuming it, get completely fucked out of even the vicarious joy of watching their favorite player score a goal. It's just sad. -k]

G4tv.com - Press Releases - VIRTUAL HOCKEY SEASON TO AIR ON G4TECHTV

I have nothing but admiration for the fortitude and grit of all Olympic competitors, especially in the more obscure events where there is no pecuniary reward. I also have nothing but respect for what scientists and doctors do. But that doesn't mean I want to watch them in action.

Does anyone care? Even a little?

[ I only really like the winter games. And then, really, primarily the skiing events, since I grew up doing that stuff. Summer games have always bored me. -k]

It's the Olympics, but Do You Really Care?

] The difference between God and Larry Ellison is that on
] Monday afternoon and again last night, Ellison caught
] Barry Bonds' historic 660th and his 661st home run.

Right. Because Larry Ellison needed giveaways from the Giants.

Amusing, though, that he got them by camping in the cove in a kayak. He's pretty intense, whatever you think of him.

[ Er, may not be the guy you're thinking of... this dude was a random sales manager, not a billionaire.

Interestingly, it may not be a particular boon to have acquired that baseball... there are some pretty crazy laws regarding valuation and the tax implications could be pretty devastating for a regular guy. There were all kinds of shenanigans resulting from a ball back during the McGuire/Sosa shootout... almost ended in total ruin for the guy. It's all fun and games until you catch a ball worth a million dollars and then get smacked with a few hundred grand in taxes. -k]

Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison

] PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- A man described
] by authorities as a known sexual predator was chased
] through the streets of South Philadelphia by an angry
] crowd of Catholic high school girls, who kicked and
] punched him after he was tackled by neighbors, police
] said Friday.

KICK ASS!!!!

Girls pummel man who exposed himself