Archive for September, 2009

Federer’s Amazing Shot

This point setup match point for Roger. It’s pretty ridiculous:

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Al Franken Draws the U.S… From Memory

Got this link from Jason Kottke’s blog. It’s pretty awesome. Al Franken draws a map of the United States from scratch.

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If you can draw a map of the United States to that kind of accuracy, you’ve got every right to be U.S. senator, right?

Guide to World Cup Qualifying…

I was looking at the qualification tables for the various continental soccer federations and I have to admit that I’m quite surprised at many of the standings. Let’s just say that there are a lot of countries that you’d expect to make it through might not be down in South Africa in 2010. How are some of the countries in UEFA, CONCACAF, and other federations doing? And how the heck does the qualifying process work for the World Cup anyway? Here’s a little explanation of each of the federation’s qualifying rules and the surprises. More >