Over the Memorial Day weekend I had time to record a song. Home by Chris Daughtry.
Tricks to Keep Your House Cool this Summer
I came upon an interesting post on keeping your house cool during the hot Summer. Some of the tips apply mainly to homeowners. Check it out.
Strikeforce event review: Shamrock and Le Wins!
Last night’s event was great. None of the fights on the card went to a decision. That’s a rare case in any MMA event.
Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund
I was more excited about this matchup than the Shamrock vs. Baroni fight. Why? Fryklund is a very experienced fighter and Cung’s last opponents were pretty much cannon fodder.
Cung looked impressive and now improves his record to 4 – 0. I was a bit disappointed with Fryklund. It was appearent that Fryklund was losing the stand-up yet he continued stand and strike. I was expecting to see some ground work in the fight, but it turned out to be more of a kickboxing match than an MMA match. Even with this win, Cung didn’t really show much of his MMA skills, but rather his display of flashy kicks.
I want to see Cung go up against someone like Jeremy Horn. Horn would surely test Cung’s ground game. Or David Loiseau, and see how he fair against elbows.
Shamrock vs. Baroni
Shamrock was dominating, and it looked like the fight was going to end in the first round. Shamrock had the top position and was pounding on Baroni. The fight was stoodup by the ref after Shamrock threw some illegal blows to the back of Baroni’s head. Luckily for Baroni, he was able to get his barrings and held off Shamrock for the round.
It was the second round that saw Shamrock out of his element. He was tired. Shamrock has always been known for his conditioning and ability to take the fight to his opponents even into the later rounds. But Baroni was the fresher of the two coming into the second round. Baroni was winning the round up until his failed attempt of a takedown which Shamrock was able to take his back and sink in a choke.
Conditioning-wise Shamrock looked terrible. He couldn’t even walk himself out of the cage after the fight. He had to be carried out by his cornermen. During the interview Shamrock stated that he had two blown out knees which may have affected his training.
Now, Strikeforce should focus more on competitive match ups rather than marketing rivalies or glorificating local fighters. I’m starting to get tired of Frank Shamrock fighting an old washed-out Gracie or Cung Le padding his MMA record by fighting some “Joe Schmo” with a record of 3 – 5
First Official Indiana Jones 4 Picture!
Harrison Ford is back as Dr. Jones in the fourth Indiana Jones installment. I love the Indiana Jones Trilogy, and I can’t wait for this one. The film is schedule to be released on May 22nd 2008. That’s going to be almost 20 years since his last Indiana Jones movie.
You can check out the post here at comingsoon.net.
Strikeforce Event Toinght
This Strikeforce show is shaping up to be one heluva an MMA event. Every fight on the card has potential to be action packed. Seriously, check out the line up:
Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund
Joey Villasenor vs. Murilo Rua
Duane Ludwig vs. Paul Daley
Crazy Horse vs. Joe Boxer
Paul Buenatello vs. Carter Williams
Frank Shamrock vs. Phil Baroni
In my opinion, Fryklund will be Cung’s true first MMA match. Fryklund has some serious MMA experience compared to Cung’s previous opponents combined. If Cung can win this fight it’ll prove that he does belong in the sport and maybe we can see him fight against more competitive opponents in the future.
If any of you are going tonight, I’ll see you there!
New Gallery (Beta)
Okay, I got a new photo gallery up. You can check it out by clicking on the Gallery link on the sidebar or go HERE. It’s no longer slow and choppy.
Currently, it opens in a new window, but I’m trying to find a way to embed it into this site.
This gallery script I’m using is from www.flashnifties.com. If you’re a webmaster looking for some cool flash features to add check out the site.
“Your gallery is too slow!”
I’ve been getting a lot of email about my gallery being very slow. The gallery I’m using is not really efficient in handling its images. It tries to load up all the images in every album, even from albums you’re not viewing, and the flash application won’t be completely functional until it does.
I’m in the process of getting another gallery in place. In the mean time if you want to see the pictures you’ll have to wait for the flash gallery to load completely. Sorry.
Incubus at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre
Jealous yet? Hahahaha, just kidding. I bought my tickets a few weeks back. They should still be on sale at ticketmaster, I hope. I saw them at the Warfield back in January. They were awesome can’t wait to see them again. Anyone else heading up to Berekely for the concert?
This picture was taken from that January concert by my friend Mary. (Mary, I’m still waiting for the rest of the pictures.)
Help fight against Multiple Sclerosis
Waves to Wine is a two-day bike touring event, it starts from San Francisco and ends in Healdsburg. My friend Vitaly, of SputnikDesigns, launched the website for this event. Vitaly and I along with several other friends are participating in this event.
If you have a bike, sign up. If you don’t, become a volunteer. You’ll have fun and it’s also for a good cause.
Added: Blog Exchange
There are millions of blogs on the internet and some of them are worth reading, and others are not. I have a Blog Exchange block added to the site, so if you have a blog worth checking out and would like to exchange links feel free to contact me.
The first to be added is MMA-Extreme. It’s an interesting blog mostly MMA related news. Whether you have an interest in MMA or not you should check it out.