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Google the Past

In celebration of their 10th birthday, Google is letting you search the internet via 2001. So go a head, ego-search yourself circa 2001 and see how little the webs knew about you a decade ago.

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By Christopher on 10/06/08 05:49 PM | | Link | Comments [0]

Where Oh Where NFL?


The options for football fans living outside their team’s media market have gotten much better in the past five years. DirecTV has long since made it possible for us to go to pretty much any bar and watch any football game. It’s even priced well enough for the average football fan to heavily consider getting DirecTV for the purpose of watching every football game. They even have a nifty “Red Zone” channel that shows four to six games on the same screen when teams are close to scoring.

But, alas, there are those of us who have the big TV, the comfy couch and the desire to watch football yet don’t have the ability to get DirecTV. The choice on Sundays then becomes, “Do I go to a bar to watch the Patriots or do I stay home?” For the last few seasons, it’s been a difficult decision. First I had to figure out if the Ravens were playing at the same time as the Pats. They’re both broadcast on CBS, so if they played at the same time, I’d get the Ravens. If they played at different times, the Ravens had to be the first game in the time slot. If the Ravens played at the 4 PM time slot, CBS would often bump the early games for the local Ravens pre-game.

Basically, there was way too much to think about. Now, there is nothing to think about. Tomorrow’s Raven’s game has been canceled. Suddenly unsure about my football viewing, I pulled up this extremely helpful Google Map Mashup. It’s a colorized map of the US that displays which media markets are showing which games. Pull it up, and I saw the DC/NoVA area colored in red. I can watch the Patriots tomorrow while sitting on my comfy couch. Fantastic.

[Link: NFL TV Distribution Maps from The505.com]

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By Christopher on 09/13/08 07:48 PM | | Link | Comments [0]

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