Seve Jobs of Apple has announced the new 40gb istick to be released to the chimp market next week. Not be outdone in the news, MicroSoft has released a statement that win-stick 2.0 has a security update and all older win-sticks versions must be rebooted prior to “power jabbing.” Wii has also announced a verson of the wireless wii-stick. The barkless version is still in beta testing due to unintentional release.

Notes From the Megamachine has been resurrected at WordPress (formerly at Blogger) Will the technate be constructed in the 07? Tune in to find out!

The Confidence Artist weighs in with his 65 artist field

. No Michelangelo? For shame!
Be sure to check out his STOOPID HAT ROUNDUP. YEAH, BABY! Micky Free is not a girl, aight?!

And last, but not adsensely least:
reports on the NFL combine and NFL draft

Rokk on have a great Ides of March!

Now, how many of my loyal readers will pay to see that?

The Dark-ful Lodger has problems with a package

Nice collection of Boingboing.net Stats

Indexed has a bunch of funny drawings on index cards

And, Voronya Cave is the deepest cave in the world. And makes for some very wild spelunking.

And here’s a random picture for fun:

New Orleans over Da Bears
, 31-27

New England
at Indianapolis +3+105
-3-125
47.5 ov-110

Colts over the Pats, 24-17

1:00 pm Seattle at Chicago -9.5
O/U 37

Chicago wins by 3 on a last minute FG by Robbie Gould, 17-16, Da Bears!

4:30 pm New England at San Diego -4.5
O/U 46

LT scores 2 TDs and a two point conversion. San Diego lights up the Pats, 31-21.

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Ravens intercept Manning at least twice and Baltimore gets to fly to San Diego next week, 24-17.

8:00 pm Philadelphia at New Orleans -5.5
O/U 48.5

This is a tough one. I’d like Philly to win, but I think the Saints will win in a nailbiting shootout, 34-31.

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from an ESPN posted AP article:

Asked last week about getting Vanderjagt out of his rut,
Parcells said: “I don’t have a Dr. Livingstone’s frozen elixir. I
don’t. I don’t know what I can do. This guy is 36 years old and has
been kicking for a long time. He has his way of doing things.
Hopefully, things get a little bit better.”

This led to some speculation as to what Dr. Livingstone’s frozen elixir is/was.

First of all, I’m always wary of AP articles. They often misquote people.
e.g. Another AP article which obviously misquotes Parcells.

Parcells said. “There are things that happen out there that people aren’t cognitive of.”

Clearly he said (or meant) “cognizant” instead of cognitive. Even if he did misspeak, the writer could’ve fixed it with bracketed notation.

Anyway, so maybe he did says Livingstone’s frozen elixir. What he was most likely referring to was Chartreuse Liquer (Elixir), which is not frozen:
History of the Chartreuse Liqueurs

And as this page points out:

Its reputation as a medicine was augmented even as late as the 19th century when it was widely used as a treatment in the cholera epidemic that swept Paris in 1832. It is even reputed that the explorer Livingstone took the drink into Africa as a solution to the many diseases rife in the jungles.

However, the Chartreuse trivia page reports:

Sir Henry Stanley
British explorer/journalist Sir Henry Stanley was known to bring Chartreuse Elixir on his expeditions into Africa while searching for Dr. Livingstone.

So, did Livingstone carry it or did Stanley? Or did both? I go with both, but the jury is still out.

Later.

(Personally, I think Elway set him up. )

Super Bowl Record Holder Formally Charged – Yahoo! News: “DENVER – Timmy Smith, the former

Washington Redskins running back who set a Super Bowl rushing record in 1988, was formally charged Monday with intentionally possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, a charge that carries a lesser penalty than previously announced.”

These are the predictions so far:

rajah- My prediction: 27-13, Patriots crush the Eagles.

Chook Cheek- I’ll give it a shot. Patriots 27-23.

orthodox defenestrator= Patriots win 21-17

heatkernel-27-13, Eagles crush the Patriots, defying expectations.

rwellor-21 to 17… Iggles…

Graymouser-Eagles win 28-21, pretty-boy Tom Brady becomes a permanent part of the field…

mach5potato-27 to 17 Pats.

mopreme-i got to go with that pats 35-17

redbeard- 26 – 12 Patriots, whoever the hell they are. Being named after a missile, they have to be good. What game is this again?

etymxris-43 – 13. Not sure who’s going to win, but I’m being pessimistic. It’ll probably be over by halftime, just like the last two playoff games.

dogslaughter-The Eagles, 24 – 17.

webturbo-Patriots all the way.31 – 24

xthecritic-27-24 pats