Dave’s Football Blog

So I had all manner of goodies that I wanted to post over the weekend, but I couldn’t because my laptop went haywire again. All the same massive slowdowns and jittery audio from October returned Saturday night. This happened just hours after I finally put my gigantic MP3 collection into iTunes and started weeding out duplicate files. Seriously, I think Steve Jobs is trying to destroy my laptop — as if that will convince me to buy his crap.

Fortunately, I haven’t fallen victim to the reality distortion field that surrounds Jobs and his minions. Now that I’ve backed everything up, blown away the hard drive and gotten most of my necessary software reinstalled, I decided to try MediaMonkey to manage my music. So far, it’s doing just fine, and it’s not wrecking my PC in the process. Plus, the reinstall has my laptop running smoother than Carlito in the pool there — or Carlito in a supermodel’s bed, apparently. Even the ugly football stars pull the hotties. Suddenly, I wish I had learned to kick a ball in my youth…

Anyway, here’s some fun stuff for you to read while I finish getting the rest of this software installed:

• A soccer pitch inside a Milwaukee race track? Dream big, MLS. (Pitch Invasion)
• A video chat with Sav Rocca in Philadelphia. (PhiladelphiaEagles.com)
• Speaking of the Eagles, Donovan McNabb is a videoblogger. What a nerd. (Yardbarker)
• South Africa plans Zulu counter-haka. Awesome. (Das FanHaus)
• Michael O’Muircheartaigh says the darndest things. (Ireland Live)
• A interesting look at Australian footy in South Africa, China and Japan… (World Footy News)
• …and why Carlton might be perfectly willing to lose to teams from those countries. (Fox Sports Australia)
• Another recollection of Bill Walsh. (CBS Sportsline)
• The boys from It’s Still Football went to the Arena Bowl in New Orleans. It was all very nice. (Deadspin)
• Sean Bean? Not so much. (Who Ate All the Pies)
• Premier Leaguers: Watch out for Hawk-Eye! (The Offside)
• Look! A rugby blog! (Alan’s Rugby Blog)

Oh, and don’t forget to check out my FanHouse posts. Can you believe the FA Community Shield match between Man U and Chelsea is this weekend? Where has the summer gone?