at some point last night a great milestone in my life was achieved.  that’s right… my first (and only) youtube video hit the century mark in views.  that’s a one with two zeros, folks.  so that got me thinking- i must be getting up there with the most viewed videos of all time.  after a quick trip to youtube’s most viewed page, i sadly realized i’m 38,349,764 views short of the title.  so close.  what was the video that has caught the eye of so many viewers worldwide in just under 9 months?  this dancing jackass.  is there better proof that a popular youtube video has less to do with content and more to do with distribution?  so what do you say readers, lets get the word out there and push my video over the grand mark!

has anyone else thought it to be ironic that UPS is using Postal Service for the background music in their new whiteboard ad campaign?

so i was just reading about this new search engine called ChaCha, where you can search with a “guide,” that apparently hand-selects search results for you. while it’s an interesting concept, i can’t imagine it will be too commercially viable. just to test it out, i did a search for carolina tar heels and here’s the chat that ensued.

JoeS: Welcome to ChaCha!
You: so what are some good tar heels sites
JoeS: let me look. hang on a minute!

blank screen …

You: for example how come i am not seeing anything
JoeS: i haven’t given you any results yet.
You: oh

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the tar heels took the top ranking today in the hoops polls, after a convincing win in their first acc contest, versus florida state at the dean smith center.  not to mention a 38-point zwieback-producing victory earlier in the week versus penn.  this is going to be a great season for roy’s boys.  i’ve got my carolina pictures online in the photo section, shots of the penn game, chapel hill, and our place in boone, nc.  check it out.  how bout them gators???

the morning started off with virginia tech avenging their ridiculous last-second loss last year with an overtime win over duke at cameron.  then, the ducks took out top-ranked ucla at macarthur court, opening the way for the tar heels to take over the nation’s #1 hoops ranking.  as far as my teams go, this was about as good as it gets without the heels even stepping onto the court.  best sports day ever?  not likely, but it was pretty fun to watch.