Troy Patton AAA Debut

I went to the Dell Diamond tonight to watch Troy Patton pitch his first game in AAA. He’s one of the top Astros pitching prospects and was recently promoted from Corpus Christi to Round Rock. He had a pretty nice debut. Here’s his line:
7IP 4 H 1ER 0BB 2K
He has a real easy delivery, with [...]

Panetti v. Quarterman 06-6407

Mentally Ill Death Row Inmates Get Another Chance
Austin, Texas, attorney Keith Hampton, one of Panetti’s court-appointed lawyers, says he is generally pleased with the decision, which gave his client pretty much everything he was hoping for.
“The only thing missing from the ruling is a clear standard for competence,” he says.
But Hampton says he can also [...]

3G iPhone by Christmas?

I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Faster iPhone faster! Kill!! Kill!! | PBS
It would be nice if Apple and AT&T could come up with some little extra boost for Christmas sales like, for example, a software upgrade. That was pretty much inevitable, don’t you think? The idea that the iPhone could go even three [...]

Another take on the Libby Commutation

The Corner on National Review Online
Andy McCarthy presents another side in the dispute over the Libby commutation.
There was a very debatable issue at the heart of the sentencing, and it affected the calculation of jail time dramatically.  Under the federal sentencing guidelines, if a person is convicted of obstructing (or lying in connection with) an investigation of [...]

Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007

The latest update from Micheal Yon from the war in Iraq.
Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007
Since my reporting of the massacre at the al Hamari village, many readers at home have asked how anyone can know that al Qaeda actually performed the massacre. The question is a [...]

Strikeout Rates and Innings Pitched

The Kazmir conundrum — The Hardball Times
Interesting article at the Hardball Times (recommended by Rob Neyer’s blog($) on ESPN) discussing what allows or prevents pitchers from going deep into ballgames. It uses Scott Kazmir as the case study, a young pitcher with the Devil Rays who has outstanding stuff, but has not been able to [...]

Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen – Migrating a Family to Google Apps from Gmail, Thunderbird, Outlook and others: The Definitive Guide

Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen – Migrating a Family to Google Apps from Gmail, Thunderbird, Outlook and others: The Definitive Guide
A very detailed guide for setting up a domain with Google Apps to allow a family to host their own email accounts. I’d like to try something like this with my Dreamhost account.

Compensation for Victims of Va. Tech Shooting

Lawyer Who Directed Sept. 11 Compensation to Oversee Virginia Tech Program – New York Times
Kenneth R. Feinberg, the Washington lawyer who directed the federal program to compensate relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will oversee the distribution of the $7 million that has been donated to Virginia Tech after the April [...]

Safari 3 Update

In this post I compared Firefox and Safari and my experiences using both. I noticed at the end that there was a new public beta of Safari available for download and I’ve been using it the past several days. Here’s some quick impressions.

Search: Safari 3 includes a very Firefox-like search function that includes a search [...]