Posted by Henry on November 18, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I’ve just posted a long article on meta tagging WordPress. The article sets out a conceptual framework for a WordPress plugin that will treat meta tagging in content management terms. The goal is to allow blog authors and editors to add the kind of rich meta data to posts and pages that allows something like artist Jer Thorp’s visualizations of the New York Times.
Development of the actual plugin can now begin.
Posted by Henry on November 16, 2009 at 11:35 am
Hooray for Bill Belichick. I’ll be interested to see Gregg Easterbrook’s reaction tomorrow, but I’ll back Belichick whatever the percentages. What a mensch.
Since we don’t know how well the Colts would have moved the ball had the Patriots punted, Belichick will forever take the blame for the loss, but with two minutes to go the Colts would have been under no time pressure.
What killed the Patriots was the Colts’ penultimate touchdown drive: 79 yards in 1:49. If the Colts burn even 10 seconds more on that drive, the Patriots could have gotten the clock under the two minute warning on their succeeding series and forced the Colts to use up at least one timeout. That would have made the decision to punt a no brainer.
The other decisive factor? By the final quarter the Colts were dominating the line of scrimmage. The pressure the Patriots put on Manning in the first half simply evaporated. Belichick asked his offense to seal the win because his defense was spent.
Update: As I suspected, Belichick made the right call.
Update: Easterbrook confirms.
Posted by Henry on November 1, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Listening to the World Series on ESPN radio, I was annoyed at hearing, yet again, an announcer express surprise that a player with a low batting average also gets a lot of walks. Guys, taking pitches either gets you walks or gets you outs. A mystery this is not.
