For you baseball stat-heads out there, make sure you read about Bases Advanced Percentage (BAP). This is a really interesting idea. I agree that speed is undervalued by OPS and this is an interesting way to try to incorporate it into a stat.

UPDATE: NBC is broadcasting AVP beach volleyball again this summer. The men’s final on Sunday was AWESOME!

Mark Pilgrim did a simple re-install of Windows XP recently.

I was going to blog about this but Bill beat me to it, check out the Thorns.

This is an interesting story by someone on the inside of our national defense. I don’t know what to make of most of the political news these days. The only thing that seems clear is that we’re in a bit of a mess.