14.May.2012 General Discussion (& Database Issues)
Apologies for the site being down most of the day. It was my fault….was tinkering in the home directory and accidentally deleted an important fie. I was able to restore, but my most recent backup was a few days old. You'll notice we lost a few days worth of posts. Oh well, it could have [...]
09.May.2012 Repost: Why Does Oregon State Lack Large Donors?
Note: Database error caused me to lose this post. BeavGirl found it in Google's cache. Reposting for posterity and because there were a lot of good comments lost, and I'm hoping people rewrite 'em. Oregon State alumni base consists of: The founder U-Haul Co-founder of E-trade Co-founder of Classmates.com Co-founder of Nvidia Inventor of Leatherman [...]
02.May.2012 General Discussion
Sorry guys. Been busy, and haven't had time to write anything. Nothing too interesting going on. Regarding Oregon, I heard the NCAA will come to a decision in June. Regarding the Beavs, that was an uninspired spring camp. Fall should be more interesting with the new guys showing up. Maybe the one interesting bit this [...]
03.Apr.2012 Spring Ball/General Discussion (& Happy Birthday to Me)
Tonight's topic is…me. Well, April 3rd. Proud to say I am not yet part of the complacent, septuagenarian fan base (no offense to oneoldbeav–you're one of the best, buddy) that infests this program! Feel free to discuss anything you want. Spring practice begins tomorrow, so there's that. Can't you feel the excitement in the air? [...]
13.Mar.2012 Pac-12 Revenue Windfall
Something that hasn't been mentioned is that people (and hence Universities) tend to lead lifestyles that match their income. You don't see Donald Trump or Bill Gates driving Chevettes, you know? Well, this afternoon I came across an article saying Kyle Wittingham gave his DC a $225,000 raise. But that's not it. He gave his [...]