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Congratulations, CJ Spiller

Allison Boyer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:46:54 +0000

People generally aren’t talking about Clemson football this year, but maybe they should be, because there is some real talent on the team. During their Week Four game against TCU, tailback CJ Spiller achieved something that has only been done once before in major college football.

The feat in question? After a 60-yard pass reception, he became the second person to ever have at least 2500 yards rushing, 1500 yards in kick off returns, 1000 yards receiving, and 500 yards in punt returns. The only other person to ever reach those stats was the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush of USC. Bush is now a player for the New Orleans Saints.

CJ Spiller, playing against Duke last year. Image: Newscom

Clemson eventually lost their game to TCU 14 – 10, bringing them to a record of 2 – 2 overall and 1 – 1 in the ACC. He’s definitely someone to watch, especially if he continues at this pace. Players like him are players worth the money paid to top picks by NFL teams, but will being on a mediocre team hurt him?

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Congratulations, CJ Spiller

Audio Technica Vinyl Achiver

Scott Wharton — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:31 +0000

Audio Technica Vinyl Archiver . Okay, so “Archiver” is not a real world but bare with me. Over the years and though the ages of technological advancement some people have built up quite the collection of vinyl. I’ve know people that have walls full of it. Although it takes up a lot of space, there is just something about vinyl that keeps it almost timeless.

Image: Amazon.com Via Electronics Expo

The biggest problem with vinyl is portability. Most people that have spent hundreds to thousands of dollars on vinyl didn’t want to buy their albums on cassette when cassettes became the new media. Same thing for people that had a lot of cassettes. They didn’t want to replace their collection with more money spent on cds.

These days there are alternatives. You can play vinyl in your car…or can you? If you know what you’re doing and are computer savvy you can buy this cool Audio Technica USB turntable and archive your vinyl collection to digital media and either put it on your iPod of burn it to CD. By using the included software, Cakewalk Pyro and/or Audacity (Can be used for PC or Mac) you can rip the vinyl to various music file formats such as WAV, MP3 and WMA. The software also cleans up the audio and removes the popping, hissing and humming, but that’s what a lot of vinyl collectors like, that raw vinyl sound.

You don’t have to use the turntable just for archiving your vinyl though, you can also connect it to any sterio with a line in option and play your vinyl through the turntable. The great thing about these turntables is that they aren;t even that expensive. The Audio Technica goes for $80.79 on Amazon.com through “Electronics Expo “. There are several other brands out there you can also shop for. Enjoy.

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Audio Technica Vinyl Achiver

The World Records That Were (Swimming 400m)

Jodie Lynn Boduch — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:16:52 +0000

Unlike poor Tyson Gay, whose world-record 100m sprint won’t count as a world record, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff each set world records for 400 m individual medley swims in their respective Olympic trials.

Check out the highlights (30s) here:

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The World Records That Were (Swimming 400m)