YES!!!! As expected, it finally happened. The Knicks fired Larry Brown and now Isiah Thomas is their head coach. The Knicks will probably stutter to a horrible record, and trade away more of their draft picks while continuing to get older and more expensive. So why am I happy about this development?
Well the thinking is that Thomas is now coaching the team he put together. If he fails, as I fully expect him to, the fan outrage should be great enough that owner, James Dolan, will have no choice but to fire Thomas and replace him. Does that mean the Knicks will be getting a new coach, general manager, and team president within a year? I am extremely hopeful!!! Somebody please exorcise the demon that is Isiah Thomas!
People may point out that Thomas had a winning record coaching the Pacers way back when. This does not take into account the fact that that team should have been awesome, and really underachieved. I think in light of how badly Thomas has run various organizations (and even the entire CBA league!) into the ground, that he won’t be having much success as coach of the Knicks. The man has no exit strategy!
New LCD monitor just arrived. It’s such a huge upgrade from a 17″ CRT, because the viewable area is naturally larger, and it’s a 19″ LCD. It still only supports 1280×1024 resolution, which is what I was running before, but now I can see pretty easily from far away. It was a great plug and play installation, and everything auto-adjusted. It seems a bit bright, but I can dial that down. I’m just trying to get used to it, but I think it’s an amazing upgrade so far.
So the good news is that the cable modem is not the problem, meaning I won’t have to purchase a new one. The bad news is there is some problem with the crappy wiring in the building, and so a technician has to come out and fix the problem. I won’t know when the technician comes over, and they won’t tell me when it’s finished; I will simply notice that the upload/download speeds have improved dramatically. The Comcast guy was like, “Yeah, I know, maddening.” Exactly. Apparently other people have been complaining a lot about various problems with cable, and it seems that the electricians have done a super shoddy job of wiring the building. I was also told that I should replace the cheap cable (that Comcast sent me), because that might help the signal.
It was especially sad watching the technician two-finger typing on my keyboard and staring blankly at the DOS screen while he tried to remember the command for pinging. Eventually I couldn’t take it anymore and blurted out, “Maybe try ping url/ip?” Amazing, yes, I know.
I guess it is another 1-2 days before the cable is fixed…
I accepted the job offer yesterday and have to report for some testing and screening now. Although I don’t work with any kids, the hospital is heavily involved with pediatric research and so I have to prove that I don’t have tuberculosis and that I don’t molest children. I also have to refrain from drugs for long enough to take a drug test.
Anyway, to reward myself I finally took the plunge and purchased an LCD monitor. With advice from Velius and Kungfucius, I finally decided on the Samsung 920-N. My main requirement was that it had to have at least a 700:1 contrast ratio for better color production, since every so often I actually still do artwork. Velius assured me that a 8ms response time was plenty fast, and so I didn’t shell out more cash for a monitor with a 2ms response. I’m excited about the monitor, and Newegg had excellent pricing. Even though the shipping was free, it’s slated to arrive tomorrow, which is rather impressive. It should be great having way more desk space after I put away this clunker of an CRT. The CRT has served me well, but because it supports such a low refresh rate, it kinda flickers and causes eyestrain. I was lucky enough to catch the Samsung on a one-day sale, and saved a little extra off Newegg’s already great prices, so I’m feeling pretty good about the decision.
Sports | Kabitzin 6/22/2006 | 
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