http://benkoo.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:06:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrapped up my long weekend by watching some NFL football (shocker!). What was interesting was looking at all the NFL teams poised to make the playoffs with some very unexpected signal callers at the helm. Below are 3 QB's who did not start the year as their team's starting QB ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/30/some-unexpected-qbs-pushing-towards-nfl-playoffs/ The biggest Thanksgiving turkey this year was the lackluster football entertainment provided by the NFL and to a lesser degree college football. It's only part of growing trend of seemingly big games that have flopped as blowouts, especially on the college scene. No I wasn't expecting that many good games, but ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/27/year-of-the-blowout-continues/ A lot of this site's traffic comes from people for searching for information about new commercials. That's why its been kind of lame on my behalf that I have not been posting commercial's of the week lately. It's been a combo of busy, no good commercials, and some travel. However here ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/27/commercials-of-the-week-for-november-guitar-hero-levis-adidas/ On Ocotber 15th, I blogged about my excitement over a bulk order of 250 Lemon Propels delivered to my apartment. I threw out a contest to guess how long it would take for me to drink them all and it became water cooler conversation all over the country. Well, we have a ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/24/steve-burstein-winner-of-propel-contesta-new-contest/ I came, saw, conquered, and pillaged in my trip to Ohio. Even with very chilly weather, it was a great trip. I'll probably post some more details at a latter time, but for now here are some videos I took from row 9. They're not great, but still enjoyable for ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/24/ohio-state-trip-game-videos/ First and foremost I will be traveling a lot the next 3 days so I may be MIA. I hope to take some video content at Mirror Lake for Bucknuts which I will post here as well. So below are two videos. One of me enjoying borrowing a handheld video camera ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/18/yardbarker-why-its-awesome-to-work-here/ Awhile back I posted about how Disney and Fox were going head to head bidding on the broadcast rights for the BCS Bowl games. After years of being with Disney, Fox has broadcasted the last 2 years and the concensus was that there was a significant dropoff in terms of the ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/18/fox-backs-out-bcs-talks-only-3-more-years-of-crappy-broadcasts/ It was 15 months ago when I blogged about HBO's wise decision to pick up the off beat musical comedy, Flight of The Conchords, for a second season. Since then, there hasn't been much buzz as the duo talk some time away to tour, bask in their new American fame, and ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/17/flight-of-the-conchords-season-2-promo-brett-shoots-criminals-during-jermaines-monologue/ My commute on Bart from San Bruno to the city, affords me the opportunity to watch a half hour episode (only 22 minutes without commercials via Itunes) each way of my lovely commute. Its this luxury that I attribute a modest amount of my sanity to. The last couple of weeks ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/13/its-time-for-mad-men/ Digg.com is a web 2.0 icon and my company  has worn the title "Digg For Sports", although the shoe doesn't exactly fit. With a new emphasis for web 2.0 companies to diversify revenue streams, Digg today announced the opening of their online store. My buddy who works for the vendor that ... http://benkoo.com/2008/11/11/digg-opens-an-online-store-kevin-rose-is-mocked-on-twitter/