0 comments by Ben Koo on 2/11/2008
Although not an avid hockey fan, it remains as one of my more favorite sports to watch in person and on TV. Its always amazed me how hockey players avoid serious injuries with all the variables in play (the boards, the ice, sticks, goal posts, puck, and skates) . Unfortunately tonight Richard Zednik fell victim […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 2/10/2008
This weekend has been dedicated to recharging the battery after a tough month and a half of planning, preparation, and troubleshooting for my company’s annual convention. Not feeling the need to chase girls at the bar, I was able to take in two movies that I have wanted to see for quite awhile. Pursuit Of […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 2/6/2008
For those of you who don’t know, let me introduce you to Terrelle Pryor. He is the concensus number one high school football player in the country and has been consistently described as a more athletic Vince Young. To boot, he is also a top tier basketball player. Pryor hails from the Pittsburgh area and […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 2/5/2008
I will be most likely out of commision the next couple of days but wanted to get some thoughts down on yesterday’s fantastic Super Bowl. The entire week when asked at work who I thought would win I responded with Patriots in a close one. Something told me that although the Giants were a lesser […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 2/1/2008
Work has been painful this week and benkoo.com has suffered. Next week will be bad too unfortunately. But for now here is an entertaining R rated youtube video circulating of Chris Berman. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.478987&w=425&h=350&fv=m%3D27412806%26type%3Dvideo%26a%3D0] from vids.myspace.com posted with vodpod Although I could probably name you 200 ESPN personalities, I would be hard pressed to pick […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/29/2008
With the Super Bowl coming up I am planning to do something special for Commercial of the Week next week. For now this one goes to a pretty risque Domino’s pizza commercial. Not a fan of Domino’s at all, but definitely love the adult humor in this ad.
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/28/2008
A lot of my friends and family have been impressed by how mature and robust benkoo.com is. This is kind of a back handed compliment as I possess no web design, web development, or html/php coding skills. I really cannot take that much credit as my blogging software, wordpress, does all the heavy lifting. WordPress […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/25/2008
I have an interesting group of friends to say the least. Included is my best friend, Ross, who I have bet a 4 figure amount of money that he will not be able to dunk by the time he is 30. Not one to be outdone, my roommate is boldly and confidently predicting the new […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/24/2008
I will be sad, very sad if this ever gets taken off off you tube… Genius. I usually chuckle at funny things, but this made my eyes water. http://youtube.com/watch?v=vYu68SHWh64
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/23/2008
Haven’t seen a commercial that really impressed me this week but will go with a commercial that was effective on myself. For awhile now I have seen various auto makers (Ford, Lincoln, Mercury) push their new Microsoft powered Sync system technology. I typically ignore products like On Star, Tom Tom, Sirius Radio, etc as I […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/21/2008
The Super Bowl with the highest ratings ever was Super Bowl XVI in 1982 which showcased the upstart 49er’s and Bill Walsh’s west coast offense against the Cincinnati Bengals (49.1%) . The Super Bowl that was the most watched ever was last year’s Colts Bear Showdown in which 93 million Americans tuned in (42%). While […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/20/2008
A friend of mine recently proclaimed that January is the best month of the year in terms of sporting events and annual storylines. It’s an interesting concept to rank to months of the year on how captivating, entertaining, and consistently historic they are. Below are my 1-12 rankings for what months I look forward to […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/17/2008
In just under a month I will be attending an event in whichOracle, MySQL, and Sun Microsystems are set to have a presence. Today all three companies made noise with Sun acquiring open source database software maker MYSQL for $1 billion and Oracle acquiring BEA systems for $8.5 billion. 2 interesting moves. I am sure […]
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Although many people have moved on from Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com to more industry or geographic specific job listing depository websites, I must admit I was taken aback by this Monster.com commercial. It’s a very gripping commercial, full of intense visual imagery and music to match. Is it the end of the world? Aliens? an attack? […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 1/14/2008
Breaking news. Award winning LB and All American James Laurinitis has opted to stay at Ohio State for his senior season. By doing so he is passing up a likely top ten pick and millions of dollars to stay at Ohio State. The Cleveland PD broke the story. Here is the quote “Talking to my […]
