Technology

• IEContentLoaded – An alternative for DOMContenloaded on Internet Explorer

  A better solution than the deferred <script> technique I was using. I've already wrapped it into our internal library.

• Digital Web Magazine – Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong

  A great, if not ready for pime time, layout technique. Going back to the future by using the table-based display types for your grids. Party like it's (a standards compliant) 1999.

• JavaScript and screen readers

  If you care about such things (and you really should you know.)

• Google Analytics Blog: More Enterprise-Class Features Added To Google Analytics

  I'm being driven a little nuts waiting for some of these to be rolled out. The AdSense integration is especially interesting to me, but almost all of them will get used in one way or another (either here or at work.)

Music

• I am old, I remember when all of this was going on

  Start here:
  Obscure Roxanne battle records fortnight part 1:

  and finish here:
  Roxanne Battle Records

• Jeff Mangum has been spotted in the wild. Here he is playing "Engine" last week in Columbus, Ohio. If he'd show up at the Boston version of this show, I'd still be kicking myself right now for missing it. He sounds great.

Sports

• Ivan Basso is back and wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. Just days after finishing his suspension the Italian finished third at the Japan Cup, behind the Little Prince.

  Cunego wins Japan Cup

• Speaking of Basso, the former Giro winner is focusing his whole return season on La Corsa Rosa this year. No surprise there.

  Know who else is eying the Giro? None other than American Lance Armstrong…

  Which means the Giro will be nuts this year. The Italian press was going to be there in droves anyway, covering Basso's return with real intensity. Now, with Lance showing up with his sights on winning, the rest of the world will be there as well.

  It will be a zoo.

  Can't wait.

• How must it feel to be one of those fans in Indianapolis or New York who cheered when Tom Brady went down in the first game of the season. So far both teams are looking up at the Patriots. I'm wondering if that's the result they expected when Brady went down?

  It's been a very interesting season so far.

• With the Red Sox, the Yankees and the Rays all in the same division there's a chance that the three best teams in baseball could all be in the same division one year and only one of them would make the playoffs.

  Nutty, I know, but imagine the three teams cannibalize themselves going 10-9 in their respective season series and in a weaker division the second place team swoops in to steal the Wild Card.

That'll do for now. More later.

Why?

On the jaguars.com Power Rankings, the Patriots are listed with an asterisk.

No. Really.

Is that the stupidest thing you've ever seen? Giving a team that thrives on playing the disrespect card a whopper like that in the week leading up to the game? Is that completely and utterly insane? Yes it is. The Pats should be out of their heads come kickoff time.

And yes, it was published after the regular season and not just for this week- but still. He had to know it was possible (likely?) that th Jags would play the Pats in the first round. maybe he wants to get on Gregg Easterbrook's good side. Or maybe he's been doing it all year? Either way, it's come out now, so things should be interesting this weekend.

[updated]
They pulled the asterisk. What's up with that? Why bother? It's not like the controversy (such as it is) is going to go away because the asterisk is gone. We all saw it. We can't unsee it just because it's gone from the Internet lol

Here's hoping people actually follow through with this. I'd love to see a nice collection of Jessica Simpson heads in the stands this weekend.

Help your team to victory by letting
Tony Romo know the love of his life
is in the stands!!!

Follow these simple steps:

1) Buy Tickets to the next
Dallas Game.
2) Print out this picture in
Full Color.
3) Cut out eyes and head.
4) Paste or tape to a heavy piece of paper or cardboard.
5) Paste popsicle stick to bottom for easy handling.
6) Bring it to the game and let Tony know Jessica is there for him!
7) Celebrate after your team wins!

LIGHTS OUT!

I hate to say it, but even if they go 18-1 and win the Super Bowl… as good as they've looked so far, I would be a slight bit disappointed if they didn't run the table.

I know how crazy that sounds!

100% crazy.

But it's also true. I want to see them make history.

And this quote from Sal Paolantonio gets to the heart of why…

So, let's jump in. If the Pats hoist Vince on Feb. 3 in Arizona — and go undefeated in the process — let's make no mistake about it: They will be the best Super Bowl team ever. And it won't even be close.

ESPN – Paolantonio: Perfect Pats would rank as best-ever team – NFL