Author Archives: Ryan Markel

Cardinals Stats Analysis: Week 3

Just a brief analysis based on what I saw on the Cardinals’ home page.

Howie Day: “Ghost”

There is some absolutely sick layering pedal work in this video.

Howie Day is the perfect example of a singer-songwriter who was completely ruined by his management, collaborators, or by the label (I’m not sure which). His best work is solo; putting him with a full band on tour and over-producing his albums were both really, really bad decisions.

If you don’t mind working with Shorten files, there’s a great recording of one of his shows from 2002 available (legally) here.

Why the Economy Is Screwed, in Six Minutes

Thanks to Hew for pointing me to this.

“The printing money is the last refuge of failed economic empires and banana republics and the Fed doesn’t want to admit this is their only idea.”

I don’t know what the solution is, but this isn’t it.

The 2011 “Where’d You Sit” Map

I haven’t done this before, but in the interest of marking where I was sitting when I took pictures at baseball games, I present you the map of seating locations where I currently have been or have purchased tickets in the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals season (will be updated as the summer goes on):

You can click the map to see a larger version.

Kids’ Opening Weekend – Section 368, Row 6, Seats 8–13
Kids’ Second Game – Section 453, Row 1
Date with My Wife – Commissioner’s Box, Row C, Seats 1–2
Game with Dad – Section 344

Google Sports Team Results

I love that they’ve done this when you search for a sports team now.

It’s not overly practical, but it’s nice to know they care.