http://www.iusedtobecooler.com Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:07:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On August 7th, 2006, Sports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel wrote an article titled Bomar scandal will rock Sooners in 2006 and beyond, referring to the car dealership Big Red Sports and Imports, and the employment of Rhett Bomar. How prophetic of him. At the time everyone hated Big Red Sports and ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/thank-you-big-red-sports-and-imports When the pairing of Netflix instant queue and the the new Xbox 360 dashboard was announced, I was more then a little excited.  I have never had the Netflix subscription service, though I did subscribe to the Blockbuster plan which I thoroughly enjoyed, so I knew what to expect.  Since ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/netflix-and-xbox-360 The updated Google Mobile iPhone app with voice search is out now and is a great little tool for on the go searching.  The best part is the voice search feature.  I searched for a few things and it seemed to work out well for me.  I'll admit I was ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/google-mobile-app A friend at work has been raving about a program called SugarSync, the online storage and sharing program for all of your computers.  SugarSync allows you to back up your home, work and laptop computer all through their manager.  This is a nice feature to have all of your files protected ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/sugarsync Two websites with similar goals have just been released to the public.  The sites http://www.ivoteddemocrat.com and http://www.ivotedrepublican.com are their to sell you t-shirts when your words just don't say what you need them to.  The great part about the sites is they are not tied to a particular candidate and/or ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/two-websites-emerge-out-of-election-2008 Today at 5pm CST the Oklahoma City will have the name of their new team officially announced.  Too bad I just announced it early.  In this picture from the NBA Store shows what the new logo will look like.  Like me you are probably saying "Surely this is for the ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/okc-thunder Posted at Global Notions The unthinkable happened yesterday at the National Stadium and hundreds of millions of Chinese fans across the country were finally brought back to reality during what has been an Olympics marked by national celebration.  Not only has China clearly dominated the individual sports (minus swimming) which has ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/chinas-olympic-nightmare Not since Michael Vick's dog Boom-Boom won back-to-back Atlanta dog fighting championships has one man or beast lived up to the hype of Michael Phelps. Winning eight Olympic gold medals is impressive, but to do it in one Olympics is simply amazing. Jason Zimdars, a local celebrity, said ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/michael-phelps A fan of Brett Favre just created a website to help show the Green Bay Packers it was a mistake to trade away Brett Favre.  The site says, "Let’s show Packers management that they made a mistake, trading away the best player in franchise history." The premise behind the site is ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/favre-fan-protest Many of you have heard of Shazam, the little iPhone app that will tell you the song that is playing on the radio after listening to it for ten to fifteen seconds, but little has been said about Midomi.  It offers more features the Shazam, but is it really the ... http://www.iusedtobecooler.com/shazam-vs-midomi