A great college coach jumps to the NBA - Good luck Billy

Billy Donovan, the great coach from Florida has jumped from the college ranks to the professional ranks, becoming the next head coach of the Orlando Magic.

I really like college basketball.  Starting in the fall with the Great Alaska Shootout, all the way to the Final Four.  It's a great game.

Much better than the pro game in my opinion.  Faster, with more strategy and "hunger" from the players to win.

Billy Donovan has had a great run at Florida.  I rooted for him almost as much as Coach K.  Or John Thompson when he was still coaching.  Or Tark The Shark at UNLV.  Great coaches.

I wish you well Billy.  Do well with the Magic. 

 

Technorati tags: Orlando Magic, Billy Donovan, Florida, College Basketball, NBA

NHL Lunacy

This is just another reason that the NHL needs to be disbanded. I cannot believe that Wayne Gretzky would allow (or want) a former coach, convicted of running a gambling ring, to return to the coaching arena with him (or against him for that matter).

What is he and the Phoenix Coyotes thinking?

Trips I'd like to take

1. I'd like to drive the Alcan highway all the way, both ways.
2. I'd like to take a trip to photograph bears in Alaska with David Cardinal
3. Yellowstone

 

I think those trips could be great fun.  I don't think my kids would enjoy #1 or #2.  But they would definitely enjoy #3.

The bears trip is VERY expensive, so it's way out of the realm of possibly anytime in the near future.  But would be a  great experience.

The Alcan highway trip would be interesting as well, although I'm not sure how kid friendly a trip it would be....1,200 miles each way....and from what I understand, the trip is kinda rough and rugged....

 

Technorati tags: Alaska, Bears, Alcan Highway

Downloader Pro and Lightroom

I've been evaluating Lightroom from Adobe for the past 20 days or so.

Previously, I used BreezeBrowser and Downloader Pro from Breeze Systems to download, edit, view and create HTML galleries from my photos.

I found this link today which integrates Downloader Pro and Lightroom.  I *love* DownloaderPro, it works so well for my workflow and this integration with Lightroom *ROCKS*.  I don't think that Lightroom is for me at this point, but at this point, if I was going to use Lightroom, I would use this integration.

 

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It turns out this is already possible, just set the custom button in DownloaderPro to this action:

Quote:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom\lightroom.exe" "%d"

When Lightroom starts up it will automatically import the directory to which the photos were downloaded.

 

http://www.beardsworth.co.uk/news/index.php?id=P997

 

Check out this site, it's full of lots of good tips, not just for Lightroom.

 

Technorati tags: Lightroom, BreezeBrowser, Downloader Pro