24 Facts About Beer (Infographic)

Best Infographic Ever!  Good looks to my homie Deebo Deeb for sharing this on G+.  My favorite facts (in no particular order) are #1, #6, #8 because I love IPAs, #10 because I suffer from this sickness, #15, #16, #17, #18, #21 is hilarious as a parent, and #22 is awesome as well.  Enjoy folks, stay thirsty my friends (#10).

Adobe Loves Google

I usually use www.ninite.com to do most of my application installations, but for some reason today I went to www.adobe.com to install Adobe Reader onto a machine and I see this...

Apparently Adobe is pushing Google's Chrome browser on people, which is awesome!  Not only do they install Chrome, they make it the user's default browser.  Also if the user is stubborn enough to still use Internet Explorer then the Google Toolbar is sitting in their face to summon them back to the land of Google.  All Hail Chrome!  The best thing Internet Explorer has going for them is their commercials, which are actually 2,000 times better than the actual browser.

 

Game of Thrones as a Throwback

My homeboy +Chris Simms shared this with me on G+.  This is great work, not only is it funny but they did some great video editing and effects.  The music helps out a lot too.  Enjoy, and don't worry the real Game of Thrones will be back soon.

How IT Deals With Problems

 

Yup! This is pretty accurate. 

Make Money Selling Physical Media

Recently I needed to make some space, so I decided to sell my DVDs and some of my CDs.  I have large CD collection and many of them were miscellaneous or duplicates, those were ripped into my iTunes and sold.  I kept many of my favorite albums and all of the work released by my favorite artists.  But in order to make some money off of this physical media I did a little research online to see which services were best.  I decided to start with Music Magpie to sell most of my DVDs to.  I liked their site because it also had an app and you could scan barcodes with your computer's webcam.  I had a lot of DVDs that I wanted to sell so if I could scan barcodes instead of typing them all in I was all for it.  Plus Music Magpie's site said that they would cut their customers a check for their trade-in value.  I also checked out Amazon's Trade-In site, their site was nice but instead of giving their customers a check, in return for trade-ins customers would receive Amazon Store Credit.  It seemed like Amazon was giving slightly more for the trade-ins.  I decided to start with Music Magpie because I wanted actual cash instead of Amazon credit forcing me to purchase something from them. 

I proceeded to scan my DVDs for Music Magpie, the mobile app on my iPad and the web app for my laptop were very faulty.  The scanning didn't work as easily as barcode scanner apps that I had used in the past.  So I ended up just typing that barcodes into the site.  I totaled about $70 but not all of my DVDs were recognized or accepted by the site.  I decided to take those to Amazon.  Instead of typing the barcodes with into their site the search field accepted the title of the media and allowed you to select the one that you wanted to trade into them.  I totaled up an additional $30 from Amazon.  I shipped both boxes of DVDs via UPS using old Amazon boxes I had laying around on Feb 18th.  Both sites paid for the shipping and allowed you to print your labels directly from the site.  By February 21st Amazon had given me a credit on my Amazon account, so at that point I punched in my CDs to their site and shipped them off on the 26th.  I received the credit for about $50 for the CDs on March 1st.  The Amazon turn around time for payments seemed to be 4-5 business days.  At this point I had only received emails from Magpie stating that they had received my shipment and that they were reviewing it.   I finally received my check from them March 9th, approximately 15 business days later.

In review I would probably just use amazon in the future since I use Amazon to purchase household items on a regular basis.  Plus Amazon had higher payouts due to the fact that they were giving you store credit.  It's nice to have actual cash that you can do anything you want with but then again waiting 3 weeks just seems too long.  I was starting to think that I got scammed.  Both experiences were simple and you can't really go wrong with either it's mainly about how you want your money and how soon you would like it.

I'm Fine [T-Shirt Junkie]

http://www.thefancy.com/things/280558613/I%27m-Fine-Tee

Looks like a good choice for casual Friday apparel.  Hmmm I might have to get one...

The Beer Drinker's Prayer

I Love Beer. 

I love craft beer even more than I thought I could love beer.

Craft Beer = Underground Hip-Hop.

 

 

The Redskins Super Bowl Predictor

The 2012 NFL season ended about 3 weeks ago in favor or Baltimore Ravens who held on to win 34 - 31 over the San Francisco 49ers to become Super Bowl Champions for the 2nd time.  A game named the Harbowl due to the Head Coaches of the two teams being brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh.  This was a roller coaster game for both teams, but the older brother who has coached longer in the NFL was able to lead his team to the promised land. 

I live in the DMV (DC Maryland Virginia) area so a lot of the talk is that the Redskins beat (or play) the Super Bowl winners every year, and for that reason most Redskins fans picked the Ravens to win.  So I decided to research this theory.  It has been true for the past 3 seasons including this year, but lets take a look at all the other years since their last Super Bowl title.

Super Bowl 47:  Ravens 34 - 49ers 31
Redskins beat the Ravens | Did Not Play the 49ers

Super Bowl 46: Giants 21 - Patriots 17
Redskins beat the Giants twice | Did Not Play the Patriots

Super Bowl 45: Packers 31 - Steelers 25
Redskins beat the Packers | Did Not Play the Steelers

Super Bowl 44: Saints 31 - Colts 17
Redskins lost to the Saints | Did Not Play the Colts

Super Bowl 43: Steelers 27 - Cardinals 23
Redskins lost to the Steelers | Redskins beat the Cardinals

Super Bowl 42: Giants 17 - Patriots 14
Redskins were 1-1 with the Giants | Redskins lost to the Patriots

Super Bowl 41: Colts 29 - Bears 17
Redskins lost to the Colts | Did Not Play the Bears

Super Bowl 40: Steelers 21 - Seahawks 10
Redskins beat the Steelers (In PreSeason) | Redskins beat the Seahawks in the regular season lost to them in the Post Season

Super Bowl 39: Patriots 24 - Eagles 21
Did Not Play the Patriots | Redskins lost twice to the Eagles

Super Bowl 38: Patiots 32 - Panthers 29
Redskins beat the Patriots | Redskins lost to the Panthers

Super Bowl 37: Buccaneers 48 - Raiders 21
Redskins beat the Buccaneers (In PreSeason) | Did Not Play the Raiders

Super Bowl 36: Patriots 20 - Rams 17
Redskins lost to the Patriots (In PreSeason) | Did Not Play the Rams

Super Bowl 35: Ravens 34 - Giants 7
Redskins beat the Ravens | Redskins went 1-1 with the Giants

Super Bowl 34: Rams 23 - Titans 16
Redskins Did Not Play Either Team

Super Bowl 33: Broncos 34 - Falcons 19
Redskins Did Not Play Either Team

Super Bowl 32: Broncos 31 - Packers 24
Redskins Did Not Play Either Team

Super Bowl 31: Packers 35 - Patriots 21
Did Not Play the Packers | Redskins beat the Patriots

Super Bowl 30: Cowboys 27 - Steelers 17
Redskins beat the Cowboys twice | Did Not Play the Steelers

Super Bowl 29: 49ers 49 - Chargers 26
Redskins lost to the 49ers | Did Not Play the Chargers

Super Bowl 28: Cowboys 30 - Bills 13
Redskins went 1-1 with the Cowboys | Redskins lost to the Bills

Super Bowl 27: Cowboys 52 - Bills 17
Redskins went 1-1 with the Cowboys | Did Not Play the Bills


The Redskins opponents for 2013 and Super Bowl contenders (based on the past 7 Super Bowl winners) are the Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, Bears, Lions, 49ers, Chiefs, Chargers, Packers, Vikings, Falcons, Broncos, and Raiders.  Ideally for the Redskins they will end this pattern by going to the Super Bowl themselves.  They are definitely a contender. 

From the teams on their schedule I think 5 teams have a strong chance of making a Super Bowl appearance, Giants, 49ers, Packers, Falcons, and Broncos.  Although with the Super Bowl being held at MetLife I think the Giants will fall victim to the curse and miss the big show next season.  The Bears, Vikings, Cowboys, and Eagles also have the ability to surprise some folks.  With all that said, the Redskins have a pretty tough schedule on paper next year.

Seasons R&B/Soul Album by Demitri (@DemitriMusik)

Young R&B artist Demitri from the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia area) has released his 3rd album.  This album is a very mature, grown, and sexy collection of soul songs written by him with beats created by various producers.  There are love songs, songs that make you want to dance, upbeat party songs, ballads, and bedroom songs on this album.  A few like artist that come to mind when listening to the album would include Usher, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Luther Vandross, Gerald Levert, and Freddie Jackson.   You can preview and purchase the album from CD Baby, iTunes, Google Music, or Amazon.

Demitri - Seasons   1. Complicated Love (Intro)  2. Neighba  3. I'm the One  4. 100 MPH  5. Shake It  6. Interlude  7. 2 Step  8. Seasons  9. I Wanna Make Love 10. Body Call 11. Be the 1st 12. Psycho Love 13. Lost My Heart (Outro)

Here are a few the singles that he has released from this album as well as his first R&B album "Mines Tonight" which was released in 2005.  

Wake N Gangnam Style

This was pretty funny to me, this baby went from 0 to 100 as soon as the song come on.