It was an interesting day to say the least.
Lifegate was in town today and it just so happened to coincide with a talk being given at the Bob Bullock for the high school football exhibit. Two officials, Tim Crowley and Ben Wear from the Austin Chapter were there to talk about the game from an official's point of view. It was a lot of fun and they were both able to bring an interesting perspective to the talk. Both men are 58 years old, but while one has only been officiating for 4 years, the other has been around for over 30 and also works the Big 12.
You may know Crowley as Coach Crowley from Friday Night Lights. I have known Tim probably as long as I have been doing this, but had not seen him in at least eight years. He was dressed in his Dillon Panther coaching gear, but stripped it off at one point to show his complete official's uni underneath...
Ben Wear is a writer for the Austin American Statesman who answered a radio ad a few years ago and got hooked. He is heavily involved in the chapter and still officiates a ton of six-man games, including I think the last two Seguin Lifegate games.
Great stories...
I again remind everyone to get to Austin and check out the exhibit. It is running until January 22, so some on down to during the holidays at least. You can find more information at thestoryoftexas.com
Then Lifegate and myself ate some lunch and caught up. more good times.
I explained to him that I have finally cracked a new algorithm and may be trying to integrate this new software I found to display the results. Basically this thing runs through and determines who every team has wins and indirect wins over. It is pretty exciting, I just hope I can find a cool way to show it off. I am hoping to make it interactive, so you can select a team and see the results.
Lastly, we have the passing of technology icon Steve Jobs tonight. An inspiration and creative genius....
I leave you with this... good night
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”--Steve Jobs, 2005 commencement address at Stanford University.
Lifegate was in town today and it just so happened to coincide with a talk being given at the Bob Bullock for the high school football exhibit. Two officials, Tim Crowley and Ben Wear from the Austin Chapter were there to talk about the game from an official's point of view. It was a lot of fun and they were both able to bring an interesting perspective to the talk. Both men are 58 years old, but while one has only been officiating for 4 years, the other has been around for over 30 and also works the Big 12.
You may know Crowley as Coach Crowley from Friday Night Lights. I have known Tim probably as long as I have been doing this, but had not seen him in at least eight years. He was dressed in his Dillon Panther coaching gear, but stripped it off at one point to show his complete official's uni underneath...
Ben Wear is a writer for the Austin American Statesman who answered a radio ad a few years ago and got hooked. He is heavily involved in the chapter and still officiates a ton of six-man games, including I think the last two Seguin Lifegate games.
Great stories...
I again remind everyone to get to Austin and check out the exhibit. It is running until January 22, so some on down to during the holidays at least. You can find more information at thestoryoftexas.com
Then Lifegate and myself ate some lunch and caught up. more good times.
I explained to him that I have finally cracked a new algorithm and may be trying to integrate this new software I found to display the results. Basically this thing runs through and determines who every team has wins and indirect wins over. It is pretty exciting, I just hope I can find a cool way to show it off. I am hoping to make it interactive, so you can select a team and see the results.
Lastly, we have the passing of technology icon Steve Jobs tonight. An inspiration and creative genius....
I leave you with this... good night
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”--Steve Jobs, 2005 commencement address at Stanford University.
