Archive for June, 2005
I decided out of the blue to googlefight soccer teams involved in UEFA competitions - the Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Champions League. It made things marginally more interesting.
I started with the Intertoto Cup, which is like a qualifer for the UEFA Cup. The last three teams standing move on to the UEFA Cup. Basically, I just googlefought teams who actually played each other in this competition, and kept going with until I was left with three. I plan on doing the same with the UEFA Cup and Champions League along the way as well. And you, my lucky blog readers(if any exist) will get to see the results.
UEFA, which is the European Football Assosciation, for any that don’t know, draw the teams for the first three rounds of the Intertoto Cup. 21 pairs of teams play in the first round. In real life, these teams would play a “series” of two games. But it’s pointless to googlefight each match up twice. The 21 winners join 11 teams in the second round. The 16 second round winners join 8 more teams in the third round. For the semi-final and final, I used this randomizing program to draw the teams myself. I used the names of the teams as they are listed in the draw on UEFA’s website.
Intertoto Cup, First Round
FK Smederevo 11300 - 11700 FK Pobeda
Beitar Jerusalem 10300 - 8780 FK Sileks
Valletta FC 19100 - 4720 FK Buducnost Podgorica
NK Slaven Koprivnica 6800 - 12100 NK Ptuj
Olympiakos Nicosia FC 11800 - 841 FC Gloria 1922 Bistrita
CFR Cluj 67000 - 7020 FK Vetra
KS Dinamo Tirana 3700 - 21500 NK Varteks
FK Karvan Evlakh 712 - 415000 Lech Poznan
FC Ranger’s 922 - 36800 SK Sturm Graz
Vasas SC 25600 - 8670 FK ZTS Dubnica
FC Lernagorts-Ararat 449 - 36900 Neuchâtel Xamax FC
Pápa TFC 7650 - 31200 FC WIT Georgia
FC Neman Grodno 5960 - 54400 FC Zlín
FC Tiligul Tiraspol 7040 - 34900 MKS Pogon Szczecin
FC Victoria Rosport 6610 - 281000 IFK Göteborg
FC International Turku 18100 - 27700 ÍA Akranes
Bangor City FC 79100 - 16600 FC Dinaburg
FC Zalgiris Vilnius 19900 - 7720 Lisburn Distillery FC
Bohemian FC 46200 - 26100 KAA Gent
JK Trans Narva 27900 - 3210 KSC Lokeren OV
Skála 1140000 - 738000 Tampere United
Intertoto Cup, Second Round
RC Deportivo La Coruña 34100 - 19100 Valletta FC
AS Saint-Etienne 1070000 - 36900 Neuchâtel Xamax FC
JK Trans Narva 27900 - 102000 BSC Young Boys
VfL Wolfsburg 864000 - 36700 SK Sturm Graz
Skála 1140000 - 48500 R. Charleroi SC
FC Slovan Liberec 55100 - 10300 Beitar Jerusalem FC
RC Lens 858000 - 415000 Lech Poznan
CFR Cluj 67000 - 152000 Athletic Club Bilbao
SK Sigma Olomouc 36700 - 34900 MKS Pognon Szczecin
Hamburger SV 1020000 - 11700 FK Pobeda
BB Ankaraspor 13300 - 25600 Vasas SC
NK Ptuj 12100 - 11800 Olympiakos Nicosia FC
NK Varteks 21500 - 27000 ÍA Akranes
Bohemian FC 46200 - 54400 FC Zlín
FC WIT Georgia 31200 - 281000 IFK Göteborg
FC Zalgiris Vilnius 19900 - 79100 Bangor City FC
Intertoto Cup, Third Round
S.S. Lazio 4400 - 1140000 Skála
BSC Young Boys 102000 - 430000 Olympique de Marseille
Vasas SC 25500 - 1070000 Newcastle United FC
UD Leiria 8240 - 1020000 Hamburger SV
FC Zlín 54400 - 375000 Valencia CF
Egaleo FC 14600 - 79100 Bangor City FC
BV Borussia Dortmund 39700 - 36700 SK Sigma Olomouc
Roda JC 244000 - 55100 FC Slovan Liberec
Athletic Club Bilbao 152000 - 1070000 AS Saint-Etienne
RC Deportivo La Coruña 34100 - 12100 NK Ptuj
IFK Göteborg 281000 - 864000 VfL Wolfsburg
ÍA Akranes 27000 - 858000 RC Lens
Intertoto Cup, Semi-Final
Skála 1140000 - 375000 Valencia CF
Olympique de Marseille 430000 - 244000 Roda JC
BV Borussia Dortmund 39700 - 34100 RC Deportivo La Coruña
Bangor City FC 79100 - 858000 RC Lens
Hamburger SV 1020000 - 1070000 AS Saint-Etienne
Newcastle United FC 1070000 - 864000 VfL Wolfsburg
Intertoto Cup, Final
Skála 1140000 - 858000 RC Lens
Newcastle United FC 1070000 - 430000 Olympique de Marseille
BV Borussia Dortmund 39700 - 1070000 AS Saint-Etienne
So, this means that Skála(Romania), Newcastle United FC(England), and AS Saint-Etienne(France) will be in the Googlefight UEFA Cup, whenever I do that competition.
More exciting (or not) googlefighting action later on this week.
I suppose we should update this shit more often.
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Closed Published by skinny June 27th, 2005 in Uncategorized.it’s all about the music
0 Comments Published by Wasteland Drifter June 18th, 2005 in Uncategorized.After a short blog hiatus, I’ve come back to tell you how much I like music. As you can see by my daily reads section here, it’s more like daily listens. Wikipedia, the greatest website ever(better than Google, even) has an MP3 blog list, that I’ve been going through blog by blog over the last few days. I’ve found a couple of gems, and I’m sure there are more on there.
To some people, music is something that’s just “there”, something just for background music.
Then there are those who only get their music from radio. That just doesn’t compute for me. I’ve recently gone as far as driving with my radio completely turned off if I’ve forgotten to bring a CD or two along.
My favourite genre when it comes to music is hip hop. But, I can’t just listen to one type of music, so I basically listen to everything. When people ask about my favourite music, I tell them “hip hop, and anything else that’s good.”
Bring A to the L Home Day! (July 2nd)
Closed Published by Wasteland Drifter June 15th, 2005 in Uncategorized.
The B.U.M.s - Take a Look Around 1995
The S.T.O.P. Movement - Down With Us 2003
Fredwreck has had the dubious honors of working with a variety of high-profile rap acts who by the late ’90s were considerably past their prime, such as MC Eiht, KRS-One, Rappin’ 4-Tay, Frost and Master P. He assisted Everlast, Kurupt, Mr. Mike, Phife, Tash and Loon on solo ventures, before finally gaining some foothold in the upper class of producers with beats for Snoop Dogg, 213, Knoc-turn’al, Westside Connection and Cypress Hill. Eager to get heard, Fred doesn’t seem to mind the level of exposure, working with Obie Trice and Baby Bash one minute and with Defari and Daz Dillinger the next. In a time when many beats don’t sound like a particular region anymore, Fredwreck could almost be considered a pioneer of the all-around appealing production. Maybe the reason for this is his stint with the Wake Up Show, which has always made it a point to put where-ya-at before where-ya-from. Working with King Tech and Joe Quixx also lead to his first production gig on Oakland duo The B.U.M.s’ album “Lyfe ‘n’ Tyme.”
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Closed Published by skinny June 10th, 2005 in Uncategorized.If you haven’t heard this song by Jill Scott, peep it. Things are starting to calm down from the hecticness and stressfulness of life. Yesterday was my birthday. It was cool. I worked at the station in Delaware. Right now, I’m at WCAU on the early morning shift. I can barely hold my eyes open. Peep COmmon’s “BE.” Excellent hip-hop album/cd.
There isn’t much to talk about. Well, there probably is but I’m so tired and exhausted that I can’t remember a dern thing. Birthday was good. I may buy a cd today. I’ve discovered a talent I don’t know how to promote. I’m pretty good at arranging (sequencing) songs to create a flow on a CD or IPod/mp3 player. IF people would pay me for doing that, that would be hot.
