March Madness On Demand

I laugh at those studies about lost productivity during March Madness. CBS doesn't help with it's MMOD website that streams every single game live in "High-Quality" (and in lower varieties as well so you don't hog the office's bandwidth) that utilizes MS Silverlight which ruling out Chrome use, but is ok with Firefox, Safari and, of course, IE.


It isn't the full TV experience though. They switch to some no-name commentators for a separate half-time show feed and they don't let you flip to another game which it goes to commercials which is kinda annoying. But it does includes a "Boss Button" to switch off the broadcast to make it look like you're actually working.

More Music Awards

With the Grammy's over and my Top 10 lists out of the way, here are some other worthy awards that should be given out this year. Maybe call these the OMA's...

Best Live CD: John Legend - Live From Philadelphia (Close second: Linkin Park's Road to Revolution Live at Milton Keynes)

Top Albums Missed from 2007: Against Me - New Wave & Once OST

Best Band That's Been Around That You've Probably Never Heard Of - The Perishers, a Swedish indie band with three CDs out since 2002

Best TV OST & Comedy: Move over Grey's Anatomy, HBO's Flight of the Conchords rules the roost in 2008.

Best Movie OST: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist OST (Close second: 21 OST)

Most Disappointed Albums by: Keane, Mobile, and Kathleen Edwards

Best Re-release: Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

Best Mash-up/DJ: Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

Web/Online OST: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Best EP: Coldplay - Prospekt's March EP

Best Title: Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But Ive Got Feelings Too

Cool Word that Band Names Must Have in Order to Show Everyone that They're Cool: Against (Against Me & Rise Against)

Coolest Duet - Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die (Theme to 007 Quantum of Solace)

Coolest Featuring - City and Colour featuring Gord Downie - Sleeping Sickness (from Bring Me Your Love)

Best Concert: VirginFest Calgary, saw almost 20 bands in two days, made up for all the ones that I passed on in 2008. Concerts by NIN & Feist were also very entertaining.