I was able to attend the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert with my daughter and came away quite impressed. You can see some pictures here in my .mac account gallery.

These photos are from her concert at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, where the Jonas Brothers were the opening act. We had some amazing seats just 16 rows from the stage, thanks to advance ticket sales through mileyworld.com

When I played Little League my Dad was careful to explain that competition is good and winning is great, but how you play the game is what people remember. There are plenty of examples of professional and collegiate athletes and coaches who seem to have forgotten the concept of sportsmanship. Tonight I watched Dick Jauron, head coach of the Buffalo Bills, call a timeout while Nick Folk, the Cowboys rookie kicker, was kicking a 53 yard field goal to win the game. Nick then proceeded to kick another 53 yarder to win the game (again).

I saw the same tactic used by Florida Coach Urban Meyer and relished watching Wes Byrum, the Auburn kicker, nail his second attempt to give Meyer his first defeat at home. Meyer is lauded as a coaching mastermind and when I see him pulling lame stunts like that it’s a sure sign of desperation.

About the only thing that would have been more enjoyable in both circumstances would have been to have the coach call the last second timeout right before the opposing team’s kicker swings his leg and have the field goal attempt fail. Then since the attempt didn’t count (thanks to the timeout) the kicker gets a second try that sails through the uprights to give his team the victory. The first time that happens maybe these coaches who resort to such lame tactics at the expense of sportsmanship and their own reputation will think about all the ramifications instead of jumping on the “anything to win that there’s not a rule against” bandwagon.

My Fantasy Football team (the Garden Weasels) finally won a game! I’ve played in the same league for over a decade, and I think I’ve made the playoffs once. Of course every year I am convinced I will draft the magical combination of star players and breakout rookies who are on the verge of record-setting seasons that will win me the championship. And every year last year’s star doesn’t shine so bright once he’s my running back or quarterback (ie, Drew Brees this year) or an season-ending injury removes my top scorer in Week 2.

Our league is called the Apple Fantasy Football League (AFFL) because when David Bourland originated it back in the mid-90’s all of the participants were Apple employees working in Austin. Less than half of our 12 team managers are still Apple employees. David deserves a lot of credit for originating the league back when being a commissioner meant spending hours compiling stats and standings manually.

This week my 1-3 Garden Weasels battle the 2-2 Scotty’s Longpunters who will have Brett Favre at the helm. My QB this week is Vince Young. Drew Brees is getting benched this week which means that he will surely set league records against Carolina.

Just yesterday I recommended the online backup service Mozy to a friend whose daughter needs to backup college documents on her MacBook. Today I read on TechCrunch that Mozy has agreed to an acquisition by EMC. I’ve been beta testing the Mozy Mac client for a couple of months now and have so far been impressed by their service as well as the prompt, accurate technical support I’ve received when requested.

I wish I could be more optimistic about Mozy’s future for the Mac. Unfortunately, it’s hard to overlook what happened to Retrospect after it was acquired by EMC. The once premiere Macintosh backup application now barely rates 3 stars on VersionTracker. I guess I’ll be watching a little more closely for that beta invitation from Carbonite I requested.