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I finally finished my first sudoku puzzle in the daily paper. After the Mililani Packrat explained the rules, I decided to give it a shot. The “easy Monday” puzzle took me a while, especially while watching tapes of Charmed, Desperate Housewives, and Smallville.

I didn’t check my answers so I hope they’re correct. 😉

NBA team, the Los Angeles Lakers, are holding their training camp in Hawaii, leading up to exhibition games against the Golden State Warriors on October 11 and 12. The Lakers missed the playoffs last year and don’t seem much improved this year other than the return of coach Phil Jackson.

The Lakers’ coaching staff has more talent than their current roster. In their heyday, I’d take a team of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Scottie Pippen, Kurt Rambis, and Brian Shaw over Kwame Brown, Devean George, Aaron McKie, Stanislav Medvedenko, and “Smush” Parker(?!). Only Kobe and Lamar Odom got solid NBA cred.

Hey, what’s with the eyes? I thought they were just stys…

The virginal Clark and Lana alone in a candlelit apartment, having just gone through a life-harrowing experience, Coldplay’s A Message playing in the background. Uh oh…

As originally told by the Tobasco Man, Michelle Wie announced she’s now a professional athlete signing deals with Nike and Sony. Reportedly, both contracts are individually worth $4-5 million a year.

I am excited to start my journey as a professional golfer. I fell in love with the game the first day I picked up a club, and to have the opportunity to play at the highest levels of competition is both an honor and a privilege.

After signing her contracts, the Punahou golf phenom pledged $500,000 to help Katrina and Rita victims, a very classy move. No truth to the rumor that an Iolani golf phenom would have donated $1,000,000 (old rivalries die hard 😉 ).

Apple just announced another special Media Event scheduled for October 12 at the California Theater in San Jose. This one is titled “One More Thing…”.

The last special event on September 7 saw the introduction of the iPod Nano, the iTunes-enabled Motorola ROKR, Madonna’s discography available on iTMS, Kanye West rapping, and the all popular Harry Potter series as audiobooks.

What’s in store for this event? Can’t wait to hear Steve Jobs’ famous words, “there’s one more thing…”.

There are many articles out on the Net about Microsoft ending licensing discussions with music labels. The key sticking point is the high costs mandated by the music industry. Microsoft was rumored to launch its own music subscription service, but these plans have been delayed due to this licensing breakdown.

Kinda lends credence to Steve Job’s recent claims that record labels are “getting greedy.”

What can you learn from this? The music industry is muscling back against the Microsoft muscle, and Apple did a great job getting the iTunes Music Store going with 99-cent songs.

Taken straight out of Lifehacker.com:

Ask Metafilter user Grumblebee offers advice on how to handle a “Pointy Haired Boss,” or a manager who has no idea what you do at work or how you do it. (The Pointy Haired Boss refers to the idiot manager in the Dilbert comics).

In summary:

• Explain constraints. Tell your supervisor in advance why you’ll be making decisions and what factors influence those decisions.
• Put it in writing. Create a documented trail of decisions.
• Blame software & hardware. Be willing to put yourself on the human, non-technological side of the argument.
• Take time to “research” an idea. Even if you know an idea is impossible, never say that to a boss. Go away for an hour and then come back with enough technobabble to dismiss the idea after having (ahem) “researched” it.
• Give Choices. There’s nothing a stupid supervisor likes more than control. If they’re not making choices, they don’t feel like they’re earning their paycheck. Let them make decisions on things that don’t really count so they feel they’re contributing to the project.

Read the rest of the thread over at Ask Metafilter.