December 08, 2006
I have been playing Yahoo Fantasy NBA since the 2004-2005 NBA season (check out my fantasy profile). I am addicted to this numbers game. The nice thing about fantasy sports is that it makes you
Borgy and I have been toying around with the idea of starting our own blog dedicated to fantasy NBA. We're regular readers of the articles of fantasy NBA "experts" like Rick Kamla and The Talented Mr. Roto, and we thought, "These experts don't know any better than us!" The idea of a fantasy NBA blog started out as a joke, but guess what? It became a reality: check out our new blog, Fantasy Sports FTW! (BTW, "FTW" stands for "for the/teh win!")
I'm not a fan of maintaining multiple blogs, but I really don't want to blog about fantasy NBA on the RubeTube; I'd have too many things to say. Currently, there are three of us writing for FSFTW: myself, Borgy, and Marc Cu. We're all friends from college and we've been playing in fantasy NBA leagues together for the past few years (here's this year's league). We've also
set up a "mailbag" where you can send us your fantasy NBA questions and we'll try to answer them. Our email address is fantasy.ftw@gmail.com. (Setting up our email system took up a considerable amount of time and effort which is probably not worth it, but I don't care. It's fun.) Right now we're focusing on fantasy NBA, but we might expand into other fantasy sports if we get interested in them.
Check us out and let us hear from you! Fantasy NBA for teh win!
Borgy and I have been toying around with the idea of starting our own blog dedicated to fantasy NBA. We're regular readers of the articles of fantasy NBA "experts" like Rick Kamla and The Talented Mr. Roto, and we thought, "These experts don't know any better than us!" The idea of a fantasy NBA blog started out as a joke, but guess what? It became a reality: check out our new blog, Fantasy Sports FTW! (BTW, "FTW" stands for "for the/teh win!")
I'm not a fan of maintaining multiple blogs, but I really don't want to blog about fantasy NBA on the RubeTube; I'd have too many things to say. Currently, there are three of us writing for FSFTW: myself, Borgy, and Marc Cu. We're all friends from college and we've been playing in fantasy NBA leagues together for the past few years (here's this year's league). We've also
set up a "mailbag" where you can send us your fantasy NBA questions and we'll try to answer them. Our email address is fantasy.ftw@gmail.com. (Setting up our email system took up a considerable amount of time and effort which is probably not worth it, but I don't care. It's fun.) Right now we're focusing on fantasy NBA, but we might expand into other fantasy sports if we get interested in them.
Check us out and let us hear from you! Fantasy NBA for teh win!
Labels: basketball, blogs, fantasy sports, NBA
September 21, 2006
Our beloved Dr. Pablo Manalastas has started his own blog, wittily titled "AmboSpeak". (We students know him is "Doc Mana" but "Ambo" is his personal nickname.)
Doc Mana is one of the most colorful characters I have met in my life, and I mean that in an entirely positive way. I don't know a lot of people who're as passionate about his/her personal interests as Doc Mana is (especially at his age!), of which there are many: Linux, open source, mind-twisting higher-order math, extreme vegetarianism, his family, problem solving, the ACM-ICPC (he was our coach who led as to two straight World Finals appearances), and the personal lives of his students. He may seem a bit nosy to some and perverted with his jokes, but we all know he means well and he genuinely cares about his students. He has interesting opinions about many things and personally, I'm glad he started his own blog so that he can share to the whole world about his opinions.
I'm sure that a lot of people will be deeply saddened when he retires in 2007. The DISCS faculty will lose the services of the one-of-a-kind PMana. Like Miguel commented on Dr. Rodrigo's blog entry, it indeed will be the end of an era. But by staying tuned to Doc Mana's blog, we can let him know that we still can't get enough of him.
Welcome to the blogosphere, Doc!
Doc Mana is one of the most colorful characters I have met in my life, and I mean that in an entirely positive way. I don't know a lot of people who're as passionate about his/her personal interests as Doc Mana is (especially at his age!), of which there are many: Linux, open source, mind-twisting higher-order math, extreme vegetarianism, his family, problem solving, the ACM-ICPC (he was our coach who led as to two straight World Finals appearances), and the personal lives of his students. He may seem a bit nosy to some and perverted with his jokes, but we all know he means well and he genuinely cares about his students. He has interesting opinions about many things and personally, I'm glad he started his own blog so that he can share to the whole world about his opinions.
I'm sure that a lot of people will be deeply saddened when he retires in 2007. The DISCS faculty will lose the services of the one-of-a-kind PMana. Like Miguel commented on Dr. Rodrigo's blog entry, it indeed will be the end of an era. But by staying tuned to Doc Mana's blog, we can let him know that we still can't get enough of him.
Welcome to the blogosphere, Doc!
