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As promised, Scorecard 1.4 is now available for download, demo, and update from the Cynical Peak website. This version is a fairly significant update in terms of new features and statistics and nagging bugs:

• Added a "Putt Accuracy by Distance" table to the statistics.
• Added a "Total Distance of Putts Made" statistic to the Putting stats and the "Best vs. Worst" stats.
• Added tooltips for the statistics that can show you, at a glance, both the percentage and actual values.
• Added Penalties to the "Best vs. Worst" table.
• Updated the export CSS and HTML.
• Line breaks are now preserved in notes when exporting the round to HTML.
• Expanded shortcut support (Windows).
• Expanded alias support (Mac OS X).
• Better arranged statistics in the "Best vs. Worst" table.
• Fixed a issue with applying ESC.
• Fixed setting active/inactive rounds from the listing in the main window (Windows).
• Fixed the display of the best vs worst table when no rounds are being calculated (Mac OS X).
• Adjusted the statistics window to show a single window only (Windows).
• Fixed some resizing issues in the statistics tables (Windows).
• Fixed an issue which caused an error when right clicking column headers (Windows).
• Fixed an issue which could cause an error when checking for updates (Windows).
• Fixed the round listing in the statistics window to show headers even when the list is empty (Windows).
• Added context menu with printing options in the statistics listing (Windows).

Of course, the update is free to all licensed users.

I have an APC Back-UPS ES 500R that, for darn near a year now ((Really, it probably began failing when I got my Mac Pro.)), has not really behaved very well. I've always had the computer (Mac Pro) and my 23" Cinema plugged into the battery powered side, and a single other item (my mouse docking station/charger) plugged into the surge-protection side. The rest of my accessories (like a scanner and a USB hub) are powered from another outlet.

The darn thing would beep and within three seconds, my computer would shut off. This happened anywhere from zero to four times per week, with an average of about once per week. Sometimes it would occur when I wasn't using the computer (I'd return to find it sitting at the login screen), and other times I'd be sitting here just reading a web page when the thing would go off.

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I read an article that says more people visit your site when you post full feeds, so I'm giving that a try.

I'd have made this a poll, but I don't know what all of the options are, so I'll simply put the question here and let you post in the comments:

What things have you done to lessen your negative impact on the environment?

Switched to CFLs? Bought a hybrid? Drive less? Turn off lights and other appliances when not in use? Recycle more (or begin recycling)?

Share your answers below in the comments.

Happy Birthday, U.S. of A.

We went to the beach, to Sara's, the parade, and a few other little things. Fun day.

John Gruber nailed it:

I have no idea why not. My four-and-a-half year-old son loved it. Rapt attention the entire time. That large stretches of the film have no dialog whatsoever does not make it difficult for children to follow. If anything, I've found that Jonas is much better at following stories which are told cinematically than those which are told verbally. I'd go so far as to say it's the best film for small children that Pixar has made since Toy Story 2.

The film is so good overall that it makes me wonder whether the Academy will have the balls to nominate it for Best Picture, rather than relegating it to the ridiculous and artificial "Animated" ghetto. The odds that there will be five better films released this year are slim.

Wall-E is the best film I've seen so far this year (and that includes any I've rented from Netflix). Carey is waging a one-woman battle on a forum she frequents against a bunch of parents who simply don't seem to "get it." They're arguing that the movie is "too complex" for kids, and that the lack of dialogue impedes the child's ability to comprehend.

It strikes me as if the opposite is true: a child is better able to comprehend the non-verbal cues, and many parents seem to have lost the art of deciphering things based on non-verbal clues. Though Wall-E, Eve, and the others are robots, they're animated and they have "body language" that speaks well to kids of all ages.

Nobody's eyes left the screen the entire time I was there, and when the movie hits the dollar theaters, I'm certain Carey and I will be going back to see Wall-E several times. Best Picture? It's got my vote at this point, and I certainly think it's Pixar's best. That's saying something because Pixar movies, like a good album, usually grow on me slightly.

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On June 29, I departed Erie International Airport to fly to San Diego. I arrived in San Diego at 9pm local time.

The sole purpose of my trip was to meet with a golf equipment company and then to play golf.

I checked a total of one bag - a golf travel bag with my clubs inside - in Erie. I got it at 11pm… the day after I arrived. No golf for me.

I returned at 8:30 from San Diego, arriving in Erie at 6pm today. My golf clubs didn't arrive until just now: 11:45pm. They were lost again.

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The people have spoken, and today I received an email stating that Profiles would stay in Netflix! Hip hip hooray!

Dear Erik,

You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are.

We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, you.

-Your friends at Netflix

Woohoo!

I'm off to California for a very, very short trip today.

I've been watching the weather in Carlsbad, CA for a few weeks now, and it's true what they say about San Diego weather: 75 and sunny. Every. Day.

For well over a year now, I've not listened to much of my iTunes music. Instead, I have listened to an endless supply of podcasts, reserving my listening for the car.

I think I'm going to work to cut back on the longer, less dense podcasts (like the WordPress podcast), so I can listen to more music, though I doubt I'll be able to free enough time for that.

Anyone else find the same thing is happening to them?

I'm not sure where I first saw this quote, but I like it:

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

Rivet, Cynical Peak's software for sharing movies, music, and photos from your Mac to your Xbox 360, will see a 1.1 release tomorrow that fixes quite a few things and improves several others.

• Added better support for video podcasts and TV Shows in iTunes. They will now be sorted into subfolders based on the show and season.
• Fixed memory leaks.
• Automatic media updating is now friendlier on your CPU.
• Compilation albums will now show up as one album and not a separate one for each artist.
• Transcoded pictures are now much friendlier to your hard drive.
• Changed the machine's IP discovery to work better with virtual machines and system preferences.
• Fixed the issue where iTunes movies would not be displayed if the share folders option was off.
• Fixed the red icon issue for some scenarios.
• Fixed displaying photos from a self manages iPhoto library.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while browsing photos.
• Fixed an issue that causes the broken pipe crash.
• Fixed an issue that caused a crash on launch if the Mac's name was not returned from the system.

The networking fix alone saw about eight separate revisions, so grab this update from the in-app updater or, if you've not purchased yet, give the demo a try.

A few years ago I assistant coached the boys golf team at my high school alma mater. Only one of the kids on the team was worth the time, money, and effort, and I've maintained a relationship with the kid. We golf together a few times a month and, more interestingly, I continue to help him with his golf swing.

Last year we spent a fair amount of time re-working his swing. The move was somewhat dramatically different than the move he was making, and he slipped out of it fairly quickly as he didn't practice it enough.

This year, we spent three weeks prior to the Junior Match Play working on an improved swing. He played only about 45 holes of golf with his new swing, but was about 85-90% of the way there. In golf, 90% of the way towards making a pretty darn good swing is pretty good, and you always have to watch that you're not over-correcting.

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Stupid, I think, and for reasons Daniel has already enumerated.

I continue to be shocked and amazed at the number of golfers - and some who are fairly good players - that do not know even the most basic rules of golf.

A lost ball is a stroke-and-distance penalty!

Okay, calming motion… 😉