Random Thoughts 7/6/10

• Undrafted former Jayhawk Sherron Collins is playing for the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA's summer league and had a good first game. He has a chance to make the team, especially since the Bobcats' coach is Larry Brown, who, like Collins, won an NCAA championship at Kansas.
• The NCAA will officially go to a 68 team tournament next year. Expect an announcement next week.
• The TSA is blocking websites that contain "controversial opinions" as one of five categories that are inappropriate for government employees. These five categories don't include pornographic websites. Hmmm…
• What happened to those Fantasy Football sleepers and backups from a couple of years ago? They're playing in the UFL, a five-team professional(?) football league that will play its second season from mid-September thru November. Names you might recognize include: Brooks Bollinger, Tatum Bell, Dominic Rhodes, Jermaine Wiggins, Josh McCown, Tim Rattay, Marcel Shipp, Samie Parker, Ahman Green, Craphonso Thorpe, Daunte Culpepper, and possibly former-Raider #1 pick JaMarcus Russell, if he's lucky.
• What's still missing from iOS 4? Cult of Mac has a good list. I'm most disappointed by the lack of alert sound customization. If someone gets a text in a room full of iPhone users, everyone checks their phone because they all sound the same.
• Recently deceased Democrat Senator Robert Byrd was a flaming racist for decades, a KKK leader and the voice of segregation. He recruited 150 friends and family to start a new KKK chapter. Why is that now being white-washed?
• The 44¢ stamp didn't last long. After only about a year, the Post Office wants to raise the cost of first class stamps to 46¢.