BYU’s mens’ basketball team is off to a great start. Their record is 5-1, with their only loss to the number 1 ranked team, but only after they knocked of the number 6 team. This record has helped BYU to become ranked in both the AP Top 25 poll and the USA Today/ESPN poll. In the AP poll BYU is ranked 21, and in the ESPN poll, they are ranked 23.

While BYU seems to be doing well, I am not yet convinced that this is the best BYU basketball team that I’ve ever seen. They seem solid, but I keep on waiting for something more magical.

Perhaps the success is in BYU’s starting lineup, who play very well together and are getting better with every game they play. I’m concerned though that the bench is kind of weak.

Unlike last year, this year I was able to attend the BYU vs. Utah game, and it was incredible. I was re-watching a recording of the end of this year’s game from Saturday, and with 1:13 left in the game, 4th down and 19 to go, the announcers made this comment:

Final play of the game offensively for BYU…

The actual last offensive play of the game for BYU came some 35 seconds of play clock later, as Max Hall threw a two point conversion pass to Collie just after Unga ran the ball in for a touch down, giving BYU a 7 point lead.

Please, announcers on the mtn. channel, don’t say a play is the last of the game unless it actually is.

Here is another University of Utah Joke:

Q: What is the difference between the U. of U. football team and a bowl of Cheerios?

A: The Cheerios belong in a bowl!

This is one of my favorites:

Q: What is the difference between a U of U graduate and a large pizza?

A: The large pizza can feed a family of four.

Today the Daily Universe covered the BYU Amateur Radio club and ham radio in a couple of articles:

• An article about ham radio.
• An article about our club’s service to campus this week (red week)

With the football game this week, BYU is stepping up security on campus. You can help by keeping an eye out for Utes that may be wanting to vandalize campus. This joke may help you to identify a Ute on campus:

Q: Why do University of Utah fans keep their diplomas on their dashboards?

A: So they can park in handicap spaces.

A few months ago I announced the release of a new website, ScriptureCast.net. Since then, things have taken off. The site has been featured in the ldsWebguy blog as well in the More Good Foundation blog. I’ve also received numerous emails praising the site for helping people study the scriptures.

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In honor of the Utah-BYU rivalry, here is a joke that I found:

Q. What is the difference between a Cougar and a Ute?

A. They both applied to BYU.

I was walking through the student center of BYU the other day, and I noticed that they had some of their Christmas decorations up already. This happened more than 50 days before Christmas! It used to be that the Christmas season started with Thanksgiving, but apparently this year it is starting with Halloween. I’ve even seen Christmas merchandise appear in some stores already too.

As a web developer, I’m always on the lookout for tools that help me develop great web apps. Today I found a tool to help manage an SQLite database. It is developed as a Firefox add-on, and it is called SQLite Manager. Although it runs under the Firefox web browser, it provides a nice interface for managing an SQLite database that is local to your system. If you are into managing such database, I suggest this add-on.