Updated throughout the day from the corner cubicle, Torch columnist James Caldwell's weekday blog focuses on hot topic current events and other items of interest from around wrestling. Updated Monday, February 25 - Mayweather press conference. I've determined I'm never eating at Jack in the Box again after sitting through the same JitB commercial for 30 minutes waiting for WWE to stream the Mayweather press conference on their website. That aside, it's clear that Mayweather is the heel in the program against Big Show unless it's strictly a pro-De La Hoya and anti-Mayweather thing in Los Angeles. But, Mayweather is a natural heel, so I believe the best dynamic here is to keep Mayweather cocky and arrogant, while keeping Big Show tough and the aggressor. Even with Rey Mysterio by his side, Mayweather created his own heel wrestling persona at this press conference by flashing dollar bills and flaunting that he's got money, mansions, cars, and girls.

Best Buy and Fry's drop 80GB PS3 from online stores

What began as an allegedly leaked internal memo from Best Buy, announcing that the 80GB PlayStation 3 was to be removed from store shelves on January 28, appears to be coming true without official word from either Best Buy or Sony.

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Girls Get Geekier

Any time I come across software developers or visit an IT business, one thing immediately strikes me – where are the women? For all the talk of girl geeks, computing - and technology more generally - is still a very male-dominated business. Even a few months back at a meeting of would-be Facebook application developers – a very young crowd - there must have been ten men for every woman.

But that could be about to change. A new survey out today from a major supermarket (no, I'm not going to name them – but the research looks reasonably sound) suggests that girls may now be better at some computing tasks than boys. The survey of more than a thousand 7-16 year olds found that girls were more likely to know how to create a word document, put a profile on a social network or upload a video onto YouTube.

Personal Tour Guide of Barcelona 'In Your Hands' Offered at Casanova ...

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- For those travelers that enjoy the convenience and freedom of sightseeing sans a tour guide, Casanova, the Catalan capital's most stylish hotel, offers guests a hand-held GPS iTour to experience Barcelona's top cultural attractions. Key points of interest, such as Gaudi's Sagrada Familia and La Pedrera as well as the Boqueria market, museums, restaurants and shops, are included in the iTour digital tourist guide along with photos and landmark history. Located in the heart of Barcelona, the 124-room Casanova Hotel is in the ideal starting point for guests to begin their walking tour of the city.

The portable iTour has a city map with satellite technology, convenient even in the most narrow and hidden streets. The iTour can be used in three ways: a programmed route that guides you to the main points of the city; writing the street and number in the device; or free navigation.

Hot Chip, Young Knives and other pop geeks - too cool for school?

Yet, unlike nerds, whose only hope is to grow into software billionaires, geeks are redeemable. If they are music obsessives, they can emerge from their bedrooms with hits of their own and, suddenly, it’s hip to be square.

Once tagged to a subset of US college rock (Weezer, They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne), "geeky" now crops up in relation to various bands in various genres: Hot Chip play electropop, Lightspeed Champion countrified chamber-folk, the Whitest Boy Alive – lanky King of Convenience Erlend Oye’s latest project – immaculately minimal synth-funk. Being thorough, you could say that Vampire Weekend (preppy) and Los Campesinos! (twee) seem kinda geeky – or even Kanye West, with his faux-freshman act. And cardigans are everywhere.

January 2008

We can blame ourselves lately because we want quick sound bites rather than complicated answers...In the end it is you pressuring your legislator to face the issues and tell it to you straight and then you have to be willing to pay because in the end there is no free lunch."

On immigration, Bloomberg (a frequent duffer himself) noted that golfers should be pro-immigrant because golf courses wouldn't be the same without them.

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There are lots of ways that people try and show who the best is at a variety of topics. You've got the old standby, who can drink the most beer. Then there is who can land the best looking guy/girl, and you can always resort back to who makes more money as a way to prove who's better.

In the world of computers and overclocking the way you prove you are better than the rest is with synthetic benchmark scores. Depending on what site you read for your hardware reviews synthetic scores for video cards and computer systems are either a great way to tell how a video card performs or a fat waste of time. Personally I don't care how you measure the performance of a video card in a review, so long as you do it the same way each time so I can get an idea of the parts relative performance.

Missouri anti-affirmative action measure draws opposition

ST. LOUIS | Opponents of a proposal banning most affirmative action programs in Missouri are trying to discourage people from signing an initiative petition to get it on the 2008 ballot.</p><p>The Missouri Civil Rights Initiative is collecting signatures to get a measure on the ballot that would "ban state and local government affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment in public contracting, employment or education based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin."</p><p>Those opposed to the measure have organized in a group called Working to Empower Community Action Now, or We Can. The group is concerned that people, hearing they're signing a petition related to civil rights, will not know the ramifications of what they're supporting, said Director Brandon Davis.

Magic act: Watts grabs title at Doc Buchanan

Watts was one of six area wrestlers to place at the prestigious 50-plus team Doc Buchanan tournament.

Also placing were Tulare Union's Matt Moralez and Dwight Flores; Redwood's Jordan Elmer, Golden West's Riley Burger and Porterville's Shane Yacuta.

"I'm pleased that they both place but we want to see more guys make it to the second day," Tulare Union assistant coach John Navarro said.

"It's a tough tournament and you're going to get some tough competition. It's a good preview for what's coming at the end of the year at the state meet."

Yacuta was the highest finisher in third place at 103 pounds. Elmer finished fifth at 112 pounds. Flores was seventh at 160 pounds while Burger (119) and Moralez (171) took home eighth-place medals.

Yacuta also received an award for the most pins six in the shortest amount of time.

Man crashes truck into five people walking on beach

In a few days we should have the outline for a definitive plan. I hope the CT will print a story with details and contact info. If not, keep your eyes open, and I will revisit this thread and post info.SAFE BEACHES FOR CORPUS!!!!