Streaming PDC Darts

I've noticed a growing support for PDC Darts in the US.  60 minutes sports on Showtime did a coverage of the popularity of the game on their most recent episode.  We don't have televised coverage in the United States yet but you can subscribe to the stream at PDC.tv.  I've noticed there are fans that stream their own broadcast over the internet.  Many can be found at Justin.TV but in my experience they eventually are shut down.  However weekly at the Reddit Darts forum www.reddit.com/r/darts they post a link that contains a whole list of internet streams. 


You can be sure I'm streaming this week Premier League matches.

The Essential Guide to Dim Sum

For me Dim Sum is brunch but when I'm feeling a bit more adventurous than normal.  Buzz Feed so kindly has posted The Essential Guide To Dim Sum to help us all out.

BYU is willing to play on Sunday

With the scheduling of the BYU-New Mexico State on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 8:15 PM Mountain Time BYU is conceding the fact they could possibly play on Sunday. How so? While the average NCAA college football game is between 3 hours and 3 hours and 15 minutes they routinely go well over that. BYU is opening itself up to a probability, I would guess less than 5%, that it will still be playing past midnight. Twice this season they've come close with a 3 hour 42 minute game against Utah and a 3 hour 34 minute game against TCU.

Here are some BYU games from the past 20 years that all would have broken the "sabbath" for BYU.

Date Opponent Time Result
11/28/09 vs. Utah 3:54 W, 26-23
9/15/07 vs. Tulsa 3:57 L, 47-55
9/24/05 vs. TCU 4:42 L, 50-51
10/22/05 vs. Notre Dame 3:46 L, 23-49
10/29/05 vs. Air Force 3:52 W, 62-41
11/5/05 vs. UNLV 3:50 W, 55-14
11/19/05 vs. Utah 4:15 L, 34-41
12/22/05 vs California 3:49 L, 28-35
9/6/02 vs. Hawaii 4:00 W, 35-32
12/8/01 at Hawaii 4:24 L, 45-72
10/8/94 at Fresno State 3:54 W, 32-30
11/20/93 vs. Utah 3:53 L, 31-34
9/4/93 at New Mexico 3:50 W, 34-31
10/30/93 at Utah State 3:50 L, 56-58
11/16/91 at San Diego State 3:54 T, 52-52

I wonder what the contingency is it the game approaches midnight? Forfeit? What about the employees at Lavell Edwards Stadium? I can't imagine that they'll be finished with all their work by midnight. Is this all just to make ESPN happy with their TV contract?

How to Watch ESPN3 on a iPhone or iPad

Watching the streaming ESPN3 has been nearly impossible on a iPhone or iPad due to the fact that the site required Flash for the streaming video. There were a few app work arounds but they were never free or too complex. Lucky for me I found that ESPN now has a app that does just that.

It's the WatchESPN app now available for download at the app store here.

Right now it is only available if you use Bright House Networks, Time Warner Cable & Verizon FiOS TV. So Comcast, DishNetwork and DirectTV customers are excluded for now.

This includes:

Live streaming access to the top events from the ESPN family of networks, including:
* NBA Regular Season and Playoffs
* Major League Baseball
* The Masters, US Open and The Open Championships
* College Football and Basketball
* Barclay’s Premier League, Spanish Primera Division and Euro 2012 Soccer
* All 4 Grand Slam tennis events
…and thousands more live events airing on the ESPN networks

Up-to-the-minute news, highlights and analysis with live streaming access to your favorite ESPN shows, including:
* SportsCenter
* PTI
* Mike & Mike
* SportsNation
* Baseball Tonight
…and every other ESPN original show

You will need to verify access through your cable/satellite provider.

Rockstar Breakfast

My old roommate recently became my temporary roommate again and it reminded me of the favorite breakfast he would make for my kids. He called it the Rockstar Breakfast. It's also known as a egg in the basket, toad in the hole, rocky mountain toast, or moon sandwich.

You shouldn't need a recipe because the picture explains it all.

Drunken Shrimp

Drunken Shrimp are now on my soon to cook list.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons olive oil

12 U10 shrimp, peeled with head on

1 tablespoon honey

2 tablespoons sake

1 tablespoon butter

4 cups baby spinach

2 tablespoons lemon juice

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a large bowl toss the shrimp and the olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
2. Heat a saute pan over high heat. Add the shrimp and saute for 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. In the same pan, combine the honey, sake, and butter. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 minute. Pour the mixture over the shrimp and toss with the baby spinach, lemon juice, and season to taste.

Recipe from The Food Republic

Soft Tip Out Chart - Master Out

There are a lot of out charts on the internet but few focus on the soft tip dart game. I created one using the unique aspect of the bull and soft tip scoring. One example is with numbers like 139-137 and 129-127 I prefer to shoot T19,18,17 where a single would leave 120/110 and a 2 dart out. I also would rather shoot T19 or T17 rather than T15 whenever possible because 15 is surrounded by even numbers and a miss might put you on a bogey for your remaining 2 darts. The assumption here is to finish Master Out. 

. 180 T20 T20 T20 133 B T11 B 86 B D18 . 179 NONE 132 B B D16 85 T19 D14 or T15 D20 . 178 NONE 131 B T19 D12 84 B D17 . 177 T20 T20 T19 130 B B D15 83 B T11 . 176 NONE 129 T19 B D11 82 B D16 . 175 NONE 128 T18 B D12 81 T19 D12 . 174 T20 T19 T19 127 T17 B D13 80 B D15 . 173 NONE 126 B B D13 79 T19 D11 . 172 NONE 125 T15 B D15 78 T18 D12 . 171 T19 T19 T19 124 B B D12 77 T17 D13 . 170 T20 T20 B 123 B T19 D8 76 B D13 or T16 D14 . 169 NONE 122 B B D11 75 T19 18 or T15 D15 . 168 T19 T19 T18 121 B T17 D10 74 B D12 . 167 T20 T19 B 120 B 20 B 73 T19 D8 . 166 NONE 119 B 19 B 72 B D11 . 165 T19 T18 T18 118 B 18 B 71 20 T71 . 164 T20 T18 B 117 B 17 B 70 20 B . 163 NONE 116 B 16 B 69 19 B

. 162 T18 T18 T18 115 B 15 B 68 18 B . 161 T20 T17 B 114 B 14 B 67 17 B . 160 B B T20 113 B 13 B 66 16 B . 159 T19 T20 T14 112 B 12 B 65 15 B . 158 B T20 T16 111 B 11 B 64 14 B . 157 B B T19 110 B 10 B OR B T20 63 13 B . 156 T20 T20 D18 109 B 9 B OR T19 20 D16 62 12 B . 155 B T20 T15 108 B 8 B 61 11 B . 154 B B T18 107 B 7 B OR B T19 60 T20 . 153 T19 T20 D18 106 B 6 B 59 9 B or 19 D20 . 152 B T20 T14 105 B 5 B OR T20 D15 58 8 B . 151 B B T17 104 B T18 57 T19 . 150 B B B 103 B 3 B 56 T16 8 . 149 T20 T19 D16 102 B 2 B OR T17 T17 55 5 B . 148 B B T16 101 B T17 54 T18 or 4 B . 147 B T19 D20 100 B B 53 3 B . 146 B T20 D18 99 T19 D14 52 2 B or 20 D16 . 145 B B T15 98 B T16 51 T17 . 144 B T18 D20 97 T19 D20 50 B . 143 B T19 D18 96 T20 D18 49 17 D16

. 142 B B T14 95 B T15 48 T16 8 . 141 B T17 D20 94 T18 D20 47 15 D16 . 140 B B D20 93 T19 D18 46 14 D16 . 139 B B T13 or T19 B D16 92 B T14 45 T15 . 138 B B D19 or T18 B D17 91 T17 D20 44 12 D16 . 137 T17 B D18 90 B D20 43 11 D16 or 3 D20 . 136 B B D18 or T16 B D19 89 T19 D16 42 T14 . 135 T15 B D20 88 B D19 41 9 D16 or 5 D18 . 134 B B D17 87 T19 D15