The US team handily beat Guatemala 4-0 in another preparatory friendly yesterday. For the US to solidify itself as a regional power, it has to take care of the minnows without breaking a sweat. Bruce Arena has his team doing that, and yesterday emphasizes that we've been doing this consistently for more than a year now. In Frisco, the US team did it without Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, or Taylow Twellman. Ben Olsen had a fantastic goal (god I love long range shots!), Chris Klein had a goal and assist to make up for a less than adequate performance last week against Japan, and Eddie Pope continues to show that he belongs on the back line.

All four DC United players earned a cap in this game (Olsen, Caroll, Boswell, Quaranta). When is the last time that happened? I'm betting it was at the 1999 Confederations Cup.\

It was also nice to head into the Lucky Bar in DC to watch the game with Joe, Chris, and to meet D. Joe, I used the Internet Anagram server to generate my blog title.

Update: video highlights and player interviews available on the USSF site.\

Wonderful post and a great tile, HITS - How idiots track success:

For those of you who have been around the web for more than a year or two, you have no excuse for continuing to equate success to number of HITS. Stop embarrassing yourself. If you really are new to the web or intranet then you're forgiven and I'm happy to explain further

Follow the link to find a recommendation of metrics that matter.

ABC News reporter Nydia Han ignored facts about the Nintendo DS's wireless capabilities in order to run a misleading report about the danger's of the Nintendo DS' Pictochat.

What's not in the story is anything explained by the GamerDad this reporter consulted before going to air. On Monday morning, I received a call from Nydia Han of Channel 6 Action News, asking me about this exact story, the workings of the Nintendo DS, Pictochat and Wi-Fi. I was at first sort of dumbfounded by the idea of a child being contacted by someone through Pictochat because it's not Internet enabled in any way. In order to talk to someone through this application, you must be within 30 to 100 feet of the person (or persons... it supports 16 person chat rooms) you're talking to. When you're in that range, you can either type or draw pictures that are sent line by line to the people in the chat room. The most important point is that you have to be in that range, meaning you could probably see whoever it is you're talking to if you just got up and walked around looking for someone holding a Nintendo DS.

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