FrankArr

	Saturday, 18 March 2006

American Inventor : Some Good and Some Bad

I am a big fan of inventor shows. We are addicited to The New Inventors on the ABC and we also loved a UK show on Discovery Channel called "What's the Big Idea?", which featured British Inventors and super model presentors

So, when I heard about a new reality TV show which featured inventors and their inventions that was being made in the US which became known as American Inventor, I thought to myself that I could be interesting.

I followed stories online of people attending audiitons - American Inventor - Reality TV meets Makers, "American Inventor" audition account by a Boing Boing reader, American Inventor: An auditioner's account, American Inventors - A blog by an inventor for inventors!, and the excitement was building. I even spotted a teaser TV ad online

Well, the show premiered in the US this week, and by all accounts it sounds great. There's even a Live blog, full recap on Make, with pictures. Over at TV Squad, they even propose "the American Inventor drinking game! Everytime someone says the word "dream," take a shot of booze."

I had to watch if for myself, and you know, it was good. I was hooked. First time I've enjoyed a Reality TV program.

I wonder which local network will pick it up? Since it's on ABC, I guess The Nine Network will grab it

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	Monday, 13 March 2006

OMG. South Africa win the greatest game

So, I went to bed feeling pretty content that Australia was going to win the fifth one day international after watching their amazing innings in which they scored 434 runs.

When I woke up, I checked the results and I couldn't believe what happened. South Africa chased the score down and WON

Unbelievable

ODI # 2349
Australia in South Africa, 2005-06, 5th One-Day International
South Africa v Australia
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 March 2006 (50-over match)

Result: South Africa won by 1 wicket
Series: South Africa wins the 5-ODI series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BG Jerling
TV Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Man of the Match: HH Gibbs and RT Ponting
Player of the Series: SM Pollock (SA)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6 +AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 68 44 9 0 SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 138 90 9 1 *RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 154 105 13 9 MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 81 75 51 9 3 A Symonds not out 27 23 13 3 1 B Lee not out 9 13 7 0 0 Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19 Total (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins) 434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov), 3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w) Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb) van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w) Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w) Smith 4 0 29 0 Kallis 6 0 70 0 Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6 *GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2 HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0 HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7 AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0 JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0 +MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0 JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0 JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3 R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0 AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0 M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20 Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov), 3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov), 5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov), 7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov), 9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w) Bracken 10 0 67 5 Clark 6 0 54 0 Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w) Symonds 9 0 75 2 Clarke 7 0 49 1

Australia full substitute: GB Hogg (unused).

South Africa full substitute: RJ Peterson (unused).

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	Sunday, 12 March 2006

Highest ever one day international score

Just watched the Australian innings in the deciding fifth one day international versus South Africa

The Australian team has scored the highest ever score, cracking the magical 400

The amazing scorecard looks like this....

ODI no. 2349
Australia in South Africa ODI Series - 5th ODI
South Africa v Australia 2005/06 season

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 12 March 2006 (50-over match)

Australia innings (maximum 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 70 44 9 0 125.00

SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 135 90 9 1 87.77

RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 151 105 13 9 156.19

MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 80 75 51 9 3 156.86

A Symonds not out 27 13 3 1 207.69

B Lee not out 9 7 0 0 128.57

Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19

Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 433

To bat DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, ML Lewis, NW Bracken, SR Clark

Fall of wickets 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov), 3-373 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-406 (Ponting, 47.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

M Ntini 9 0 80 1 8.88 (1w)

AJ Hall 10 0 79 1 7.90 (2nb)

JJ van der Wath 10 0 76 0 7.59 (1nb, 1w)

R Telemachus 10 1 87 2 8.69 (7nb, 3w)

GC Smith 4 0 29 0 7.25

JH Kallis 6 0 70 0 11.66

JM Kemp 1 0 8 0 8.00

South Africa team
MV Boucher, AB de Villiers, HH Dippenaar, HH Gibbs, AJ Hall, JH Kallis, JM Kemp, M Ntini, GC Smith, R Telemachus, JJ van der Wath

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