Leave it to NVIDIA to drag their feet for six months, failing to offer Vista drivers that support HDTV overscan compensation -- only to offer not one but TWO drivers (different version numbers to each) on the same day, both of which support the long-overlooked feature.

I'm finally going to install Vista on my HTPC now -- hopefully the NVIDIA drivers work better than the junk they shipped in January.

Here's an interesting article in which Steve Wynn argues the reason why the blackjack hold (the percentage of chips bought by players won back by the casino) has doubled in his casino: his tip-sharing plan.

I don't know enough about this to comment, but I have a feeling that Wynn knows what he's talking about. It seems unlikely that The Wynn is just getting lucky.

Hellmuth in car accident -- in parking lot. The Ultimate Bet press release is the best part.

UPDATE: Video.

At the season's midway point, the Yankees (not my favorite team!) have outscored their opponents by 72 runs -- yet they are one game below .500.

This is a rather remarkable achievement. I just took a look at the final season stats for 2001-2006 and only one team (out of 180 - 6*30) has ever outscored their opponents by that many runs and not had a .500 record. (It was the 2006 Cleveland Indians, one of this year's better teams.)

Keep in mind though that this is only half a season -- since 2001, no team has ever been outscored by more than 88 runs in a full season and had a losing record. In fact, the Yankees are on pace to outscore their opponents by about 140 runs.

The 20 teams that have outscored their opponents by 140 runs since 2001 have an average winning percentage of .612. 17 of those teams made the playoffs. And 3 of the last 6 World Series winners fall into that group.

I know that the Yankees have dug themselves a big hole -- especially given the strength of the top AL Central teams. But a half-season is a long time to go and the Yankees just might be the most underrated team in baseball.

But if I hadn't, they'd probably fire me.

Since AT&T Park opened in 2000 through the end of last year, Barry Bonds hit 144 homers at home and 145 on the road.

By comparison, Todd Helton (who has played at Coors Field his entire career) has hit 160 homers at home since his rookie year in 1998 -- and 121 on the road. 

Helton hit .334 during that span. Bonds has hit .328 since AT&T Park opened its doors.

Helton has hit .374 at home and .300 on the road. Bonds has hit .342 at home and .316 on the road.