Pretty overwhelmingly in favor of Ohio.

* A is for Astronauts. Sure Michigan has like 25 astronaut alums, but John Glenn and Neil Armstrong are Ohioans. The first American in orbit and the first man on the moon! No contest, advantage Ohio. * B is for buildings shaped like baskets. Again, Ohio. * C is for Cities starting with “C”. Ohio dominates. * D is for Date of statehood. Ohio has a 34 year lead and the gap isn’t shrinking. * E is for Etymology. Ohio means “beautiful river”, Michigan means “large lake”. Beauty trumps size. * F is for Flag. The Ohio flag is unique and is rockin’. The Michigan flag is unoriginal and the moose and elk are vaguely disturbing. * G is for Golfers. Ohio features Jack Nicklaus, the Golden Bear. Michigan passes. * H is for Helmets. OK the Michigan helmet design gets points for uniqueness. but Stickers Stickers Stickers! * I is for Industrialists. Henry Ford started an industry, revolutionized production, but lost leadership to GM. Rockefeller started an industry and wiped out all semblance of competition, finally motivating government action. * J is for Japan and K is for Korea, who have led the way in beating the hell out of the US auto industry and helped to drive Michigan’s economy into the tank. Ohio’s more diversified industrial and service base has held up better. * L is for Lakes. OK Michigan has an edge here, featuring its own Great Lake, and being surrounded by several others. * M is for Mounds. Ohio features some great archeological sites from the mound builders. Michigan – any? Even 3000 years ago, people preferred to live in Ohio. * N is for Neighboring states. Michigan touches 3, Ohio 5. * O is for Oh My God You Lost To Appalachian State! * P is for Presidents. 8 from Ohio, 1 from Michigan. Bam! * R is for Roller coasters. Cedar Point is the greatest roller coaster park in the country, King’s Island also has some great rides. Michigan has some county carnivals and the defunct Auto World in Flint. * S is for Shape. Ohio is most reminiscent of a shield – an essential and honorable part of a knight’s outfit. Michigan is shaped like a mitten. * T is for Tressel. Kryptonite to the whole state of Michigan. * U is for the Upper Peninsula. Advantage Michigan I guess, but what kind of state can’t even keep all its land together? * V is for Vacancy rates. I don’t think there is much dispute that Detroit leads the way in office vacancy. * W is for Winning streaks. OSU now owns the conference record. * X is for Xacto Knives, headquartered in Columbus. * Y is for Yakitty yak. Donahue and Jerry Springer started in Ohio. Michigan residents are more famous as guests. * Z is for Delis starting with z. OK Ann Arbor wins one here.

This seems pretty great – Breakthrough toward industrial-scale production of nanodevices – full PDF here. Nanowire-based devices can be used for very small, very fast circuit elements, but have been difficult to accurately place on a chip substrate. This seems to address that challenge.

Apparently with the help of editors they can emit complete sentences. A guide to Michigan bloggers at Eleven Warriors ? Blog Archive ? Know Thine Enemy: Michigan

Microsoft One-Ups Apple’s IPod Engraving – oh well that will hurt Apple share big time.

I don’t really understand what MSFT is doing. Anyone who gets a Zune instead of an iPod under the tree is going to be sad. The consumer asset MSFT has is in the gaming space, people love their XBOXes, I don’t get why MSFT isn’t starting with a mobile game device and growing from that.

What to watch (Blogging the Buckeyes) – this lays it all out, what needs to happen for US to leak back into the title game. A dominating win against Michigan in Ann Arbor would probably help too.

Sigh – FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Polls. Tho in this season I guess there is a non-zero chance to rise back to the top 2, there are a lot of games to play yet. Beat Michigan!

* Ping Pong Door ? Coolest Gadgets – just a concept now I guess. * Another concept – mobile phone/tv remote combo. I love this idea. Not sure I like this particular form factor but the concept is great. * Response Kettle – cool! The general idea of embedding small amounts of processing power into everyday objects and having them exhibit some behaviour seems fruitful * Combo spatula tong – OK i really need this

Tatebanko Paper Diorama – love these, I am not sure why. Lots of cool items up at this store.

* Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? It’s Just Cool: On-Demand Dry Ice – OK kind of useless actually but no one else on the block would have one. But I can buy a lot of dry ice at this price * MII Flashcam – for making blair witch style recordings?? * Animated severed hand plans * Personal Moon lamp – in case we don’t have a nice moon on Halloween night.

A Sack of Seattle: Judy’s Book lesson #1: markets win – nice post from Andy – a large growing market trumps all

Technology Review: A More Efficient Engine – J told me about this the other day at the Seattle Auto Show, high compression gas engines that don’t need a spark plug at equilibrium. More efficient and less emissions.

* Schneier on Security: Future of Malware – interesting article on the markets and economics of malware * New mathematical model predicts more virulent microbes – just great.