The last time Waterloo Warrior football had a 3-0 record was in 1998. No, actually that is the penultimate time; the real last time is now, 2007. Warriors are ranked 10 in the country this week.

Now the unbeaten Warriors face unbeaten Laurier in the Battle of Waterloo. Laurier is ranked 5.

THis is some of what the Rec had to say about the impending clash.

It’s shaping up to be a great battle
Two of Canada’s best squads to square off in Battle of Waterloo
September 19, 2007
C. Rivet
When the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks stand toe to toe with their city football rivals on Saturday, the game against the University of Waterloo Warriors will almost certainly be history in the making — modern history, at least.

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“I can’t really remember a single time,” shrugged Bingeman, the longtime Warriors assistant coach and former offensive lineman who estimates he’s endured a couple dozen Battles of Waterloo.

Other years have provided fans with unforgettable playoff matchups, like Waterloo’s 32-21 win over Laurier in the all-Waterloo Yates Cup game of 1999.

Lately, though, the game has lost some of its lustre because the Warriors have not been serious playoff contenders.

I looked up the team’s record over the years. The information was easiest to find at an unofficial site: Bob Adams CIS Sports Page. I think some play-off matches from the nineties are missing.

I compiled the data over 12 previous seasons — all that was available — and made them into sparklines.

Edward Tufte originated the idea of sparklines which are word sized data graphics. These ones that show that essentially show binary information (well, trinary with the tie against Mac in 2001 — that square doesn’t look good, I should change it).

Looking at the lines by each season you can see how the season went. Up rectangles are wins and down are losses. Rectangles past the vertical lines are post season games.

I think it’s an interesting way to present information and I wanted to try it out. I also want Warriors to beat the Hawks on Saturday.

Warrior football upsets Windsor 16 Sep 2007

I recently read a back post of Alex’s frustration with PC Mastercard website. When I checked the timestamp just now, I see that it was a long time ago.

So recently I got a second product from PC Financial, their mastercard. So, let me describe the experience of me trying to check my mastercard balance. I think PC Financial’s website could some improvement.
– User Experiences: Online Banking with President’s Choice Financial

Now, I see that Paul had a more recent and frustrating experience with PC Financial Mastercard.

• They told him he had to make a purchase or they would not renew his card.
• He made a purchase, they didn’t renew his card anyway.
• He paid the balance from an account at the same bank
• He got notifications that payments were due and his statement was available, but he couldn’t login to the website since his on online account was disabled.
• Then he was told he had a credit of $59.10 and it went on from there.

You can read the whole story from Paul’s letter to Senior Vice President MasterCard at President’s Choice Bank. Except for the fact that it happened to him (which is bad) I liked reading it because he recorded each detail of his experience.

PC Financial’s MasterCard runaround blog.shrub 6 Sep 2007

A dude I know was looking for a flat in London, England.

I understand that housing in London is hugely expensive. His maximum was 550 a week, which in Canadian currency is about $4,925 a month (2.0592CAD/GBP, 365.25day/year, 7days/week, 12months/year).

After he had found a place, another letting negotiator contacted him with a possibility and he told her.

She replied: “Great Hope you will be happy their.”

He sent back: “Thanks. Its a shame it didn’t work. Your a great agent.”