If you were on Facebook Thursday night, you probably saw a version of the homepage you didn’t recognize, this time with a new sidebar on the right, adjusting where you see friends to chat with.

The other day I saw someone rocking a hair style I don’t think I had seen since transferring from the University of Arkansas to Colorado State after the spring 2007 semester — a mullet.

It’s Day 4 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, where I’m asked to reveal a song that makes me sad.

It’s Day 3 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, where I’m asked to reveal a song that makes me happy.

It’s Day 2 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, where I’m asked to reveal my least favorite song.

Saw that a couple of friends were doing this on Facebook, so I thought I would join in on the fun and post it to my Web site here at MattLStephens.com.

Won first-place for Sports Column Writing at the Society of Professional Journalists regional conference in Salt Lake City. My column, Saying goodbye to Hughes Stadium, will now go on to the national competition.

Share The social networking site Facebook released its brand new embedded instant messenger client, full of features no one cares about, on Wednesday and with it came a nice little surprise. Apparently almost all previous conversations (or at least the initial conversation between you and a “Friend”) via Facebook’s handy instant messenger that’s embedded within the site are cached somewhere [...]

ShareIf you were wondering what some of the other games I was considering for my Top 10 list of the best video game sequels, here’s the dry erase board in my room with plenty of them on it.

First off, let me say that I’ve always been a fan of Doug Gottlieb. I grew up in Tulsa, Okla. as an Oklahoma State fan and he was definitely a fun point guard to watch for the Cowboys. He wasn’t flashy, but he did the point guard’s job leading his team on the floor.