Beauty and the Geek: When we first saw Jim from Bedford, he reminded us of a Furby because of his beard. And we demanded that he get a makeover because we wanted to see what was beneath the hair. Well, the CW granted Jim his--and our--wish about getting a makeover. Even though Jim and his partner, Tiffany, were booted before the makeover episode, the CW knew they had a good thing when they saw it,......

After a major overhaul of its website, the Boston Herald has tweaked its home page again. Gone is the square that rotated the headlines from the various sections and beneath is a series of subheadlines with images cropped in an edgy fashion: Overall, it's an improvement. The rotating headlines were distracting, and the layout seems more balanced. However, THE ALL CAPS MAKES THE PAGE SEEM SHOUTY. What are your thoughts? Screengrab of the Herald's makeover.......

Once upon a time, there was a skinny young man who lacked muscle tone yet who had big NFL dreams. Yet he was pale and pasty, more of a candidate for water boy than for poster boy. If he hit the combine a few years later, he might have been funneled over to a casting call for "Beauty and the Geek" instead. However, someone at the 2000 Scouting Combine saw an ambitious glimmer in his......