The NYT with a very cool graphic demonstrating some of the changes that have happened in 100m sprinting over the past century as well as a few thoughts on what the future may bring to this sport.
Although we probably tend to think of world class athletes as muscular models of perfection, there are a wide range of body shapes competing in the Olympics – from gigantic basketball players to teeny gymnasts – with different body shapes suited best to different sports. wThis cool app shows which athlete your height and weight […]
The C-64 was the first computer I interacted with on a regular basis. My elementary school had one at the back of the Grade Six classroom (along with a homeroom teacher who was a pretty big nerd when that wasn’t as cool as it is today!) and we would spend hours (or at least it […]
The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school where I looked at the future of broadcasting in a Media Studies course on the History of Communication, I may have made one mistake. At the time, […]
Normally I post a song each week on Monday but this week I’m going to do something a bit different (mostly because every single video of Paul McCartney closing out the Olympics Opening ceremony that I might’ve posted is being taken down by YouTube as fast as it’s uploaded.) But watching that performance (and who […]
[Oops, forgot I pre-loaded this Music Monday post after coming across the song in a MetaFilter thread last week. So, combined with the post below, you get a 2-for-1 on the Music Monday posts this week!] Inspired by a wonderfully thorough MetaFilter post, I'll highlight a song some fans call the most beautiful song in […]
I could easily do 52 weeks of Music Monday posts featuring only catchy power-pop Britpop songs circa 1995. (I do admit – this is one crappy video though – looks like a Red Hot Chili Peppers outtake. You can check out the US video for the song to see which you prefer.)
On AskMetaFilter, an anonymous poster who's getting married in June wants to know if he should take a month-long work-related trip to England for the month of May when his fiance isn't enthralled with the idea. To me, this is an obvious “no”. If you weigh those two things – a wedding (which *should be* […]
