February 2012
54 posts
“The single least-attractive attribute of many of the people who download content...”
– Andy Ihnatko, Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown - on the Oatmeal’s latest comic on torrenting Game of Thrones.
On nearly missing out on Victor Cruz →
Reese said that he got lucky taking a flyer on a local free agent who “kinda looked just like a guy” at a small program; Cruz worked hard, the coaches developed him, and salsa happened. This bit of honesty almost turned confrontational, as if Reese was being asked to justify why he didn’t spend a second-round pick on Cruz instead of finding him in the sofa cushions. The...
“The LVH can’t win a coin-toss bet. Over the past few seasons, the LVH has...”
– Grantland: Looking Behind the Sportsbook Curtain
Postmortem: Days of Wonder's Ticket to Ride Pocket →
The entire thing is fascinating, but some specifics that interested me in particular:
Smallworld on the iPad
Though rough around the edges and in need of several updates, [Smallworld] was well-received, quickly garnering some 50,000 units sold. More importantly, it increased the sales of the board game by over 30 percent within three weeks of the game’s introduction. Sales have never...
Please Steal These webOS Features →
About Gatekeeper →
Further cementing this feeling is the fact that we were invited to a private briefing at Apple about Gatekeeper a week before today’s announcement. Cabel was told point-blank that Apple has great respect for the third-party app community, and wants to see it continue to grow — they do not want to poison the well. I think their actions here speak even louder than their words, though.
Nice to...
The boys who cried wolf →
On doping in cycling, but I thought this excerpt was particularly interesting:
This is where it gets interesting. It seems that a lot of people love to put their faith in the law and yet are sceptical about science. The law is man-made (and therefore flawless) whereas what we know about science keeps changing (and therefore cannot be trusted). This applies to sport just as it does to many...
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on... →
Making It in America →
On low-skill manufacturing jobs in America.
How Obama Set a Contraception Trap for the Right →
Andrew Sullivan with an interesting assertion on Obama’s positioning on contraception.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart →
On the dissonance between ultimate frisbee’s concept of “Spirit of the Game” and becoming a more popular sport.
Bourdain: invoke "nerd fury" to find the best food... →
Joel Spolsky on "Bottom-Up" Management →
Reminds me of Maverick, where Semco, in Brazil, implemented this. Your front-line workers are the ones with expertise, so use their knowledge effectively! (I’m particularly reminded of the different views between management and ICs in the Windows Mobile division on the iPhone when it was first announced/released.)
The Problem With Going Green →
Hypercritical: Better Pasta →
siracusa on making better pasta:
I like pasta. I’d like to help people make better pasta. It pains me to think about all the poorly prepared pasta being served and eaten in America. My advice will focus on plain old store-bought dried pasta. Nothing fancy. You’ve probably made some yourself. I’m specifically not talking about…
Made Better in Japan →
Why In-Town Big Box Stores Might Not Be As Awful... →
Speed Cuts
Chris Brown:
A lot of NFL and college teams teach “speed cuts” for timing routes, where you intentionally round off your route. The Giants do it a lot, especially on out cuts. You take a 45-degree step and then flatten. You don’t try to break down then cut. I always see scouts mentioning the flat break but not all routes should be flat breaks. Some, yes…say, a curl, but not out routes.
A...
Warren Buffett: Why stocks beat gold and bonds →
Fasting and Cancer: Starving the Beast →
There’s a lot of interesting research being done on the effects of fasting.
Game of Thrones valentine cards
bishopia:
Because I love you all (as friends) and I love Game of Thrones, I combined them both into some sweet valentine’s day cards for you to give to your sweetheart or favorite prostitute. Enjoy! Click for big version or get the bigger printable version…
RELATED: I’ve got two prints with these characters for sale at inprnt.com - House Stark and just about everyone.
Ultimate Glory →
Modernist Cuisine Adapted to Home Entertaining →
Some simpler applications from Modernist Cuisine that don’t require crazy chemicals or equipment.
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy →
I always enjoy reading about parasites, including Toxoplasma gondii.
Manning Face Logos →
NFL logos with the Manning face applied to them. I don’t know why this amuses me so much.
Player audio offers unique perspective to Super... →
Freediving 2011 World Championships Report →
This article about competitive freediving is strangely captivating.
Mindful Eating as Food for Thought →
Pretty antithetical to the way I eat, but I’ve been intrigued by similar ideas ever since I read Mindless Eating.
The brain’s the boss when it comes to oxygen... →
VO2 max can apparently be manipulated by the brain. Not entirely surprising, I guess.
David Wilson Vision Series →
Neat scouting report of David Wilson, for my fellow VT alums.
“I don’t know if a), I’m outdated and I’m not aware of the...”
– On Sketchy Andy.
Bill Belichick, Vince Wilfork, and the New England... →
A fantastic look at defensive line schemes in football.
What it's like when an NFL linebacker nearly... →
So I started moving around my legs and arms to let my family know I wasn’t paralyzed.
Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America →
The New French Hacker-Artist Underground →
"Think Profit." →
I had no idea Amazon made so little profit…
One Town's War on Gay Teens →
