the alpha mini-newswire

Apr 23

laughingsquid:

Acme Archives Show Featuring ‘Star Wars’ Inspired Art by Mike Kungl at Disneyland in Anaheim

laughingsquid:

Acme Archives Show Featuring ‘Star Wars’ Inspired Art by Mike Kungl at Disneyland in Anaheim

Apr 18

Mar 19

Test test.

Test test.

(via good)

Nov 01

Oct 27

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Oct 26

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Oct 19

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Oct 18

“This is partly why some teams appear to have better home crowds. Seattle, for example, is particularly proud of its 12th man. Its stadium is commonly accepted as one of the NFL’s loudest and Seattle has enjoyed one of the strongest home-away splits in sports. But this should be expected, 12th man or not, because the Seahawks have consistently been one of the most mediocre teams in the league. Because there are bound to be far more average teams than elite or very poor teams, Seattle has faced many more teams of equal ability over recent seasons.” — Brian Burke, on home field advantage.

Aug 22

Mystery malware that targeted energy group contains amateur coding goof -

Wiper is presumed to be a cyber-weapon and, if so, it should have been developed by a team of professionals. But experienced programmers would hardly be expected to mess up a date comparison routine.

Bwahahaha…

Aug 21

[video]

Why Climbing Should Be in the Olympics

Aug 20

An intro to current statistical methods applied to the NFL

Mars Panorama from Curiosity -

Pretty neat usage of the gyroscope when viewed on iOS.

Aug 19

“Your first sprint in a field sport is 20% aerobic/80% anaerobic; your third sprint is 50%/50%; and your nth sprint is 75% aerobic/25% anaerobic.” — From this book on sports nutrition.

(Source: sweatscience.runnersworld.com)

Aug 18

Finding the True Border Between Yankee and Red Sox Nation Using Facebook Data