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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Can’t stop sweating; lots of italicized words
Seriously, it’s usually boring to talk about the weather, but you’re allowed when it’s record-breaking and you can’t really think about anything else if you don’t have an AC (or a job). As sweaty as it gets at night, I’ll … Continue reading
Keith Eloi jumping backwards out of a 3-foot pool. We’ve kind of grown numb to weird athletic feats since they’re all over YouTube, but this is one of the best ones recently.
SportsCenter Top 10 dunked on moments. Pippen on Ewing never gets old to me. Hopefully their choices were simply for the sake of having current players at the top, because Kobe on Dwight and LeBron on Duncan shouldn’t be ranked … Continue reading
Summer bumming
I started using LeechBlock again last week, mostly to ween myself off of Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader. I’m sort of OCD when it comes to these, so I absolutely have to see everything that’s been posted. Facebook I think … Continue reading
Ultimate Fighting’s Cold War Gets Hotter. TIME provides a brief history of the relationship between Fedor Emelianenko and the UFC. I couldn’t name 10 fighters but Fedor is one of the names that I know, which makes it pretty clear … Continue reading
Then All The Joy Turned To Sorrow. 1982 Sports Illustrated article about Ray Mancini vs. Duk-Koo Kim, the boxing match that ended Kim’s life and lead to more rigorous pre-fight checkups, 12-round fights, and the introduction of the standing eight … Continue reading
Abdul Gaddy article by SLAM Online. GaddyǃÙs game can best be summed up simply as smooth. Scouts rave about his control of the game; he never seems rushed, but always exists at the right pace. His athleticism doesnǃÙt blow spectators … Continue reading
1984 Sports Illustrated article about Steve Young’s USFL contract. It was ballyhooed as a 43-year, $40 million deal, and, viewed one way, that’s an accurate description. Allegedly he’s still getting about $1 million a year through 2027.
ESPN Films 30 for 30 is up, with a foreward by Bill Simmons and overviews of each film. 30 for 30 celebrates ESPN’s 30 year anniversary with a 1-hour documentary from 30 different filmmakers. The best thing about it is … Continue reading
Google Chrome OS.
WuChess. For a good cause. Looks like part of a Chappelle skit.
(Transformers 2 spoilers.) How to save 3 months of hand-editing: leave this ridiculous character out of the movie. Even though it eventually just reminds me of how stupid the movie was, this is actually pretty interesting.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince reviews are starting to come out. Consensus: best 6th movie installment ever.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon and Half-Marathon
I woke up early (well, relatively early) on Saturday with one goal in mind: get a picture of Dan and Junior. So I posted up around the 12th mile right about when the leader and the motorcycle entourage came through. For twenty minutes after that another elite runner would come through every few minutes. During that initial stretch I mostly paid attention to two cops monitoring a crosswalk and power tripping out of their minds. First, why two of them? It’s a crosswalk. I could understand volunteer crossing guards going wild with their whistles, but this was Seattle police. One halted a van with a clear path on a green light because a person was still finishing his walk across the street on the opposite end. He whistled, yelled at the van (which had closed windows), made the van reverse until it was behind the stop line (at this point the pedestrian had finished crossing and was at least thirty yards away), and then waved the van through.
Gradually the non-superhumans begin arriving and the groups of people coming through grow. Eventually it’s just a flood of people and I do basically 3-D Where’s Waldo, except they don’t have candy cane sweaters on. Actually, I didn’t know what Dan or Junior was wearing other than that they’d be wearing shorts (equivalent to asking “does he have a face” playing Guess Who). When I noticed some middle schoolers jogging through I started to wonder if I missed them somehow. But they finally they came around and neither of them saw me. I’ve had these uploaded on Flickr for a week, but I sort of forgot to post them here.
One of the best Futsal goals you’ll ever see. Probably one of the first I’ve seen, because my second thought after “awesome” was what the hell is Futsal?
These hearts are the same color. From Akiyosha Kitaoka’s fantastic optical illusion site. (Via Discover Magazine’s Bad Astronomy Blog.)
You can watch the Orlando Summer League online. TrueHoop highlights the participating teams and the players to look out for.
This picture sums up Roddick’s day. And his career. Born at the wrong time, but hey, so was everybody else not named Federer.
Video overviewing Federer’s 14 Grand Slam wins. Or I guess I should say “14 previous”. Amazing match, but I wouldn’t compare it to last year’s marathon. Federer held his composure long enough to win the match, then he yelled and … Continue reading
Oak Harbor 4th of July Fireworks
I never gave it much thought, but this year it hit me that 4th of July is probably the biggest day in Oak Harbor. Thanksgiving weekend is another big one where a lot of friends are in town, but on the 4th of July I know I’ll see the expected friends but I’ll also see people I recognize from high school and kids in high school now that I recognize from family house parties when they were a couple feet shorter and chasing each other around with plastic swords. Last time I took pictures of the fireworks at City Beach was in 2006. I really liked how the pictures turned out this year, in particular this shot is one of my favorite pictures that I’ve taken.
Joey Chestnut eats 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes, defends title. I stopped enjoying competitive eating when it crossed from a tongue-in-cheek “we take ourselves seriously” to actually taking themselves seriously. But this is the most important contest, and 68’s … Continue reading
Things I learned this week: ID4 edition
If Aliens attack, you can do anything you please, including stealing military helicopters and flying fighter pilots even though you’re President. Just don’t try to communicate with the aliens using flashing light panels. We’ll be concerned about the environmental effects … Continue reading
Here’s a first-hand account of a collector buying the Nintendo World Championships Gold cartridge for $17,500. It’s the most valuable video game cartridge and only 26 of the gold cartridges exist. If you read the comments below his story or … Continue reading
I tuned out of Free Darko after overloading and plowing through their excellent book. I went through the archives from this year and it looks like I’ve been missing out, but I’ve started reading them again and they’ve got some … Continue reading
The Expendables. “Alright, here’s the pitch, it’ll star Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews, and Mickey Rourke. And we’ll find a way to throw Arnold Schwarzenegger in there.” “Wait, what about the … Continue reading
My favorite movie speech, dubbed in Spanish. And of course, here’s the original scene. And for another translation, here it is in Shakespearean. (2:25 for the money shot!)
Ron Artest tells CBS Sports that he’s signing with the Lakers. Artest’s exuberance — he spent the whole summer in L.A., including several appearances at Lakers home games during the¨ÜNBA Finals — got ahead of the process a bit. Other … Continue reading
Ten more pick-up hoops players you’ll meet in hell. You’ll absolutely recognize each and every one of these characters. The Glad-Hander Signature Behavior: Working pregame handshakes like BIll Clinton working a receiving line; remember everyone’s name. Natural Enemies: Healthy competetive … Continue reading
Here are two articles: ESPN reports Rudy Fernandez is upset and The Oregonian reports Rudy Fernandez is not upset. Ignoring the difference in position, I think Fernandez will end up being a better player than Turkoglu. For comparison’s sake, here’s … Continue reading
I forgot what website it was, but a few months ago I read an enraged rant about photography. (It was truthful and entertaining from what I remember.) One of the points was that there can be good photographers who work … Continue reading
The New York Times interviewed thirty chefs to come up with The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts. Pat LaFrieda, president of LaFrieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors, which delivers custom blends to many of the top burger restaurants in New York … Continue reading
Firefox 3.5 was released this week. Initially, I was ho-hum because I thought it was just a speed upgrade, and the only time I remember being impressed by browser speed was when Chrome came out last summer. But there are … Continue reading
Taken
Here’s the pitch: they’ve messed with the wrong family man. Except instead of Harrison Ford it’s a retired Jason Bourne. Entertaining. Spoilers ahead. I didn’t give Taken a fair shot when I first saw the trailer. All I could think … Continue reading