Heroes Never Die

ben: YEAH!!! Boom. Girl, trophy, glory, respect…...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:02 -0500

ben:

YEAH!!!

Boom. Girl, trophy, glory, respect… It’s over

2012 SRAM Red. Yes Please…

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:26 -0500

2012 SRAM Red.

Yes Please…

Hate to break it to you, but I think you missed your launch date...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:13:28 -0500

Hate to break it to you, but I think you missed your launch date by a bit

gotemcoach: Is it too early to give out the NBA Defensive...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:09:31 -0500

gotemcoach:

Is it too early to give out the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award?

He’s like a cat playing with string.

@gotem_coach

Geneology research

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:52:00 -0500

Geneology research

the-awesomer: Jabba the cup(cake.)

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:16:01 -0500

the-awesomer:

Jabba the cup(cake.)

gotemcoach: @gotem_coach

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:03:23 -0500

gotemcoach:

@gotem_coach

@samccone loves to send me files

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:57:39 -0500

@samccone loves to send me files

thedailyfeed: Paula Deen hid her type 2 diabetes diagnosis from...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:21:20 -0500

thedailyfeed:

Paula Deen hid her type 2 diabetes diagnosis from the Food Network for 3 years — and made $30 million for her fattening fare in the interim.

While keeping the Food Network and her fans in the dark about her diabetes, Deen continued delivering episodes on deep-fried butter balls and other artery-clogging fare as she raked in an estimated $10 million per year via her TV show, cookbooks, endorsements and appearances.

“I intentionally did it,” Deen admitted to NBC’s Al Roker of hiding the news from fans. “I said, ‘I’m gonna keep this close to my chest for the time being’ because I had to figure out things in my own head.”

fat, sick, AND a liar. who knew…

danchoi/rails31nav.vim - GitHub

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:44:29 -0500

danchoi/rails31nav.vim - GitHub

Japan Wins At Being Awesome, Again

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:38:11 -0500

Japan Wins At Being Awesome, Again

Photo

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:48:38 -0500

thedailyfeed: Thanks to the La Niña climate pattern, the U.S....

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:00:22 -0500

thedailyfeed:

Thanks to the La Niña climate pattern, the U.S. is experiencing a dramatic drop in snow coverage.

Meteorologists reported that only 23 percent of the surface of the lower 48 states yesterday was covered in snow, compared to 70.9 percent cover nationally on the same day in 2011. Joe Pollina, a meteorologist in the service’s New York office, said that the La Niña climate pattern is to thank for this year’s mild weather.

“This year’s very different from last year,” Pollina said. “We’re gonna see extremes in weather — last year there was heavier snow, and this year it’s milder.”

gotemcoach: “We accumulate our opinions at an age when our...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:30:41 -0500

gotemcoach:

“We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.” - Georg C. Lichtenberg

I’m not old enough to have watched Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor play basketball, but my ears work. And so do my eyes.

I’ve done everything I could I watch and read about the man who would become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I cheered for the Lakers’ Captain through the late ‘80’s, but didn’t really appreciate the player or the man until I was much older.

In my opinion, and I’m a certainly a nobody, Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most underrated players in the history of basketball. Maybe he doesn’t have 11 Championships, but he’s every bit as good as Bill Russell, if not better.

From Chuck Klosterman, at Grantland:

The fact that UCLA won the national title during all three seasons Alcindor played is merely the third-most interesting detail of his college career; the fact that the NCAA outlawed dunking due to his dominance is probably second.

But to me, the thing that will always be most unfathomable about Alcindor was his very first game, played when he was an ineligible freshman: UCLA was coming off back-to-back national championships. As an exhibition, the Bruin varsity — ranked no. 1 in the nation — opened the season by scrimmaging the freshmen team. Alcindor had 31 points, 21 boards, and eight blocks. The freshmen hammered the varsity by 15 points; the no. 1 team in the country could not beat a player who could not yet play. As an ineligible 18-year-old, Alcindor was (at worst) the fourth or fifth-best basketball player in the world.

Michael Jordan vs. Kobe Bryant. Magic Johnson vs. Oscar Robertson. Shaq vs. Wilt. Many say you can’t compare these players. “They’re apples and oranges.” The best thing about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is he could have played in any era, against anyone, because of that beautiful, and equally deadly, sky hook.

Today’s players might be bigger, stronger and faster, but that sky hook stands the test of time. To the tune of 38,387 points.

Eyes and ears open, kids.

@gotem_coach

cadenced: Deep Custom is a short documentary about...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:43:02 -0500

cadenced:

Deep Custom is a short documentary about Minneapolis-based custom bicycle frame builder, Erik Noren and his company, Peacock Groove Cycles. Thanks to The Bicycle Academy for the heads up.

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:37:04 -0500

“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”

- Oscar Wilde

/via @saccone

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:42:57 -0500

/via @saccone

"Taking action without thinking things through is a prime source of problems."

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:33:46 -0500

“Taking action without thinking things through is a prime source of problems.”

- Alec Mackenzie

"But if there’s one lesson of history, it is that seeking power doesn’t change the world."

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:02:37 -0500

“But if there’s one lesson of history, it is that seeking power doesn’t change the world.”

- The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy: The Case of WikiLeaks - Technology - The Atlantic

"But, when it comes to what’s displayed to your social circle at any given time, other metrics,..."

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:02:13 -0500

“But, when it comes to what’s displayed to your social circle at any given time, other metrics, including direct payments to Facebook itself, will now influence the ranking and placement of stories. This payola will be a crucial part of the graph rank, the new metric for placement that the social network uses to determine what appears on your profile.”

- Exclusive: Leaked Details of How Facebook Plans To Sell Your Timeline to Advertisers | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.