Then for the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching at home..
Archive for the ‘Turning Heel’ Category.
Easier said than done I guess, I probably shouldn’t put in writing that I will put up a post a week and then not for a month. I’ve got some good links going so I’ll drop a good one soon. Unfortunately links tend to be dated within a few days of their original post so not all the ones I wanted to put up will still be relevant, but we’ll see what happens and it’s not like new ones aren’t published every day.
OK so these are just old links I had in a Draft post, figured I’d get them up so I can start again. March ’11 may be the month I actually start updating this thing.
Girl Talk – All Day (ReadyRickShaw) - Some dude set this site up so each sample used by Girl Talk is shown as the song goes along, cool to see and if you haven’t heard this shit yet definitely worth checking out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
The Best Times to Buy Anything in 2011 (Lifehacker) We’re already 2 months in and most of it is common sense, but oh well decent guide to have around.
Internet 2010 in Numbers (Royal Pingdom) Good list of staaaaaaats about how big Da Net really is
Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code (Wired) Pretty sick article about a dude who picked up on patterns on the face of some scratch off loterry tickets in Canada. Just goes to show how simple pattern recognition is the best tool of them all.
A Really Greater New York (Big Think – Strange Maps) Some dude’s idea from a hundred or so years ago to fill in a bunch of the water around Manhattan, interesting concept but can’t see how it would ever work these days. Amazing that huge projects like this were actually feasible 100 years ago but nowadays would drown in red tape, or at least it seems that way.
Mario Furniture (Neatorama) Awesome.
Play Angry Birds For Real (Electric Pig) - SICK. About time they made video games into real life and not vice versa.
And finally, what to expect this upcoming baseball season:
So it begins. I figure 1/1/11 is a decent day to start writing some thoughts down, or at least provide a few links. The combination of being legitimately busy at some times, and legitimately lazy at others may serve as a good excuse to not put a lengthy post up, I can at least link some things I’d been reading. So that’s what I’ll do today - I’d like to sort of snowball effect this blog into something that’ll be interesting on a regular basis, but one step at a time. The fans must always be won over before a Heel Turn can be described with capital letters.
This American Life – The Invention of Money
Interesting listen about the history of what makes the world go round. Throw this on in while you do an hour of cardio and you’ll not only be less faaaaaaaaaaaaayat, but you’ll learn some history in the process.
Armenian Winery is Oldest to Date (WSJ)
Getting drunk in 4,100 BC holla!!!!!!!!!
Google Maps & Label Readability (41 Latitude)
A good breakdown of how Google Maps are easier to read than Yahoo, Mapquest, etc. I think it’s interesting as I would never have really noticed any of these, but after seeing them pointed out they make perfect sense.
On the Verge of a Worldwide Food Crisis (Burning Platform)
Scary.
Cyberspace When You’re Dead (NYT)
Interesting article. “One estimate pegs the number of U.S. Facebook users who die annually at something like 375,000.” Considering facebook has only been around for a few years, think about the impact down the road of one’s death who had a facebook profile for essentially their entire life.
Computers That See You and Keep Watch Over You (NYT)
Creepy – doesn’t sound too far away from the unescapable TV screen from “1984.”
Backstory: Sidd Finch at 25 (John Strubel)
One of the greatest punks of all time. 25 years later, us Mets fans are wondering if Ollie Perez can hit half that on the gun. At least it’s still football season.
Top 50 Mets of All Time (NYBD)
Interesting List – I don’t necessarily agree with the order or some of the choices, but still very thorough and the author, Mike Silva, responded to many criticisms in the comments so have to give respect there.
OK we’re back – time to get this updated on a semi-regular basis after a couple years of dicking around. I still can’t say for sure what the focus will be, but more than likely it will go back and forth on a lot of subjects in parallel to my thoughts at the time. Unfortunately I can’t promise a well thought out commentary on a daily or even weekly basis, as I’d rather not put down some unfinished thoughts but you never know. I mean I’ve registered “turningheel” on Twitter so I could always turn the nerd volume up to 11 in ‘11.
One way or another, I plan on at least using this to highlight certain articles I’ve read, or things I’ve seen, on the web that are both interesting to me and/or relevant to the times we live in. While I get my shit together, happy new year everyone.
Testes, Testes 123
2009 is going to be an interesting year.
