Thursday, July 30, 2009
Oh Snap that license plate!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
You play ball like a GIRL!
Golly. There's no denying that Obama throws like a girl. But does anyone know WHY? I can't figure it out. He doesn't step with the same foot he throws with which look very awkward and is pretty common, I guess. Any baseball pros out there care to weigh in? I examined both Obama and Bush and can't nail anything down. I found a few things that would make one's throw awkward-looking, but Obama doesn't violate any of these:
1. Trying to throw a ball with your body facing the target, rather than rotating your shoulders and hips ninety degrees away from the target and then swinging them around in order to accelerate the ball.Is it the follow-through?
2. A throw looks bad if your elbow is lower than your shoulder as your arm comes forward (unless you're throwing sidearm).
3. A throw looks really bad if, as the ball leaves your hand, your wrist is "inside your elbow"—that is, your elbow joint is bent in such a way that your forearm angles back toward your body and your wrist is closer to your head than your elbow is.
4. Slow-motion film of big-league pitchers shows that when they release the ball, the throwing arm is fully extended and straight from shoulder to wrist. The combination of these three elements—head-on stance, dropped elbow, and wrist inside the elbow—mechanically dictates a pushing rather than a hurling motion, creating the familiar pattern of "throwing like a girl." -- Thanks to The Atlantic
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Milky Way Galaxy Over Texas
Everything's bigger in Texas; that's right, even the Milky way. Watch a time-lapse video of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy rising over Texas. Beautiful!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Collection
I bet that Wright would have killed to have LEGOs to do mock-ups with. Oh well, he didn't do too shabby with balsa-wood and foam-core.The Guggenheim model is available now but Fallingwater is yet to be released.
Thanks Wired.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Take the Power Back
On Memorial Day I think a lot of us tend to think of American soldiers from the recent past. Let me encourage you to remember soldiers who died before Iraq, before Vietnam, before even the Civil War(or War of Northern Aggression), all the way back to the American Revolution — where we took the power back.Happy Memorial Day!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Obama's Web Campaign
A quick word from the guy behind the Obama web campaign. Brilliant! But not rocket science. Any organization CAN do this. The question is WILL they? Will they see the value in it?
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