A graph of Edmonton’s water usage during the US-Canada Olympic Hockey Finals Hockey may be the perfect spectator sport in that it takes about a period to leisurely down a 24 oz beer and you get 20 minutes to hit the head, step outside for some civility, and get back to your seat.
Onion story making fun of Google Give it a few years.
Gyration Air Mouse Elite: Has anyone ever used one? I’m looking for something like a Wii-mouse to use on field shoots. We use a Canopus Twinpact100 to record powerpoint presentations live; it’d be great if we had something that’d cast the mouse pointer on the screen instead of a laser-pointer, which the canopus obviously can’t record. If that’s what I’m looking for, and it works at least half as good as a wiimote, the price is a steal.
The Worldwide War on Baby Girls A story in the Economist about gender demographics and problems ahead.
UPDATED: Richard Sproat comments on the above article in a guest post to Language Log.
Aroldis Chapman Debuts The Cuban southpaw hits 100 mph on a scout’s radar gun in his first taste of Spring Training (and professional baseball). Exciting until six paragraphs in, when you remember that he’ll be managed by Dusty Baker.
Which technology makes you feel like you’re living in the future Asked of seven sci-fi authors. Nisi Shawl answers Basecamp, a product we use at the office for managing workflows among the different staff. My answer would definitely be the Droid. David Levine has the most creative answer, “techno-snot,” the gooey stuff that holds stickers onto things so they can be peeled away without leaving residue. That stuff is pretty awesome. Thinking about it harder, it’s probably those massively dense jump-drives or SD cards that blow my mind most often. Take one of those back in time three years and they’d appear to be magic, even with similar technology available.