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Dolphins, aren't we all
"Michael Phelps has incredibly flexible ankles, and he can flop his ankles like a dolphin fluke," Mittal says. "Of all the swimmers we've tested, Michael's parameters are closest to that of a dolphin." This preternatural ability to mimic the planet's most efficient swimmer is truly what makes Phelps so good. Leave a commentStupid startup tricks
Cuil (because every other language has been raped of good startup names it's Gaelic's turn) is a new fun toy. It's a search engine. Some people say it's actually rather good for deep academic / technical search. Otherwise, it's getting some pretty harsh press because, let's face it, it kinda sucks ( Read more... )Perestroika
Ah, let us remember the heady days of radical market transformation. I never realized that, in addition to remaking the soviet world, Mikhail Gorbachov was well known for his zombie-slaying prowess and peck-flexing while gazing superman eye lasers.
For your viewing pleasure...http://www.Humility, and the resultant learning from others...
"So partly the reason the U.S. has the leadership we have today is that about 20 years ago, we had a high degree of humility. That is, we looked at Japan and sort of said, 'Wow, is their model superior, is there something about our model that could be strong?' And all these great things benefited from that approach. If during this period we don't ( Read more... )Frack-Me shoes are good, but...
do you really want step counters on your 6 inch stilettos?
http://gizmodo.com/385552/frack+me-shoes-come-with-a-stair-counter-but-no-stabilizersIt's all great in theory
From Stratfor...
"Economists always have trouble understanding nationalism. To an economist, all human beings are concerned with maximizing their own private wealth. Economists can never deal with the empirical fact that this simply isn't true."
Funny when the right and the left agree on something so basic.On the death of Post-Modernism
from Kirby: http://www.philosophynow.org/issue58/58kirby.htmRead more... )