- General Stuff
- If you’re taking any medicine for any reason at all, you should read this article.
- Abusive relationships like this one just suck.
- Perspective
- Wired has a great article all about craigslist, if you like that site.
- Whole Foods has crazy expensive groceries, but terrific thoughts on healthcare reform.
- I had no idea that the word avocado comes from the Nahuatl word ãhuacatl (“testicle”), a reference to the shape of the fruit.
- Think that we’re not living in the future yet? Read The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data from Google. Or take a look at how you could use your iPhone as a restaurant HUD. And start saving up for that jetpack.
- Here’s your cute kitten fix for the day.
- You can convey quite a bit with just three frames. (The ones from Jaws, The Goonies, and Jurassic Park are my favorites.)
- Gator Stuff
- Bill Belichick presents a stone face to the world, but succeeds in part because he is open to change. For the past two years, the Patriots have run an offense that is all but identical to Urban Meyer‘s Florida spread.
- Stopping Tim Tebow isn’t easy, but it is possible.
- Kirk Herbstreit on Tebow
- Boom! – must-watch YouTube vid of big Gator hits
- “Tim Tebow’s proficiency as a passer and rusher have placed him among the all-time greats after only two seasons as a starter,” according to statistical analysis done by Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel.
- Techie Stuff
- Oh, hey! I didn’t realize you could create animated images with Photoshop!
- Apple did a very smart thing when it priced Snow Leopard below the cost of a typical family visit to the movies.
- Do you use any of the out-of-touch computer terms on this list at your office?
Posts tagged “Sports Illustrated”
The Most Interesting Man in the World?
A rower’s life
“A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to try it.”
Phil Mickelson, Sports Illustrated, April 19, 2010
#FridayFive: Favorite Magazines
View the Friday Five from February 5th, 2010
The Five Worst Losses in Gator Football History
Notes on the greatest collapses in Florida football history
On Football
As I get older I find it increasingly difficult to explain my love of football. You’d think that the opposite would be true, that I would find it easier to tell people how wonderful it is as I understand the game more. But that is simply not the case. I follow Stewart Mandel on Twitter
The Blind Side
Book review
Gators Championship Package from Sports Illustrated
At some point about fifteen years ago I subscribed to Sports Illustrated. With the exception of a tragic few months during which most of my mail was trapped shuffling between coasts, I haven’t missed an issue. Generally I ignore all the commemorative editions and t-shirt and sweatshirt offers; I have enough t-shirts and sweatshirts to