Category: Gadget Links

Reading Time: < 1 minutePunxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring, Associated Press story on MyWay.com: “Phil did not see his shadow on Friday, which, according to German folklore, means folks can expect an early spring instead of six more weeks of winter.” “Since 1886, Phil has seen his shadow 96 times, hasn’t seen it 15 times…

Reading Time: < 1 minute7-Foot-9 Player Joins ABA Club, Associated Press Story on Breitbart.com: “The ‘have size, will travel’ basketball odyssey that’s taken 7-foot-9, 370-pound Sun Ming Ming from China to California to Kansas to North Carolina made its latest stop Wednesday in the back room of a Chinese restaurant in {Chevy Chase, MD}.” Inconspicuous…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWrestling suspended after herpes outbreak, Associated Press article on ESPN.com: “The Minnesota State High School League banned competitions and direct contact between wrestlers in practice until Feb. 6 after 24 cases of herpes gladiatorum were reported by 10 teams. The virus is spread by skin-to-skin contact, and symptoms include lesions on the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFavoriteRun.com combines a repository of running route maps with a personal activity log. The site appears to be able to take uploaded data from Garmin Forerunners and similar devices. Favorite Run must be popular because I found over a dozen routes within 5 miles of my house already recorded by five…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHL uniforms get high-tech overhaul, new look on CTV.ca: “Reebok claims its ‘edge uniform system’ gives players greater movement, thanks to innovative fabrics that also boast more durability and greater ventilation.” New NHL uniforms promise better play on USAToday.com: “The NHL and Reebok have been designing and testing the new uniforms…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteiPhone – the roach motel business model on Boing Boing: “Lock-in isn’t good for you. Does anyone really believe that Apple will make better products if its customers aren’t free to switch to a competitor? Or that Cingular’s network and pricing will be improved by lock-in?” The article claims that iTunes…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen It’s O.K. to Run Hurt on NYTimes.com: “It sounds almost like heresy. The usual advice in treating injuries is to rest until the pain goes away. But Dr. Weinstein and a number of leading sports medicine specialists say that is outdated and counterproductive. In fact, Dr. Weinstein says, when active…

Reading Time: 2 minutesHockey-Coach Quota on WSJ.com: “The University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team is on a roll, and interim coach Dave Shyiak is a top candidate for coach of the year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.” “But the team has a big problem. Mr. Shyiak was born in Canada and is working…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMileage Calculator: A Google Maps mashup that you can use to calculate trip mileage for tax purposes. It even (optionally) reads events directly from Google Calendar. I just want to know what functions in Scriptaculous the developer used to retrieve the mileage from a Google Maps query without displaying the page.…