Matt at FiveCentNickel.com wrote an interesting article about how he and his wife (sort of) live without power one day out of each week:
Last week, while busily bullet-pointing how to prepare for a power outage, I noted that my wife and I were considering going “off the grid” one day a week as a way [...]
[Via Nicholas Carlson]
Apple has been putting a lot of advertisements on tv lately about the apps (applications) available for the iPhone. I thought about trying to make a parody commercial, but someone else has already made one that is slicker than anything I could produce. The best part is in the beginning where there is [...]
This from Science Daily:
Parents have been saying for years that their kids are “addicted” to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns of video game addiction exist in a national sample of youth, aged 8 to 18.
Although not part of [...]
There were a couple of non-motorized (horse and foot) races of interest this weekend.
Preakness
I did not see the race live, but watched the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes on Youtube. In another year without a Triple Crown winner, the filly Rachel Alexandra held off a late charge by Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. [...]
Running 100 miles sounds like a pretty crazy thing to do. When people hear about it, a lot of people remark that even driving 100 miles makes them tired. While completing a 26.2 mile marathon is the ultimate goal for many runners, there are people who run races that are much longer.
Ultrarunning Becoming More Popular
Several [...]
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