Paying Attention: Cross Country skiing is the sport of ski touring across snow covered terrain using skis and poles. The skis are thinner than those used for downhill skiing and because participants are expected to go uphill as well as downhill, the sport can be quite demanding physically.Along with swimming, cross country skiing is considered …
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Olympic Briefing: Biathlon
Paying Attention: Saturday’s Olympic schedule has the first round of Biathlon competition. Biathlon is a “fusion” sport–it combines cross country skiing with target shooting. The key is to move around the course quickly (which uses lots of energy and ramps up the heart rate) and then slow down your heart rate and nerves enough to …
Olympic Briefing: Slopestyle
Paying Attention: Slopestyle is new to the 2014 Olympics. The video (special thanks to GoPro for making this and other POV videos available) and this wiki should brief you on the event and it’s challenges (and dangers). Already, one high profile contestant, Shaun White, has dropped out citing a wrist injury. White is going for his third gold …
SONY Backs Up
Press Clippings: At one time, SONY products were the envy of the electronic world. They had terrific and clean industrial design, ahead-of-the-crowd engineering, vision (Walkman, Trinitron). SONY broadcasting equipment was the gold standard at the networks and responsible for bringing you the biggest sporting events and the most popular shows. Among PCs, the SONY Vaio …
Olympic Briefing: Spectator ClickPack
Paying Attention: The 2014 Winter Olympics are upon us. Chances are your Russian is not quite as good as your Spanish, which is miserable compared to your English, so here, in one spot, are all the links you need to follow, understand, and enjoy the Games. Everything you need for deep background is one click …
Olympic Briefing: The Events
Paying Attention: The 2014 Winter Olympics officially open on Friday, the 7th of February, but the first events ( Men’s and Women’s Snowboarding qualification and Team Men and Team Pairs short skating program) actually goes off today, 6 February 2014. To get prepped for the Winter Olympics–our favorite here at the Media Bunker …
John Frinzi: Not Looking Back
The Hunt For New Music: “Living in this town ever since high school, getting nowhere fast, feeling like a fool He’s Been pushed and shoved and kicked around Life’s been tough, getting knocked down Tired of this town and just can’t stay Driving down that dirt road just to get away Up and down that …
The Hidden Life of The Auto Show
Press Clippings This time of year is Auto Show time. All across the U.S., the big manufacturers unveil their latest designs and models. The Coolist site did a very nice job looking at the architecture behind the displays. These displays are beautifully produced and show the cars off to best advantage–why can’t automobile dealerships have …
Dial Tones
Press Clippings: Google’s decision to sell Motorola to Lenova has everyone’s ears perked up. What does it mean for: Motorola? Google? Lenova? Apple? Samsung? Sony? Mobility? Cell phones? Too early to tell and the transaction still has to pass government scrutiny, but there are some reasoned responses out there and one of the best can be found at Bloomberg.com. Give …
A Startup Education
Paying Attention: One of the most incredible new business case histories is the one provided by Everpix, an internet based photo storing and sharing site that shuttered itself in November, 2013. Everpix failed but not because the product wasn’t great, the entrepreneurs not experienced, the software not good. Sometimes, you can be very good at …