Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images Good, short, overview of what to expect at this year’s Men’s French Open, from the British newspaper The Independent (the U.K. still produces some seriously great newspapers). The Fine Print: Image embed courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st …
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How to make the iPad insanely great
Paying Attention: Apple’s iPad, which created an entirely new category of computing device, has been going through a tough market cycle. In January of 2017, unit sales were down 19% and total revenue was down 22%; even with backward leaning numbers, the iPad still accounted for 13.3 million units and $5.5 billion in revenue and …
Heartbeat
Paying Attention: For over a decade I have exercised with a Polar S710 Heart Rate Monitor. It was a Christmas gift, and it turned into a life saver. One year, when my heart beat inexplicably leaped from a resting 58 to a rising 200+after an afternoon run, it was the Polar that told me the …
Paying Attention: The Gym Paradox
Paying Attention: Leaving the gym, I notice other gym people who have paid a fee and driven to the gym to get exercise, standing by the elevator, waiting for it to take them to the second floor of the parking garage instead of just walking up the stairs which are right in front of them and staying …
What Color is the Sky?
Editor’s note: We ran this post last year, about the colours of the University of North Carolina basketball team. The official colours for the university was developed by Alexander Julian, a friend since college. We repeat the post here today because Carolina is, again, playing for the National Championship and we have our traditions. Go …
Transitions: Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
Paying Attention: “You know, my temperature’s risin’ And the jukebox blowing a fuse My heart’s beatin’ rhythm And my soul keeps on singin’ the blues Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news…” –from Roll Over Beethooven by Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry died on Saturday. He was 90 years old and he was known …
The Cars of Spring
Paying Attention: A short visual review of the Geneva Auto Show. See anything you like? Embed from Getty Images The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This is the first GettyImages slide show for the site. We appreciate …
The Amazing Chronicles of Dr. Seuss
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images March 2nd was the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel) , who was born in 1904 and died in 1991. He would be 113 years old this week, but he’s really ageless and time does not affect our affection for him. Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated forty-four children’s …
The (Secret) History of The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images From The Nightshift Archives Editor’s Note: The classic Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA Tour event is this weekend and, as always, we honor this unique event with a re-post of the history of the event and the man who started it: Bing Crosby. This particular post is excerpted from …
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The (Secret) History of The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images From The Nightshift Archives Editor’s Note: The classic Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA Tour event is this weekend and, as always, we honor this unique event with a re-post of the history of the event and the man who started it: Bing Crosby. This particular post is excerpted from …
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