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 …
Apple Doubles Down
Paying Attention: What most of the media have missed about Apple’s iPad is how well it works for creative people. The change in GUI/interface and the freedom created by a switch from a keyboard and mouse-based input model to touch screen input, enabled software engineers to re-think a lot of the software that was being used for …
Lost Friends: Niles Siegel
“A man walks down the street,He says, Why am I soft in the middle now?Why am I soft in the middle?The rest of my life is so hard!I need a photo-opportunity,I want a shot at redemption!Don’t want to end up a cartoon,In a cartoon graveyard ….. “—–“You Can Call Me Al”, Paul Simon Transitions: Niles …