Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

January 6, 2010 1

Heart statistics

By morgamic in Personal, Sports, Technology

So I got this Garmin device that does GPS in hopes that it’d make me run more. So far it’s been successful. The GPS and Google maps mashups on their activity summary web app are super cool (see full example):

Over time, if you keep up with it you can see improvements in different [...]

March 26, 2009 1

Commonly Misinterpreted Basketball Rules

By morgamic in Sports

People who play pickup games often don’t know the rules. Unfortunately they also think they are right when they get into an argument with me about the rulebook.
Yesterday I got into an argument with someone over whether or not you can catch your own airball. Guy on my team threw up a layup [...]

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February 9, 2009 Off

Phelps, A-rod and the fame machine

By morgamic in Society, Sports

If you’re wondering why we’re so good at tearing down our sports heroes and celebrities, you should read this article by Jeff MacGregor.

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