Month: November 2011

Good list.

1. If you have a healthy relationship with your family and speak to them all the time, you’re playing touch. If you see your family only once a year, it’s tackle.

If you’re in the market for a new/upgrade phone, you should definitely jump on this deal:

For a limited time only, all phones from Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T with a new line of service are on sale for a penny and include standard FREE Two-Day Shipping. Offer valid between midnight PDT November 21, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. PDT November 28, 2011, while supplies last

Notably missing is the iPhone (go figure), but pretty much every other available phone seems to be there.  I can highly recommend the new HTC Rezound if you’re a Verizon customer…

Correction: It appears that this offer only extends to “new” phones and not upgrades…

Thanks to impressive athleticism, high-speed video and clever computer modeling, two researchers have unraveled the hidden aerodynamics behind the playful task of skipping over a speeding rope.

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Beyond satisfying curiosity, the research may lend engineers a hand in designing objects that move through the air quicker or are more resistant to breaking.