Indian cricket fans celebrate victory over Sri Lanka in Siliguri on April 2, 2011, after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final match between India and Sri Lanka
April 9th
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (left) hits a six to win against Sri Lanka as teammate Yuvraj Singh reacts during the Cricket World Cup 2011 final in Mumbai on April 2, 2011.
» "Why You Should Care About Cricket"
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An American sportswriter discovers cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, and the Indian cricket team at the World Cup.
Just a few hours ago, on a mid-February morning, I landed in Dhaka. I came with a copy of “Cricket for Dummies.” The 2011 Cricket World Cup starts tomorrow, India at Bangladesh, and I know nothing about the sport, not even about the tremendous pressure on the Indian National Cricket team to win its second World Cup after a three-decade drought.
December 4th
Clever T-Shirt Packaging by Prompt Design
October 29th
Client: “Why is the text slanty?”
Me: “It is in italics.”
Client: “No, it is slanty.”
Me: “It’s called italics.”
Client: “I don’t care what you call it, make it stop.”
October 25th
“Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)” by Parry Gripp
Original video here.
Many more songs by the artist here. I also enjoyed “Overweight Hedgehog”.
October 23rd
The true size of Africa from Kai Krause
(via szymon)
» How to defend yourself from a mountain goat attack, in four simple steps
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1) They’re rare, so it probably won’t happen to you anyway.
2) Run.
3) Throw rocks at it.
4) Failing that, try to grab it by its “razor-sharp” horns. But you probably won’t be able to hold on for long.
Got it?
» Watching football on TV is a waste of time
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According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent broadcasts, and similar estimates by researchers, the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes.
Over the three hours of a typical pro football broadcast, about an hour is taken up by commercials and about 75 minutes consists of shots of players milling around and setting up for the next play.
Score one for hockey then?
Video of a weather balloon sent to space by a father-son team. It rose over 100,000 feet, reaching the stratosphere, before it popped and plummeted back to earth.
More info at the Brooklyn Space Program.
