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Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that being able to move in a small amount of space is very important when it comes to comfort and ease.  There’s a reason flight crews have weight requirements, and there’s an even better reason cops have to pass minimum physical fitness standards.  But what about normal, every day […]

This has been a banner year for NFL records being tied or broken.  First, you had Cam Newton breaking the rookie record for most yards thrown in his first game.  Then, you had Sebastian Janikowski kicking a record-tying 63-yard field goal and Tom Brady throwing a 99-yard touchdown pass in the same weekend.  Now, you’ve […]

In 1989, the city of San Francisco was rocked by the Loma Prieta earthquake.  The 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the World Series (which was going on at the time), killed 63 people, and caused $10 billion dollars in damage.  Exactly 22 years later, San Francisco has experienced not one, but two earthquakes on the anniversary of […]

One more violent despot goes down. After the world celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this year, now another black-hearted tyrant is brought to brutal justice. Reports coming out of Libya this morning alerted the world to the fact that Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. Al Jazeera Arabic broke the news this morning […]

It may look like a kid’s kaleidoscope, but the new Lytro Light Field digital camera is the only camera around that offers photographers a second chance. It’s no cyborg eye camera, but with the Lytro, there are no more blurry, out-of-focus pics. The Lytro allows users, both on the camera and once the digital images […]

Before the opening game of the World Series, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington joked that he couldn’t “match a wit” with notoriously cerebral and glum St. Louis Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa.  That didn’t stop him from trying.  During last night’s 3-2 victory by the Cards over the Rangers, Tony La Russa dipped into his […]

Your office supply art just got much more expensive.  In another attempt to stave off bankruptcy and actually lose less money than expected, the United States Postal Service is passing its expenses on to you, the consumer.  That’s right, the price to mail a letter is going up yet again.  Starting on January 22, postcard postage increases […]

For whatever reason, Sony cannot make a handheld game that people want to buy.  Nintendo, even with its screw-ups regarding the Nintendo 3DS, owns the portable gaming handheld market, and Sony can’t seem to make a dent in the market.  Fortunately, Sony is a multi-billion-dollar company with lots of cash to waste, so they’ll keep […]

When Carson Palmer got up yesterday, he was a retired NFL quarterback.  He wasn’t officially retired; he was still drawing checks from Cincinnati owner Mike Brown, but he wasn’t going to play any time soon.  He wanted out of Cincinnati, where the Bengals have only had two winning seasons in the last 20 years.  Bengals owner Mike Brown […]

It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten any news concerning Richard Branson’s for-profit space exploration venture or the $209-million-dollar Spaceport America out in the middle of nowhere in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but just because there’s no big news, that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening.  Behind the scenes, Virgin Galactic has been hard at work preparing […]

Tots getting permission to surf on their parents’ computers on Sunday morning may have seen more than was appropriate. For 20 minutes, the Sesame Street YouTube channel was showing way more than Big Bird and the Cookie Monster. A hacker took over the normally felt puppet-filled educational-laden channel and changed it to a flesh-laden X-rated […]

Cornel West is a man who wears many hats.  He’s a professor at Princeton, a civil right activist, a media personality, a public speaker, and a man who looks like Jules Winfield’s grandfather.  Long story short, it’s no surprise that Cornel West was headlining a protest on the steps of the Supreme Court while simultaneously […]

Were you affected by the BlackBerry worldwide outages that happened last week?  Well, if you were, or if you’re just a BlackBerry subscriber, Research In Motion has a deal for you.  RIM is giving away $100 worth of free apps from BlackBerry App World to subscribers affected by recent service issues.  Call it good customer […]

As a former professional football player, former quarterback and current coach Jim Harbaugh is a very physical, very excitable guy.  That hasn’t changed, even years after he left the league and took over as the coach for the surging San Francisco 49ers.  After the 49ers stormed back in the 4th quarter to defeat the previously […]

Baseball is a sport that inspires fans to collect memorabilia. Pay attention and you’ll see nuns auctioning off rare baseball cards. Now, the ball that haunted Bill Buckner and the Boston Red Sox is up for grabs in an auction. If the buyer is willing to part with a million dollars, that is. Red Sox […]