links for 2009-01-31
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Archive for January, 2009
Lit2Go
Very cool!
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
- Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
- Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
- View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
- Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
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Thirsty Animals
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Sometimes things have a funny way of working out.
Great story about a guy who was cut by the worst team in the NFL and is now playing in the Super Bowl.
Sean McHugh had just bought his family’s first house in suburban Detroit.
He’d just found out his wife, Ashlee, was pregnant with their second child, a daughter to go along with their then-18-month-son, Jack – though the excitement was tempered due to some early complications with the pregnancy.
The good news was McHugh had just survived final cut day with the Detroit Lions, meaning he was all but assured another year in professional football. He hoped to start at fullback and would play for the league minimum – about $520,000 for his experience level.
But just before the first practice in September, he was summoned to the office of team president Matt Millen. He knew the drill.
“When they come get you and Matt wants to talk to you, it’s never a good thing,” McHugh said. “You just have a sinking feeling. You walk through the locker room, up a flight of stairs and you just think, ‘What the heck is going on?’ ”
What was going on was that he got cut, fired, laid off by Detroit. The team had signed someone else and to make room, McHugh was out.
Just like that, Sean McHugh was deemed not good enough to play for the lowly Lions, who would go winless – the first 0-16 season in league history.
If you’re not good enough to play for the worst team ever, who exactly are you good enough to play for?
“What are we going to do?” he thought.
How about play in the Super Bowl?
Within days of Detroit cutting him, he unexpectedly signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Four months later he finds himself here preparing for a shot at an NFL championship against the Arizona Cardinals.
McHugh, right, celebrates with Permalink Comments off
links for 2009-01-27
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links for 2009-01-26
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Teacher Loses Control
Cell phones cameras are everywhere. If you’re going to lose it, you have to know this.
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So which chart should you use?
Nice graphic here. Click it to see a larger version.
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links for 2009-01-23
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Al Gore did help to create the Internet…just ask the guys who really did.
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Borrowing Money
I like just about anything that the Commoncraft Show puts together.
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links for 2009-01-21
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Another impressive image.
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2009 Inaugural Celebration. Washington D.C. National Mall – Satellite Image
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A true “killer app?”
I wonder what kind of music the soldiers listen to while they’re lining up the target.
A new application has been launched for the iPod touch to help gun users line up a clean shot at their target.
The BulletFlight app, which costs £6.99 to download from the iTunes store, has been developed by Runaway App to turn the iPod touch into a ballistics computer which the company says can provide “quick solutions in the field”.
Users can mount their iPod touch to their rifle, and then use the iPod’s touch-screen to tap in details about the wind conditions, ammunition type, distance to the intended target and even the wind speed.
he application features built-in profiles for three weapons – the M110 semi-automatic precision rifle, the KAC PDW, and the 14.5in SR16 rifle – although users can add more weapons into the app.
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