So I just learned that in 1980, the US Defense Department tried to outfit a C-130 cargo airplane with rockets so that it could be used in rescue missions (specifically in Iran). The purpose of the rockets were to allow the plane to take off and land in about 300-400 feet of runway instead of [...]
This game reminded me a lot of how exciting Lin was to watch last year. He and James Harden both were incredible here.
This is one of the craziest things I’ve ever read about on Kottke. In a 1993 NBA playoff game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Houston Rockets, refs, fans, and just about everybody watching for the last 19 years somehow missed the fact that a 6th player (#22) on the Rockets just goes ahead and [...]
I really liked reading this article in GQ (it’s old, I know) about Jeremy Lin’s path to success at MSG and after MSG. It was as thrilling a sports story as we’d seen in decades—the type of thing your grandmother calls to ask if you’ve heard about. Everyone knew Jeremy Lin, instantly. At its epicenter, [...]
The Sky is NOT the Limit | Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. Watch this video of Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, talking about how space was the frontier than spurred his interest in getting people to have a healthy competition in bettering the world for the [...]
