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Nov 12
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez - how it really went down
via insidefights.com
I was watching the fight from a european stream tonight, and i must say the Pacquiao majority decision is complete garbage. The british commentators easily had marquez cruising.
In fact, here is a score from someone who saw what i saw. The round eleven description is spot on: “Given American judges preference for aggression over smart countering may mean that the scores at ringside are closer”
It doesn’t matter anyways, this should open up the opportunity for Pacquiao and Mayweather to fight. Unfortunately for Pacquiao, Mayweather is an entire class up in terms of defensive speed and timing compared to Marquez. And the last time someone knocked down Floyd, 2006 (Zab Judah, but ruled a slip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe8-JDQ2-g), (when he hurt his own hand) and 2001 (Carlos Hernandez, injured his hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fswFNvqgyk&feature=related)
Actually if you still like Pacquiao’s odds against Mayweather, take a look at Mayweather vs Marquez on compubox: http://compuboxonline.com/news.php?news_id=9
Mayweather lands 290/493 punches, 185/316 jabs, 105/177 power punches. Marquez lands 69/583 punches, 21/288 jabs, 48/295 power punches.
I’d predict Mayweather to outpoint by a healthy number of rounds, unless of course, the same three judges are back on duty.
Oct 28
The perception of a wall is often stronger than the wall itself.
A human wall is sometimes erected to prevent an opposing shot reach
the goal. In many cases, the wall discourages aiming for an entire
area of the goal. However, when the opposing player hasn’t played in
forever, his accuracy cannot be trusted. In this case, the opposing Liverpool player, steven gerrard, mishits
his shot, and it heads toward Ryan Giggs, a member of the human wall.
The shot appears to have a seeing eye for Ryan Giggs’ special parts,
and in this case the perception of the human wall is just that. Giggs
adjusts his body to avoid certain doom in front of national television
— and the ball goes in back of the net.
the goal. In many cases, the wall discourages aiming for an entire
area of the goal. However, when the opposing player hasn’t played in
forever, his accuracy cannot be trusted. In this case, the opposing Liverpool player, steven gerrard, mishits
his shot, and it heads toward Ryan Giggs, a member of the human wall.
The shot appears to have a seeing eye for Ryan Giggs’ special parts,
and in this case the perception of the human wall is just that. Giggs
adjusts his body to avoid certain doom in front of national television
— and the ball goes in back of the net.
Oct 04
why my macbook light doesn’t blink after my lid closes
I noticed a few months back, that my laptop never sleeps properly
after closing the lid in OS X. It works fine in Windows 7 on bootcamp,
but never OS X. For years, after I’d close the lid, I’d wait for the
light to flash, which would tell me it’s okay to move my laptop. Well it turns out, that during one update, a setting was changed that
made my computer save its memory to disk. so saving 2GB or RAM to disk
takes a few minutes.
http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/ So that file lives at:
/private/var/vm/sleepimage To remove, you’d need superuser access:
sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage And to change the default setting, such that the computer doesn’t save
to disk when the lid is closed:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 If you want to go back to saving to disk:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
after closing the lid in OS X. It works fine in Windows 7 on bootcamp,
but never OS X. For years, after I’d close the lid, I’d wait for the
light to flash, which would tell me it’s okay to move my laptop. Well it turns out, that during one update, a setting was changed that
made my computer save its memory to disk. so saving 2GB or RAM to disk
takes a few minutes.
http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/ So that file lives at:
/private/var/vm/sleepimage To remove, you’d need superuser access:
sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage And to change the default setting, such that the computer doesn’t save
to disk when the lid is closed:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 If you want to go back to saving to disk:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
Jun 24
Gel images on sale for $400 on Gilt
via gilt.com
Didn’t think molecular biologists could make money off their gels. Those are some nice bands though….
Jun 14
Wireless sensors embedded in stickers — do what you want with them
via greengoose.com
Greengoose is a relatively new startup, a five person team with $100K as of Feb 2011. They make stickers that contain a MEMS accelerometer (Nintendo Wii style) and a high frequency radio to communication motion information. And these devices are pretty cheap.
The only questions is: what’s the most creative use of these stickers?
Jun 11
IPS+multitouch 22” monitors for $250
I know it sounds like an advertising post, but this needs to be done.
On slickdeals, there’s a post concerning the Dell ST2220T multitouch IPS monitor for about $230 before tax. That’s an awesome deal for pretty new technology. IPS-alone monitors aren’t that much cheaper right now.
After looking around at an engadget review and some driver searching, I’m convinced that I need to get this thing…. Once I start making more money. Full disclosure, I already have dual 23” screens. The only things of course are that lots of apps won’t be able to take advantage of the multitouch, and dual booters into OS X will also have to make due without multitouch.
Jun 08
May 25
E-enhanced pajamas to monitor your sleep state
Ever wondered how good your sleep is? Well you could buy a fancy new shirt from Nyx Devices. Their pajama shirt has an electronic chip and sensors to monitor your breathing rate.
Apparently, and this has been harped on by other methods of monitoring sleep, your body moves (heart, spontaneous contractions) in different ways depending on whether you are in deep sleep, light sleep, REM (rapid eye movement).
These shirts are going live in 2012 for about $100, so that’ll make them pretty expensive pajamas. Also, how would you feel wearing the same shirt every night? Actually, how would your significant other feel? I bet he/she would want an electronic odor emitter attached. And while we’re at it, why don’t we have this shirt come in silk?
If I had one, i’d probably use it during a workout, to monitor more subtle things in my breathing / exertion. In fact the heart works much harder trying to cool a body down. What if one had a way to increase the intensity of your workout by heating you up (kind of like using an all synthetic fabric shirt for your workout), and then when you get to an optimal high breathing/heart rate, the shirt is electronically activated to ‘breathe’ more, in closed loop fashion. Awesome.
