Just an archival catch-up of recent The Beach House Weekly—my Paper.li auto summaries—of an interesting few weeks in science, space and Australian politics.
From rockets to meteorites, Roxon to Rudd, novas to Nobels, planet hunters to metric hunters.
25 March 2013
18 March 2013
11 March 2013
4 March 2013
25 February 2013
18 February 2013
11 February 2013
4 February 2013
28 January 2013
21 January 2013
14 January 2013
7 January 2013
31 December 2012
24 December 2012
17 December 2012
10 December 2012
Intriguing to look back through actually. Something in there for everyone.
Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
25 March 2013
2 October 2012
What I've been reading and writing - a bit of a catch-up
This is a catch-up of my reading and writing lists as auto-compiled into e-zines by Paper.li. As usual, it is mostly for my own reference down the track, but maybe someone is interested.
The recycling bin may no longer be full of discarded newspapers, but holy moley I'm chewing through some online reading...
Editions for the week ending:
Phew. That's it. Must keep on top of this a bit better...
3 June 2012
Serving sliced Sauber - stunning sight!
It's a very revealing ultimate cutaway diagram!
Sauber say it took two years to produce this - likely two years to assemble discarded parts they were prepared to sacrifice. Anyway, it's a great project. Bit disappointing that they went and put an entire driver in there though!
14 May 2012
Have you ever thought about Himalayan climbing? Then follow these sites.
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| http://everestnews.com/ |
News Everest 2012: 0 Summits 2 Deaths
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| http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ |
14 March 2012
This is an encouraging shift - Saudi to field female Olympians
The Canberra Times is reporting that Qatar, Brunei, and late to the party Saudi Arabia, will all field female teams. Given that the Saudi government has reportedly been getting stricter about public appearances of women, could this be a turning point?
6 February 2012
From cherry-picking denialists to space games and squealing sheilas: weekly wrap of The Beach House
What I've been reading and writing about for the week to 5th of February, all in a neat little magazine for you.
This is for the US readers on Superbowl day
First day back at school here, except the teachers don't want any pupils today so at home with the kids. And that most curious of events called the Superbowl is live on tele.
What a strange game. They don't like putting in much actual work on the field do they? All seems designed around ad breaks and replays. And snack breaks. It's like a very large chunk of US society is designed around maximising over-eating opportunities.
I think these US players would be left quivering messes if they tried to stick it out for the 80 almost unbroken minutes of a rugby league game...
But as to who's playing and picking a fave to win, well that's easy:
UPDATE: an interesting analysis of football as the Americans play it on new news website The Global Mail.
What a strange game. They don't like putting in much actual work on the field do they? All seems designed around ad breaks and replays. And snack breaks. It's like a very large chunk of US society is designed around maximising over-eating opportunities.
I think these US players would be left quivering messes if they tried to stick it out for the 80 almost unbroken minutes of a rugby league game...
But as to who's playing and picking a fave to win, well that's easy:
UPDATE: an interesting analysis of football as the Americans play it on new news website The Global Mail.
28 January 2012
Scary rockclimbing and kayaking vid - beautifully shot
This is a beautiful clip shot by Corey Rich using a DSLR. Overt Nikon ad sure.
But tell me the solo climbing and the waterfall drops don't leave your palms sweaty!?
Via Martin Ollman
But tell me the solo climbing and the waterfall drops don't leave your palms sweaty!?
Via Martin Ollman
26 January 2012
Clijsters and Wozniacki send a message about squealing tennis players - funny as video!
Some tennis is just too hard to watch. The squealing and screaming makes it impossible unless you turn the sound off altogether. Channel 7's Summer of Never-ending Tennis therefore is often a no-go zone..
So this moment when Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki - in the middle of a game - decide to take the mickey out of it is pure gold!
So this moment when Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki - in the middle of a game - decide to take the mickey out of it is pure gold!
31 December 2011
Well this will turn all your ideas about your regular game or workout warm-up upside down!
Warming up for a game? Prepare to learn you've been doing it all wrong. We all have, warns Science Alert.
According to James Zois from Victoria University's School of Sport & Exercise Science, static stretching will not improve your performance - it will actually make you perform worse! To the tune of some 11 per cent compared to the preferred option - which is dynamic stretching.
"It's an epidemic: I see it at almost every AFL club, tennis match or international soccer event were athletes are stretching on the sidelines just prior to playing," he said. "People just aren't getting the message."
He says that while there is a role for static stretching to loosen injuries and stiffness, it just doesn't belong within an hour of high performance.
Yep - my world - upside down - right there.
According to James Zois from Victoria University's School of Sport & Exercise Science, static stretching will not improve your performance - it will actually make you perform worse! To the tune of some 11 per cent compared to the preferred option - which is dynamic stretching.
He says that while there is a role for static stretching to loosen injuries and stiffness, it just doesn't belong within an hour of high performance.
Yep - my world - upside down - right there.
28 December 2011
The lengths Channel 9 will go to to get people to watch boring cricket - Segway stack video
The Segway - a vehicle for lazy people who can't be bothered walking. This video clip is evidence that even the short distance out onto a cricket pitch should be a Segway-free zone.
It's a crack-up of a stack by Ian Healy, but no - nothing like enough to warrant me watching test cricket...
It's a crack-up of a stack by Ian Healy, but no - nothing like enough to warrant me watching test cricket...
And now for something completely different - a man who is completely bonkers - luging without the luge
Jean-Yves Blondeau calls himself Rollerman.
And that about sums up his gig - rollerblade wheels strapped on all over himself - including his back presumably for if he flips - and rolling face-first (sometimes all too literally) down insanely steep hills.
If the quality of his car is anything to go by, he isn't really making enough out of it to cover the risk...
Via dVice.com
And that about sums up his gig - rollerblade wheels strapped on all over himself - including his back presumably for if he flips - and rolling face-first (sometimes all too literally) down insanely steep hills.
If the quality of his car is anything to go by, he isn't really making enough out of it to cover the risk...
Via dVice.com
16 October 2011
Is there such a thing as too much sport?
Sunday 16 October is shaping as a crazy TV sports day.
At 3:30 the league test between Australia and New Zealand starts. You'd have to think the Kangaroos are a real chance with Darren Lockyer back on deck. And at the same time, the MotoGP starts, with Aussie Casey Stoner riding for the World Championship.
At 5:00 Queanbeyan's Mark Webber starts from third in the Korean F1 Grand Prix. Last week he finally got his starts figured out. The dastardly team mate whose name will not be mentioned here has the World Championship in the bag - gained largely at Webber's expense, so perhaps the team will give Mark some overdue attention and give him a real chance. As long as he gets off the line quickly...
And if the channel button on the remote isn't buggered from flicking between those three events, then there's the Rugby Union World Cup semi between the Aussies and Kiwis (again!) starting at 6:30. Sheesh...
From France's performance yesterday, today's game is clearly the de facto final. Shame about the draw putting two top performers against each other in a semi. Smart money is on the Wallabies due to the no shows among the Kiwis. We'll see.
Better go get ready...
At 3:30 the league test between Australia and New Zealand starts. You'd have to think the Kangaroos are a real chance with Darren Lockyer back on deck. And at the same time, the MotoGP starts, with Aussie Casey Stoner riding for the World Championship.
At 5:00 Queanbeyan's Mark Webber starts from third in the Korean F1 Grand Prix. Last week he finally got his starts figured out. The dastardly team mate whose name will not be mentioned here has the World Championship in the bag - gained largely at Webber's expense, so perhaps the team will give Mark some overdue attention and give him a real chance. As long as he gets off the line quickly...
And if the channel button on the remote isn't buggered from flicking between those three events, then there's the Rugby Union World Cup semi between the Aussies and Kiwis (again!) starting at 6:30. Sheesh...
From France's performance yesterday, today's game is clearly the de facto final. Shame about the draw putting two top performers against each other in a semi. Smart money is on the Wallabies due to the no shows among the Kiwis. We'll see.
Better go get ready...
27 June 2010
Aggravation in B flat
Says it all really...
Although Australia's exclusion from the next round of the World Cup removes the need to subject oneself to that horrible buzz any more.
Credit: Sydney Morning Herald
5 May 2010
ACT Budget summary
Media release I wrote for GCC on local impacts of the ACT Budget:
The 2010–11 ACT Budget has been largely welcomed by GCC as a solid further step towards correcting years of lagging infrastructure, as the population surges past 41,000, on its way towards 100,000 people.
Transport
“This budget includes some very important projects for improving public transport services for Gungahlin commuters, over and above the most welcome continuation of the Gungahlin REDEX bus service” said GCC President Ashley Kerlin.
“For more than three years we have been asking for a major Park’n’Ride to be built at EPIC, for a ‘tidal’ bus lane down the centre of Northbourne Avenue, and a fix to the major congestion woes at the Phillip Avenue/Majura Avenue intersection.
The 2010–11 ACT Budget has been largely welcomed by GCC as a solid further step towards correcting years of lagging infrastructure, as the population surges past 41,000, on its way towards 100,000 people.
Transport
“This budget includes some very important projects for improving public transport services for Gungahlin commuters, over and above the most welcome continuation of the Gungahlin REDEX bus service” said GCC President Ashley Kerlin.
“For more than three years we have been asking for a major Park’n’Ride to be built at EPIC, for a ‘tidal’ bus lane down the centre of Northbourne Avenue, and a fix to the major congestion woes at the Phillip Avenue/Majura Avenue intersection.
2 November 2009
Webber 4th in the world
Capital region local Mark Webber scored a second place on the weekend in the season-ending Grand Prix at Abu Dabi. It was an almost incident-free race, with just one guy clipping Webber's rear wheel and losing part of his front spoiler (which almost hit a following driver in the helmet!).
The final 10 laps were nail-biters, with Jensen Button closing quickly on Webber, then having two serious goes at him on the final lap.
The podium finish gave Webber fourth overall in the F1 world championship - a great outcome considering how many DNFs he had through mechanical failures or getting caught up in other people's prangs.
The star of the meet though was the new Abu Dabi track. So unlike the Bahrain track that is swept by traction-defying sands. Extraordinary architecture of the surrounding buildings, a billiards table-smooth surface, and lots of passing opportunities. I think we'll be seeing plenty more races on this track.
The final 10 laps were nail-biters, with Jensen Button closing quickly on Webber, then having two serious goes at him on the final lap.
The podium finish gave Webber fourth overall in the F1 world championship - a great outcome considering how many DNFs he had through mechanical failures or getting caught up in other people's prangs.
The star of the meet though was the new Abu Dabi track. So unlike the Bahrain track that is swept by traction-defying sands. Extraordinary architecture of the surrounding buildings, a billiards table-smooth surface, and lots of passing opportunities. I think we'll be seeing plenty more races on this track.
19 October 2009
Webber gets Brazilian
In the wee hours of the morning, “our” Queanbeyan boy Mark Webber has pulled off a win at the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix win.
I was thinking “why bother getting up at 3am for another disappointment – just set the recorder instead”. Unfortunately forgot to not listen to the news or read the sports pages in the paper today so have blown the excitement of watching his win.
With a good car and an improving team, things are looking great for Webber next year. It would be great to have the first Aussie F1 champ since Alan Jones coming from the local region.
Oh…apparently some other bloke wrapped up the 2009 world championship…
I was thinking “why bother getting up at 3am for another disappointment – just set the recorder instead”. Unfortunately forgot to not listen to the news or read the sports pages in the paper today so have blown the excitement of watching his win.
With a good car and an improving team, things are looking great for Webber next year. It would be great to have the first Aussie F1 champ since Alan Jones coming from the local region.
Oh…apparently some other bloke wrapped up the 2009 world championship…
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