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Basketball

Bad Boys: 80’s Detroit Pistons getting ESPN 30 for 30 treatment

I grew up in Michigan and I loved was crazy obsessed OBSESSED with the Detroit Pistons of the 1980s and early 1990s.

By stuart

April 13, 2014April 13, 2014

Pikachu mad and not know how to reconcile

Culture Extra

How bad feelings can turn you into a jaded asshole without you knowing it

I don’t think I am a particularly happy or sad person, but an approach I’m always trying to tweak is balancing good feelings and bad ones, and treating them equally.

By stuart

April 12, 2014April 13, 2014

Mom

Mom Chronicles #98: This is Santa Barbara

My mom is on a cruise through Mexico and southern California and she’s really learning how to share her experiences via text message and her phone’s camera.

By stuart

April 11, 2014May 13, 2014

Basketball Funny

Always slam dunk on someone your own age and you’ll go to heaven

That’s a 7-5 basketball player dunking on a much smaller high school kid and trying to wrap his legs around him to further humiliate him. That’s funny.

By stuart

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014

Basketball Queer

The list of gay basketball players continues to grow with another coming out

With Derrick Gordon coming out today, the UMASS shooting guard adds his name to a growing list of gay male basketball players that have come out in the media.

By stuart

April 9, 2014September 24, 2015

Culture Race

Fans defend racist “Indian” mascot in the face of Native American protest

If there’s a photo that should change the minds of sports fans that want to keep their precious Indian mascots, this photo of a Native-American coldly staring at a fool supporting the Cleveland Indian’s Chief Wahoo just might be it.

By stuart

April 8, 2014September 24, 2015

Culture San Francisco Tech

Sarah Slocum has a punchable face with or without Google Glass

I know that a good chuck of the 14 of you that read this blog will be shocked and appalled by this post, but I feel strongly about this: Sarah Slocum has a really punchable face.

By stuart

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014

huge opportunity for workplace mobile apps

Tech

Work easier with mobile apps targeting businesses

Most everyone under the age of 60 has a mobile app or two or 26 downloaded onto their smartphone. We’re well-aware of the cultural phenomenons like consumer apps like Flappy Bird and Candy Crush, but what of apps focused on the business?

By stuart

March 23, 2014March 23, 2014

Tech

Anker External Wall Charger, Batteries for Samsung Galaxy S4

Let’s not talk about how the charging port of my Samsung Galaxy S4 stopped working and let’s talk about solutions people.

By stuart

March 22, 2014June 5, 2014

Tech

Well this sucks.

I just got this little reminder today. It’s appropriate that I am getting this warning through an old ugly windows pop up prompt.

By stuart

March 18, 2014March 18, 2014

Jabari Parker shoots jumper over defenders

Basketball

Jabari Parker should be the #1 NBA draft pick

If Jabari Parker isn’t drafted #1, then you’ve either been sold on “potential” or don’t recognize the skills it takes to be successful on the next level. Jabari Parker is about as sure a thing as it gets. If Parker declares for the 2014 NBA Draft, he should be taken #1 bar none.

By stuart

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014

Stauskas reverse layup against Ohio State

Basketball

Nik Stauskas spins, goes up and under Ohio State (GIF)

Toward the end of the game against Ohio State yesterday, Nik Stauskas could be seen telling one of the Michigan coaches “get me the ball” during a timeout. Hey, if that’s what the Big Ten Player of the Year and only unanimous selection to the All-Big Ten Team wants, let’s see what happens.

By stuart

March 16, 2014March 17, 2014

Nik Stauskas heads up court after the ball slipped out of Aaron Craft's hands

Basketball

Victory slips out of Aaron Craft’s hands (but the basketball was slippery!!!)

Are they still talking about how great and tough Aaron Craft is? What about all the less than great things he did in the last 3 minutes against Michigan – why can’t we talk about that?

By stuart

March 15, 2014March 17, 2014

Michigan's Caris Lavert throws down left-handed slam against Illinois

Basketball

B1G3: Caris LeVert, Glenn Robinson III, Nik Stauskas lead Michigan

Here’s a action shot of Michigan’s big three of Caris LeVert, Glenn Robinson III and Nik Stauskas.

By stuart

March 15, 2014March 17, 2014

Basketball Jeremy Lin Video

Jeremy Lin puts up 21 points in 24 minutes in blowout loss vs. Chicago Bulls

It’s been a while since I posted about Jeremy Lin, I guess my brain can only obsess over one Asian-American male at a time.

By stuart

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014

Tech

Google Drive price cut just fucked DropBox, Box

I’ve been on the edge of my free 15GB storage with Google Drive for the last couple months, so the news today that Google lowered their prices were well-timed.

By stuart

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014

Tech

Automatically add an external link icon to WordPress content

Here’s a cool plugin for WordPress that I just discovered. This External Link plugin allows you to process and style external links. Adding a link ‘notification icon’ to all external links within your content.

By stuart

March 11, 2014March 11, 2014

Extra Race

Arthur Chu is winning Jeopardy because he knows the answers to the clues

Arthur Chu is the 2014 version of Jeremy Lin. I know it’s weird to compare an NBA player to a nerdy Jeopardy! contestant, but in many ways Chu and Lin are similar when you view them through the Asian-American lens.

By stuart

March 10, 2014May 13, 2014

New York Street Art

“The Giant” mural by Os Gemeos + Futura:2000

I walked by this awesome mural while strolling in Chelsea today. The huge, 80-foot mural on P.S.11 Elementary School titled simply “The Giant” was a collaboration work by famous street artists ‘Os Gemeos’ and ‘Futura2000’ in 2010.

By stuart

March 9, 2014March 10, 2014

Tech

Behind on news? Use IFTTT for auto-curated content

I’m a big online news reader, as well as a news “saver” — meaning I love going through dozens of articles and saving several (to Pocket) so I can read them later in the subway, in bed, or waiting in line.

By stuart

March 7, 2014March 10, 2014

Tech

How to find a website’s RSS feed URL

I’ve been working on a personal project that requires RSS feed* URLs and surprisingly, they haven’t been as easy to locate as one would think.

By stuart

March 6, 2014March 10, 2014

Race Video

Watch all of Arthur Chu’s Jeopardy episodes

Are you looking to bingewatch all 9 shows of Arthur Chu’s dynasty? Here’s the Arthur Chu mega-playlist.

By stuart

March 5, 2014May 13, 2014

Nik Stauskas stares down ignorant Illinois fans

Basketball Race

Oh Canada! Nik Stauskas hits buzzer 3, silences fans chanting “USA!”

Nik Stauskas is a Canadian of Lithuanian heritage, so some of the classy, assy Illinois fans in the student section starting chanting “USA! USA! USA!”

By stuart

March 4, 2014March 4, 2014

Culture Queer Video

Guy checks out woman’s ass and it’s cool until he find out it’s a man

File under: why? I’ve always appreciated the way women compliment each other’s physical attributes without fear that their sexuality will be challenged, and if it is, they don’t care. It’s just built into the way women interact and it’s socially acceptable.

By stuart

March 3, 2014March 10, 2014