Sports (mostly baseball)

A flying jet ski. Sort of.

By Diane Duane ⋅ April 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Well, why not? And this thing looks desperately cool. “Everyone’s dreamt of flying free as a bird. Nano is for the fun of flying – no passengers, no cargo – just you, Nano and the endless blue. If you’ve ever had a pilot’s licence you’ll fly Nano right out of the box. The rest of [...]

World Cup thoughts

By Diane Duane ⋅ June 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

A note to the US team: Guys, please pull your socks up and start playing like grownups. You made it to the Cup when a lot of talented teams didn’t. If you don’t start functioning a lot better than this, you’re never going to have a chance to beat England… (And, on a happier note, [...]

A cool thing: your Nikes tell your iPod how far you’ve run

By Diane Duane ⋅ May 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

And when I saw it in the Guardian this morning, I thought, “What a neat thing to send to BoingBoing.” Unfortunately Warren Ellis beat me to it. The Nike+ system, which has taken 18 months to develop, uses a tiny transmitter fitted in the trainers to send information back to the music player with every [...]

Oh, Keith, what did you say?! Argh.

By Diane Duane ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I still haven’t gotten around to getting my NASN subscription going again, so I missed this particular moment. I’m sitll tyring to figure out what my reaction to hearing it live would have been. Probably the same large [headclutch!] that I did when I read this. [Keith] Hernandez saw a woman in the Padres dugout [...]

Chicken! (not…)

By Diane Duane ⋅ February 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear, dear. The fear of the spread of bird flu has resulted in French rugby fans being urged not to perform one of their most famous traditions when they arrive in Britain next month.For decades, French rugby fans have known for smuggling a cockerel, their emblem, into stadiums and releasing it onto the pitch at [...]

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