Quote reblogged from NPR Fresh Air

A lot of people are trying barefoot running without preparation and without the knowledge of what happens when you take off your running shoes and I was one [of them.] And what often happens is exactly what happened to me: which is that you almost immediately hurt your Achilles tendon.

— On today’s Fresh Air, Gretchen Reynolds details what she did wrong when she tried barefoot running — and how to prevent your own running injuries.

5th April 2012

Link reblogged from Hatchlings Blog

Hatchlings Blog: Don't Be Evil: How Google Screwed a Startup

hatchlingsblog:

After trying to go through the “proper channels” for almost a year now it’s time to share this story of how Google screwed over our startup with the world.

Hatchlings is the world’s largest Easter Egg hunt. We have over 3.5 million users spanning all 50 states and almost every country on…

6th March 2012

Image reblogged from NPR

npr:

warbyparker:

Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.

#signofthetimes

For all you students (and nerds)

npr:

warbyparker:

Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.

#signofthetimes

For all you students (and nerds)

6th February 2012

Image reblogged from NPR

thrillist:

So much better than Sweet Tea.

haha

25th January 2012

Image reblogged from NPR

producermatthew:

Actual photograph of GOP presidential nominee hopeful Ron Paul. [Yahoo! Politics]

Ron Paul rules!

17th January 2012

Image reblogged from NPR

npr:

Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!
Most folks who resolved to cut down on coffee this year are driven by the simple desire for self-improvement.
But for coffee drinkers in 17th-century Turkey, there was a much more concrete motivating force: a big guy with a sword.
Sultan Murad IV, a ruler of the Ottoman Empire, would not have been a fan of Starbucks. Under his rule, the consumption of coffee was a capital offense.
The sultan was so intent on eradicating coffee that he would disguise himself as a commoner and stalk the streets of Istanbul with a hundred-pound broadsword. Unfortunate coffee drinkers were decapitated as they sipped.
Murad IV’s successor was more lenient. The punishment for a first offense was a light cudgeling. Caught with coffee a second time, the perpetrator was sewn into a leather bag and tossed in the river.
But people still drank coffee. Even with the sultan at the front door with a sword and the executioner at the back door with a sewing kit, they still wanted their daily cup of joe. And that’s the history of coffee in a bean skin: Old habits die hard. —Adam Cole

Silly Ottoman Empire

npr:

Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!

Most folks who resolved to cut down on coffee this year are driven by the simple desire for self-improvement.

But for coffee drinkers in 17th-century Turkey, there was a much more concrete motivating force: a big guy with a sword.

Sultan Murad IV, a ruler of the Ottoman Empire, would not have been a fan of Starbucks. Under his rule, the consumption of coffee was a capital offense.

The sultan was so intent on eradicating coffee that he would disguise himself as a commoner and stalk the streets of Istanbul with a hundred-pound broadsword. Unfortunate coffee drinkers were decapitated as they sipped.

Murad IV’s successor was more lenient. The punishment for a first offense was a light cudgeling. Caught with coffee a second time, the perpetrator was sewn into a leather bag and tossed in the river.

But people still drank coffee. Even with the sultan at the front door with a sword and the executioner at the back door with a sewing kit, they still wanted their daily cup of joe. And that’s the history of coffee in a bean skin: Old habits die hard. —Adam Cole