The Water Cooler

June 11th, 2010

This Week’s Topics…

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    Sports
    As the World Cup launches, here's a great “alternative realities” Nike commercial,…
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    Technology
    A few weeks ago, when I got an e-mail titled “Travel Dates,” I didn’t open it.…
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    Sports
    At SixSeeds, we love to shout out to our talented friends -- or, in this case, really fun…
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    Sports
    Will we ever see a woman playing major league baseball? How about one that stands just…
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    Sports
    You might recall that we brought your attention to young Dylan Dethier back in April.…
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    Loopholes
    The first American billionaire managed to pass his fortune to his children and…
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    Conundrums
    A sinkhole, 65 feet across and 100 feet deep, swallowed up a small factory and some…
Sports

Writing the (Soccer) Future

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by John Kingston
As the World Cup launches, here's a great “alternative realities” Nike commercial, corresponding with their “Write the Future” campaign. (And the fact that Ronaldinho didn’t make the Brazilian team scarcely takes away from its mastery and fun.)

Watch it all...

Technology

This is your brain, on computers

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by Nancy French
A few weeks ago, when I got an e-mail titled “Travel Dates,” I didn’t open it. We’d been getting so many e-mails about our upcoming adoption from the agency, which lifted my hopes, only to find a mass e-mail for all adoptive parents, that I didn’t open it. And then I forgot it.
A New York Times article talks about how sensory overload makes you lose control of some of the details. (Be sure to try the exercises.)

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Sports

The Least Marketable Skill

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by John Kingston
At SixSeeds, we love to shout out to our talented friends -- or, in this case, really fun friends with the "least marketable skill in America," imitating the batting stances of major league players. But it seems to be working, as coverage in the New York Times, the Detroit News, and others have shown.
Hours of entertainment for the whole family! (Or, at least minutes of entertainment for baseball fans.) We just may find the opportunity to link to our friend Gar Ryness occasionally, as he travels around the country in search of Good. Family. Baseball. Fun!

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Sports

The Knuckle Princess

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by Jean Yih Kingston
Will we ever see a woman playing major league baseball? How about one that stands just over five feet tall? Maybe the "Knuckle Princess" will take the mound someday in one of America's big stadiums! Wouldn't that be fun to see?

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Sports

SixSeeds Scoops the Old Grey Lady

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by John Kingston
You might recall that we brought your attention to young Dylan Dethier back in April. Well, the New York Times has finally discovered him, too. Or maybe they're just reading our back issues.

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Loopholes

Death But No Taxes

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by Editorial Staff
The first American billionaire managed to pass his fortune to his children and grandchildren tax-free.

How did he do it?

Conundrums

How Will They Fix That Giant Sinkhole?

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by Nancy French
A sinkhole, 65 feet across and 100 feet deep, swallowed up a small factory and some telephone poles in Guatemala City last weekend. Slate asks a good question. "Police have been stationed around the hole to prevent bystanders from falling in, and those who live nearby are staying elsewhere for the time being. How do you fill a massive sinkhole in the middle of a major urban area?"

Let's hope BP isn't in charge of it.

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