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The skyscrapers of Dubai :: Take a look at the number of skyscrapers completed or under construction (over 600) and compare that to New York (+5000). While Dubai is booming and gets a lot of media attention, it has a ways to go to catch up to the world financial cities in terms of building. YouTube - Norman Foster: Building on the green agenda Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life Unclutterer " Archive " Creating a minimalist workspace :: So the first step is for you to consi read
And so Day 2 comes to a close. One of the biggest problems with this conference is that at any given time I will want to attend 2–3 simultaneous sessions. Fortunately, the open spaces format allows anyone at anytime to float (I think the term is “be a butterfly” or “be a bumble bee”). I did this in a few sessions to maximize the amount of sessions I could attend. We started out at Ruby’s Diner for breakfast. I arrived at the event to see people looking at the schedule wall. It’s really read
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor’s mailbox. - Willie Stargell read
An ode to the knuckleball, a truly screwy pitch. Few pitchers are able to throw the knuckler, giving those who can a cult-like status. It generally requires very large fingers. As Hall of Famer Willie Stargell explained it, "Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox". Yankees third baseman Wade Boggs once used the knuckleball to retire the side in an inning during a rare appearance on the mound. When he's got h read
From ESPN: Jim Caple visits R.A. Dickey, acolyte of the mysterious and increasingly scarce art of the knuckleball. Dickey is not just a guy trying to make the majors on a freak pitch, he's also a freak of nature. In 2006 I used my last-round designated-wacky pick on him in our fantasy baseball draft; although I didn't really expect him to tear up the American League, I suffered real pangs of sympathy when he made the worst start in living memory and was hustled down to Triple-A faster than you c read
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