Monthly Archives: January 2006

Turning Off the Cross

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PZ has discovered that the Skinner’s Butte cross has been off the Eugene, OR butte since 1997:

I learn that another Eugene landmark, the Skinner’s Butte cross, has been gone since 1997. I remember that obnoxious thing glowing up at the top of the butte during my entire stay there (we lived just west of the butte, and could look down the street to watch rock-climbers scale it), and I’m glad to hear it’s gone.

Neither PZ or his commenters note the time honored tradition of visiting high schoolers turning off the cross – reportedly a common occurrence when state basketball championships were held in Eugene.

Gosh, I’m surprised that PZ did not turn it off once or twice when he lived there.

Futbol Interlude

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And I mean real futbol.

Thanks to the wonders of RSS retention and overload I ran across this six week old post by Todd Zywicki depicting Ronahldinho performing some marvelous juggling and…well, just go see for yourself. Here’s a discussion of the shots off the top post.

Here is some more magical juggling from Ronaldinho.

Share this stuff with your kids. Seeing what is possible can help them achieve large improvements in their own skills.

NB: The additional links above are from the original posts comment thread.

Open(ing) Content

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I have way too much in my reading queue. Still, it’s great news that several magazines including one of my old favorites, Fortune, are opening up access to their content:

Folks, here is the good news…. all Business 2.0 archives and new articles are wide open, no subscription necessary! You said…. “bring down those walls….” and we did. Not just Business 2.0, but also Fortune and Money.

Via beSpacific.