Here's a grab bag of stuff I've been finding interesting today ( Read more... )

The International World Weightlifting Championships have been going on all this past week in Houston, and many of the sessions have been streaming on espn.com, so I've gotten to be a total sports nut this week. I think I've now watched more Olympic weightlifting in the past week than I had previously in my entire life ( Read more... )

Daniel and I and some friends went to see Cirque Noveau up in San Francisco last night, and were quite impressed. If you're interested in seeing feats of coordination, flexibility, and core body strength that you might have thought impossible, and you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, I recommend checking it out it you can. (Performances run ( Read more... )

Chain Gang is a collaborative storytelling project that BBC Radio 7 does from time to time. The basic idea: get a writer (award-winning Robert Shearman in the case of the currently ongoing series of Chain Gang) to write a few minutes of a story for radio. Broadcast it, and invite listeners to submit their storylines for what happens in the next few ( Read more... )

A few links for those following the situation in Iran:

The Guardian has a Live Blog on the situation with frequent updates.

There's a list of unsubstantiated rumors that have been flying around via Twitter.

And if you want to see some of the genuine news and unsubstantiated rumors that have been flying around by twitter, keep an eye on # ( Read more... )