Texting taps out a family-friendly result - USATODAY.com

Texting taps out a family-friendly result - USATODAY.com:

"A family that texts together, stays together. Or at least it stays in touch better.

and later

"The phone survey of 2,252 adults, between Dec. 13, 2007, and Jan. 13, 2008, also shows that families use those technologies to stay in touch with each other throughout the day."

and finally:

"When the Internet arose, some worried that it would pull families apart, Rainie said. But for perhaps the first time, this study indicates fairly definitely that technology is bringing them together by allowing them to have constant contact, Rainie says."

Ten Questions with Randy Pausch

Ten Questions with Randy Pausch

Randy Pausche Graduation Address

No Armstrong at TDF?

10 Speed » Blog Archive » Armstrong may be having a change of heart about Tour:

"Armstrong has adjusted his message since the Vanity Fair story announcing his comeback. In that story, his comeback seemed to be all about winning the Tour de France for the eighth time and proving once and for all he raced clean and won fair and square. But since then, his message has focused more on his global cancer initiative through LIVESTRONG, sprinkled with realism that winning the Tour again might not be possible — or even practical considering Alberto Contador is the undisputed leader of the Astana cycling team .....Focusing on the Giro certainly would solve a couple of problems. It would remove the issues about the team leadership of Astana, which would be Contador’s role at the Tour de France and presumably Armstrong’s at the Giro, which Armstrong not only never won but never even competed in."

I hope US TV covers the Giro!

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff:

"The St. Bonaventure product averaged 6.5 points and 2.2 assists in his NBA career. Bremer played for Spartak Primorje in the Russian Basketball Federation last year and was first in the league in assists and second in scoring. ”He’s probably one of the best point guards in all of Europe,” agent Craig McKenzie said."

CONGRATS JR!!!!! (A can brag that I had JR in class!)

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News:

"It is tempting to look at the line-up of storms in the Atlantic (Hanna, Ike, Josephine) and, in the name of everything green, blame climate change for this state of affairs. But there is another inconvenient truth out there: We are getting more vulnerable to weather mostly because of where we live, not just how we live.

In recent decades, people around the world have moved en masse to big cities near water. The population of Miami-Dade County in Florida was about 150,000 in the 1930s, a decade fraught with severe hurricanes. Since then, the population of Miami-Dade County has rocketed 1,600% to 2,400,000."

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function:

"It shows, for the first time, that a region of the brain usually associated with planning and controlling actions is activated when players and fans listen to conversations about their sport. The brain boost helps athletes and fans understanding of information about their sport, even though at the time when people are listening to this sport language they have no intention to act."