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T-Rex Racing
Lyndsey Wasson went to the Emerald Downs Racetrack in Auburn Washington to capture the T-Rex Racing Championship.
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Two guys made their own fiber internet provider
Herman said he was the chief operating officer of his father’s construction company and that he shifted the business “from doing just directional drilling to be a turnkey contractor for ISPs.” Baciu, Herman’s brother-in-law (having married Herman’s oldest sister), was the chief construction officer. Fueled by their knowledge of the business and their dislike of Comcast, they founded a fiber ISP called Prime-One.
Now, Herman is paying $80 a month to his own company for symmetrical gigabit service. Prime-One also offers 500Mbps for $75, 2Gbps for $95, and 5Gbps for $110. The first 30 days are free, and all plans have unlimited data and no contracts.
And that’s been the key to their success – they had most of the know how to do it. They only needed to organize and acquire a few additional skills to build out the business.
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Home run derby robbery
This will definitely pop up in highlight reels forever.
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Lettervoxd
A fun site if you like worms: Lettervoxd. Look up where words used in movies.
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Hermit crab conservation
Someone noticed hermit crabs using plastic for their shell. They created an organization that cleans beaches and offers hermit crabs actual shells.
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Home run swing off
When the Major League All-Star game ended with a miniature home run derby, it felt like something out of Banana Ball.
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Roland Garros French Open poster art
Roland Garros has been creating posters for the French open since 1981. It’s interesting to see the aesthetics and styles change over 40+ years.
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Jordan Harper – She Rides Shotgun
She Rides Shotgun will soon be a movie. The book that it’s based on tells of Nate McCluskey and his daughter, Polly, attempting to escape an Aryan Nation branch in Southern California. Jordan Harper writes a taut, propulsive story with hard boiled lyricism, mixing violence and pathos. Definitely recommended as a quick, engaging, easy read.
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Deleting a second brain
Joan Westenberg writes:
For years, I had been building what technologists and lifehackers call a “second brain.” The premise: capture everything, forget nothing. Store your thinking in a networked archive so vast and recursive it can answer questions before you know to ask them. It promises clarity. Control. Mental leverage.
But over time, my second brain became a mausoleum. A dusty collection of old selves, old interests, old compulsions, piled on top of each other like geological strata. Instead of accelerating my thinking, it began to replace it. Instead of aiding memory, it froze my curiosity into static categories.
I suppose the challenge is finding a balance of keeping track of ideas and then executing or developing the worthwhile ones.
