"in the twilight of machinery / where's the world going? / won't somebody tell me?"

[larryhammer]

Testing whether 10,000 hours of focused effort really is enough to become an expert performer of an activity, golf edition. (via)

Firefighter Olympics. (via)

End of an era. (via) ETA: No, wait, not quite dead yet. Swintec still manufactures typewriters -- for prisons. (via) See also. (via)

---L.

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

The Dan Plan makes me all choked up and snuffly. I am pathetic! But that's really cool.

[larryhammer]

I'm curious to see how well it works, as a way of testing the principle. I'm also intrigued by the approach of starting with the basics and working his way UP to driving.

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Firefighters.

[larryhammer]

Whoops! Corrected.

---L.