Top 100 Teacher Charlie King outlines the fundamental techniques of throwing a golf club.
“Probably the number one key when tossing a club is the golf club is gonna tend to get stuck in your hand and pull to the left, so you gotta remember to release it just one split second early.”
Three firms control 89% of US soft drink sales, producing “pseudovarieties” to conceal a lack of real choice. Long story short: all that stuff is really just water and sweeteners with different labels. Not exactly surprising.
These infographics illustrate what’s going on under those caps.
(via Steph)
“The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him; he does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ‘Wartime Writings 1939-1944’
You geeks looking for a turnkey time-killer? Look no further than the most complete and detailed study of Pac-Man possible. Includes the inside scoop on maze logic, cornering, areas to exploit, target tiles, intersections, Easter eggs, and the distinct behaviors of the four ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
Tons of stuff in there I guarantee you didn’t know. For instance:
Speed
The game starts with Pac-Man at 80% of his maximum speed. By the fifth level, Pac-Man is moving at full speed and will continue to do so until the 21st level. At that point, he slows back down to 90% and holds this speed for the remainder of the game. Every time Pac-Man eats a regular dot, he stops moving for one frame (1/60th of a second), slowing his progress by roughly ten percent—just enough for a following ghost to overtake him.
Life-changing information, to say the least.
And if you missed it this past May, you can hop on over here and play the special ‘Google logo’ version of Pac-Man that was created to commemorate the game’s 30th birthday.
