I finished the first of my “24 in 12″ books last week. My kick off book was Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich, a story about a team of card counters from MIT who trade in their lives as engineering and math [...]

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This guy is looking for the answer. He’s going to do 30 minutes a day of Wii Sports for six weeks and track the following metrics (Weight, BMI, Heart Rate (at rest), Body fat, Pain/Soreness and more) to see what effect his training regimen has. This is not Rocky hauling carcasses across Siberia but it [...]

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You fall into the camp of people that feels that Lost gives you far more questions than answers? Well you’re probably right and IGN put together a fantastic list of 50 unsolved Lost conundrums. Check them out and we’ll hopefully get more than a handful resolved in 2007. (I miss this show)
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A good little New York Magazine piece on why the format for Lost is ultimately unsatisfying and why something like 24 works so well.
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A few days ago, over on his blog, Manlio threw up a post about NBC’s Friday Night Lights - specifically criticizing how having Coach Taylor wake up his players at midnight and take them out to run sprints up a hill was more hazing than it was coaching (episode summary here). After a few days [...]

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For two days this week a film crew has been shooting a new Will Smith movie around the NYU Campus, which I am told is about vampires. That could be a rumor though. I also heard it was a Denzel Washington movie too, so clearly my facts are all over the place.
I usually do [...]

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Dave Chapelle as Black President Bush skit. Brilliant.
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Since you should be wrapping up the season premiere of Lost this wednesday night, you’ll be in the perfect position to catch the series premiere of The Nine on ABC at 10pm. It’s been getting that special buzz the same was Lost did when that started out. Give it a shot.
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This ain’t your momma’s 20/20. This is about the science of extinction, baby! Get psyched! Seriously, everyone, set your DVRs for this one:
The world’s top scientists, including Stephen Hawking, considered the foremost living theoretical physicist, describe seven riveting scenarios detailing the deadliest threats to humanity.
Some can destroy the planet, others have the ability to render [...]

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