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 Send to email | The camera in the stands in General |  By Rough Ty
el 31-Jan-2012 | The wisdom of Pudge Fisk, channeled through Jon Udell: Somewhere in the 2000s, [Roger] Angell asked [Carlton] Fisk to reflect on what had most altered the game of baseball since his playing days. The salaries? The drugs? No. The game-changer, Fisk said, was instant replay. His game-winning 1975 home run is one of most-remembered moments in all of sports. The video of that event is one of the most-watched clips. You might think that Carlton Fisk has seen that clip a million times. But in fact, he told Roger Angell, he never watches it. That?s because he doesn?t want to overwrite the original memory, which is his alone, recorded from a point of view that was his alone, with a memory we all share that was recorded by a camera up in the stands....
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| The camera in the stands | | The wisdom of Pudge Fisk, channeled through Jon Udell: Somewhere in the 2000s, [Roger] Angell asked [Carlton] Fisk to reflect on what had most altered the game of baseball since his playing days. The salaries? The drugs? No. The game-changer, Fisk said, was instant replay. His game-winning 1975 home run is one of most-remembered moments in all of sports. The video of that event is one of the most- [..] Read complete article | | Published 31-Jan-2012 by Rough Ty in General
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Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Turn Your DSi Camera Into A Slightly Better Camera [Ds] | | The DSi's camera is OK for quick snaps but, like the early days of mobile phone cameras, it's quite limited in what it can do. Which leaves a gap in the market for clip-on accessories like Thrustmaster's Studio Kit. It includes a range of add-ons to help bring the camera up to [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Nov-2009 by Luke Plunkett in Ds DSINintendothrustmaster
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| Runic Games stands against SOPA | |
Runic Games, developer of the Torchlight series, has come out against the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA).
"It is clear that the scope of the proposed legislation would give unnecessarily broaden power to l [..] Read complete article | | Published 12-Jan-2012 by Alexander Sliwinski in macpcpiparunicrunic-gamesSOPAtorchlight-2
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| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
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| Microsoft CEO stands by bid for Yahoo
(Reuters) | | <p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/tc_nm/yahoo_microsoft_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080423/2008_04_23t054522_450×311_us_yahoo_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=M5N.pOVZdru6eHb35OZu3A–” align=”left” height=”89″ width=”130″ [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Apr-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| 360 Wireless Mic Stands Alone This Fall [Microsoft] |  Microsoft is taking the wireless microphone from their Lips and sending it packing, making its increased game support even more appealing by releasing it on its own this fall. With support recently introduced for both Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band 2, the wireless microphone dou [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Jun-2009 by Mike Fahey in
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| Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
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| Bizarre stands to make $40m if Blur is a hit | 
If you doubt the potential for success with Blur, the first racing game under the protective wing of new mother bird Activision, then you don't know how popular Bizarre's Project Gotham Racing franchise has been. We d [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-Jul-2009 by David Hinkle in activisionbizarrebizarre-creationsblurproject-gotham-racingracing
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