National Geographic Captures Cheetahs Running in Slow-Mo
News Flash: In case you need a refresher on animal facts, here’s this tidbit: cheetahs are really, really fast. In fact, Sarah the cheetah, the fastest cheetah in the world, ran the 100m in 5.95s. To put things in perspective, Sarah’ s time is faster than Usain Bolt’s world record by roughly three seconds. Sarah … Read more
Formula One Driver Reaches 190mph going through Lincoln Tunnel
In America, race-car driving is dominated by NASCAR. In Europe, Formula One reigns supreme. Despite this, Formula One is attempting to get America’s attention by holding a race in New Jersey scheduled for next year. As an early promotion for the event, F1 driver David Calthard recently drove a Red Bull F1 show car through the Lincoln Tunnel and reached … Read more
Olympic Fridays: Remembering Steve “Pre” Prefontaine
Every Friday leading up to the London Games I will be posting about past U.S. Olympians who created lasting legacies. Today, I remember the great Oregon distance runner Steve Prefontaine, otherwise known as “Pre”. Known for his tenacious work ethic, selfless attidude, and natural talent, Pre transformed the landscape of American distance running and is also credited for sparking the ”running boom” … Read more
Morocco & Spain
By Morrie Conway At the age of 19, Mike Matas left to work for Apple. After co-founding Delicious Monster, an elegant book cataloguing tool which generated $250,000 in sales in its first month, he helped to design the user interfaces and artwork for the iPhone, the iPad and Mac OS X. His latest digital publishing company, Push Pop … Read more
