During our Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List stop in Seattle we took an art tour of Safeco Field. As we looked at one of the works by Gu Xiong called “The Crowd” we noticed one of the faces in the 24-foot long mural was that of Hollywood icon Nick Cage! It is a nice little Easter Egg that everyone can enjoy when you are in town watching the Ichiro-less Mariners.
Red Sox, White Sox, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Who wants to hear about the boring MLB team name’s that exist either for obvious reasons, or local fan polling (see: every recent expansion franchise). The real team names that personify the ‘boys of summer’ are the ones we are most interested in. Sure we’re really only into “our” teams as why else would beat reporters exist if not to keep us interested in things like team history and overlooking HGH allegations? As we roll on with the Windows Phone Baseball Bucket List we give you five teams that can at least keep all of our attention until we go back to convincing ourselves we’ll still be in it in October.
On Wednesday Microsoft and Maxim co-hosted a Back To School event on the roof top of Gansevoort Park Avenue Hotel in New York City. We got to demo the new Windows 8 exclusive app Cocktail Flow, shot a sweet video with the Bleacher Report guys and some photobombing fun with Maxim’s Maximum Exposure host April Rose. Once the drinks stopped flowing at 10 pm we walked across the street to Tavern 29 for an impromptu after-party with Colin, April, Jessica, Brookelyn and the rest of the Maxim crew. Tavern 29 had a drink on the menu called “The Roosevelt” which was absolutely atrocious so we took it upon ourselves to reinvent the drink, see the recipe below. After a delicious round of 14 Roosevelts for the crew we called it a night. Since I was the Mayor of Blackoutville by 8:30 I don’t remember too much of what happened but good thing I shot a bunch of photos using the HTC Titan II! Here are photos from the madness that was Microsoft and Maxim’s Back To School party!
Here are the 24 most beautiful Olympians to keep an eye out for in London. We didn’t put them in any particular order since we’d be lucky to even get the chance to talk to any of these women.
Seton Hall has a long history of integrating technology into the classroom. They were one of the first campuses in the country to be completely linked up to a wireless network and for almost 15 years they’ve been a ubiquitous competing campus, but this year they’re taking it up a notch. Students will be issued a Nokia Lumia 900 and Samsung Series 7 Slate. The progressive collaboration between Microsoft and SHU is training students to be as tech savvy as possible for the real world. Undergrads not fortunate enough to get a tablet will have to settle for a measly Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook. Word to the wise, keep those gadgets on campus. Newark is literally around the corner.
This year the Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th anniversary and today frontman Mick jagger is 69 years young! To mark the occasion we pulled together 36 rare and iconic photos of a young Mick doing his thing on stage and kicking back with his bandmates. View: 36 Rare and Iconic High Quality Photos of Mick Jagger
• 47 Olympians To Watch in 2012 [SI.com]
• Interactive Comparison Between Past And Present Olympians [Slate]
• 10 Insanely, Incredibly Close Olympic Finishes [Wired]
• 9 Athletes Banned Due To Doping [CNN]
• Phelps won’t march with U.S. team at opening ceremony [USA Today]
• 20 Greatest Summer Olympic Moments Of All-Time [Men's Health]
• Prostitution and Trafficking Fears At The Olympics [ProCon]
• The Greatest Olympic Race You’ve Never Heard Of [Slate]
• Olympic Park Food With Prices Breakdown [DiamondGeezer]
Over the next few weeks you’re going to see a lot of “Orbit,” London Olympic Park’s 377 foot tall observation tower located right next to the stadium. It is an impressive structure intended to be a permanent, lasting legacy of London’s hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics. If you aren’t able to attend the Summer games we pulled together a few high quality photos of the “Orbit” to give you an idea of what it’s all about.
Jamaica has won more gold medals for running than any other country. What drives runners in that small nation of 2.7 million to move at such extraordinary speeds? Whatever the winning combination might be, there’s certainly more to it than just running shoes. We take a closer look at the country everyone will be watching when it comes to the running events at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. h/t runningshoes.com
Basketball, track and swimming have been staples at the Olympics for decades, drawing thousands of spectators. But solo synchronized swimming or live pigeon shooting? They are among the strangest events that have, at one time or another, taken place at the Games. Here are the 10 oddest sports that have graced the modern Olympics — some will feature at London 2012 over the coming weeks, some thankfully will not…
Well I think the internet is here to stay. Going by the stats in this infographic, it seems like the rest of the world agrees. Here’s a look at just how much data is generated every minute on the sites that make up the majority of your work day.
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