August 2012

  • Infographics: The Secret Language of NYC Restaurants

    Infographics: The Secret Language of NYC Restaurants

    Although I unfortauntely didn’t learn much of it during my brief stint as an NYC waiter, there’s a whole secret language in the restaurant business. This excellent NY Times Infographic breaks it down.. Terms of Service in New York Restaurants – Graphic – NYTimes.com.

  • Faster and Faster at the Olympics

    Faster and Faster at the Olympics

    The NY Times recently posted this excellent explainer feature documenting how Olympic sports have gotten faster and faster over the years. The piece focuses on the Men’s 100-Meter Sprint, but covers other important events, like the 100 meter freestyle swim, and long jump. From NY Times: Based on the athletes’ average speeds, if every Olympic…

  • Curiosity Rover Successfully Lands On Mars!!

    Curiosity Rover Successfully Lands On Mars!!

    Congratulations to the NASA/JPL-Caltech crew for successfully landing the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover on Mars! Here are the first images taken by Curiosity on the red planet.. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s statement: NASA is back on Mars – and getting ready for the next mission to the Red Planet! After an astounding 154 million…

  • Google Loves The Olympics

    Google Loves The Olympics

    Tonight while watching the 2012 Olympic Games Track and Field Mens 1500 race, I casually Googled “1500 meters to miles” to figure how close to a mile the race is. Lo and behold, Google not only did the conversion for me, but also figured out that I was watching the olympics, and gave me some…

  • Resources: Free Emergency Medical Technician Continuing Education Training Guide

    Resources: Free Emergency Medical Technician Continuing Education Training Guide

    At the end of my EMT-B training class through Unitek Education in Freemont, California, we went over various resources for obtaining free continuing education credits. Here are some of the resources we discussed:  Lots of CE courses are run through state emergency offices California Emergency Management Agency https://www.calema.ca.gov/LandingPages/Pages/Training-and-Response.aspx Federal Training Partners – https://www.calema.ca.gov/TrainingandExercises/Pages/Federal-Training-Partners.aspx July California Training…

  • Photos: Curiosity Just Days Away From Mars

    Photos: Curiosity Just Days Away From Mars

    Certainly my top photo set of the week – a complete photo album of the assembly and launch of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. Very cool. Good luck on touchdown on Mars in a few days! Curiosity Just Days Away From Mars – In Focus – The Atlantic.

  • Running in Newark

    Finally, an outside run for the week. After National Registry EMT-B testing, we got out of class a bit early. There was just enough sunlight left for a quick 5 mile run out to the industrial wasteland surrounding Newark, California.