VicLovan.com NEWS » soccer football http://www.viclovan.com/news Be sure to "middle click" on the post links to open them in a new tab. Kids get your mom or dad to approve all the news feeds, some may be PG-13 or higher. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:08:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Arudino DIY Football Hero http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/27/arudino-diy-football-hero/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/27/arudino-diy-football-hero/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:30:51 +0000 CrunchGear http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=120673

Playing guitar with your hands is so 4 years ago. So this team of DIYers and soccer football players  crafted the first ever, wall mounted, full sized, football hero. The control pads are large piezo sensors controlled with the Arduino electronics platform. But let the video do the talking.

A behind the scene video is also available below:

via [Hack N Mod]


]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/27/arudino-diy-football-hero/feed/ 0 Starcraft lessons from a “100 percent full-blooded Korean” http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/30/starcraft-lessons-from-a-100-percent-full-blooded-korean/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/30/starcraft-lessons-from-a-100-percent-full-blooded-korean/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:59:37 +0000 CrunchGear http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=98227 Let's be clear: it was his prerogative to put his race in the advert. I'm just repeating what I heard. But let's also be honest. Say you wanted soccer (football) lessons. Given two identical ads on Craigslist, would you go with a guy born and raised in Brazil or some local yokel? I realize this is a sticky issue for potential Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, but for us it's less of a problem. The Brazil guy, am I right? Because he's more likely to have been immersed in soccer culture from birth and to have played since childhood, developing skills people like me think only exist in Shaolin Soccer. Thus, Mr. ByunTae's reasoning in including his genetic makeup and upbringing in an ad for training someone at a video game. Because Korea is the be-all and end-all of Starcraft. [...]]]>
Let’s be clear: it was his prerogative to put his race in the advert. I’m just repeating what I heard. But let’s also be honest. Say you wanted soccer (football) lessons. Given two identical ads on Craigslist, would you go with a guy born and raised in Brazil or some local yokel? I realize this is a sticky issue for potential Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, but for us it’s less of a problem. The Brazil guy, am I right? Because he’s more likely to have been immersed in soccer culture from birth and to have played since childhood, developing skills people like me think only exist in Shaolin Soccer.

Thus, Mr. ByunTae’s reasoning in including his genetic makeup and upbringing in an ad for training someone at a video game. Because Korea is the be-all and end-all of Starcraft.

Sure, we’ve got our own, more official courses, but how can you resist one-on-one tutoring on such topics as:

Muta stacking
Lurker stop and stacking
Cloacked zergling
Learn Korean lango, like “chobo” “gosu” “ww” etc
Advanced micro/macro management (able to stand off 12 zerglings with just 3 zealots or fend off 18 zealots with just 4 cannons) < - EXTREME SKILL

Sounds pretty serious, and for $20-$35/hour, you’d better be serious too. I think a lot of these skills will carry over to Starcraft II as well, so you’re getting kind of a bargain here. Bay Area only, unfortunately.

I’m especially intrigued by the promise that “Korean girls will be intrigued that you’re such a good Starcraft player.” That’d be good, because my “blogger” lines are starting to wear thin on that variety.


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