Links: Lying, OPT, Max Effort Black Box

Here are a few things to keep you busy:

How to Spot a Liar (Westword via The Big Picture)

Want to train like the best? Follow James Fitzgerald's Optimum Performance Training menu for 'Big Dawgs'. DISCLAIMER: this is not for people looking to get in shape. This is for looking for that last 10% of performance (OPT Big Dawgs). I'll probably switch to this one day if I ever get tired of crossfit football or decide I have a shift in goals (more endurance, less strength bias).

If, however, you are generally looking to lose weight, get stronger and improve your all around general physical preparedness (work capacity), check out Coach Rut's programming at Max Effort Black Box (Crossfit Kansas City)

Tuesday Links

The Myth of Japan's 'Lost Decades' (The Atlantic via TBP)

Driver Mows Down Dozens of Bicyclists During Rally in Brazil (Deadspin). I've seen this on multiple blogs and its terrifying.

Holy S%@t Ski Fall. Watch your step. I watched this at least 4 times. (Adventure Journal)

Avalanches (when viewed from a distance) are awesome (AJ)

Nigel Marsh @ TED: How to Make Work/Life Balance Work (The Big Picture)

Europeans are drunks (The Economist via Reformed Broker)

Mid-week links

As if you didn't know, Gadhafi is completely insane (WSJ)

Kayak Vancouver to Alaska. No experience required (Backcountry.com)

Apparently I need to read the book 'Ridge Runner' (Adventure Journal)

Weekend Cabin: Stony Lake, Ontario (AJ)

Why is Fox News trashing Ron Paul? Check out the other links within the story too. (Big Picture)

Maybe its not such an awful thing when people are out of the gene pool. Family sues Forest Service after son is eaten by bear (AJ)

World record skiing cliff jump happened on accident. Holy crap (AJ)

Aussie cameraman gets in-water footage of shark eating marlin (Deadspin)

Random Stuff. All fun, no econ!

Woman on bike hit by cop car video (Deadspin)

My dream ride (Niner bikes RIP) just got better (Feed the Habit)

The EarlyUps have more fun skiing than you do (Adventure Journal)


Earlyups Takes Skiing. Seriously. from Earlyups on Vimeo.


Shake Weight is looking for a new model. Could be you (Outside blog)

The Art of Flight Will Blow Your Mind (Adventure Journal)

Links

David Brooks: The Experience Economy (NYT)

Madoff's prison interview (NYT)

Perfect man-made wave from wave-garden.com (Adventure Journal)

Swinglining Moab (Backcountry.com)

Norwegian Ice skating and pond-dipping (Outside)

TGIF Links

Happy Friday. Mubarak being asinine and refusing to step down is pushing up the price of gold, which is costing me a bit of cash right now so I have my work cut out for me today. With that in mind, here are some quick links to cool stuff that I've had starred in Google Reader for awhile:

Picture via (Adventure Journal)

Michael Jordan suits up for practice (ESPN)

Mystery solved: Pat Burrell is Brian Wilson's 'The Machine' (Deadspin)

Mob mentality explored. Careful, its a long one (You Are Not So Smart)

Skiing with Mom (Adventure Journal)

I see your hammock and raise you one Nestrest Portable Shelter (Adventure Journal)

Eddie Bauer is moving into the ski industry hard. Here is their somewhat promo (Outside Mag Blog)

Community Supported Agriculture (Robb Wolf)

Candide Thovex goes off (Adventure Journal)

If Reagan were a GOP candidate today. Awesome. (TBP)

Last week's Weekend Cabin (Adventure Journal)

Speedflying Cable Grind. Ridiculous (AJ)

Links (per Tinker's request)

Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title after evidence of using PEDs. This all started when they found abnormally high levels of plastic in his blood. It's official, every cyclist is doing it. (Outside Mag)

Ray's MTB is an indoor mountain biking gym with terrain to please every style: freeride, bmx, or even XC (my favorite). Granted, is only economically feasible in certain areas that are too cold to ride 6+ months per year, but Cleveland and Milwaukee have their very own slice of mountain bike lore. (Adventure Journal)

Former NFL lineman and current creator/head of Crossfit Football (crossftfootball.com) on the 13 Iowa Hawkeyes who got rhabdo (Talk to Me Johnnie)

Best in bounds pass ever (Deadspin)

Apparently I'll be enjoying Meat Week here in London soon (Meat Week)

Remember the terrifying velociraptors in Jurassic Park? They were actually Deinonychus'. Surprised you didn't know that already (Smithsonian H/T TBP)

More troops lost in Iraq/Afghanistan to suicide than to combat (Congress.org H/T TBP)

Hulu looking at changing its business model (WSJ)

Mossberg: the road ahead for tablets (WSJ)

EU and UK face stagflation. Likely central bank tightening is strengthening the currencies against loose monetary policy in the US.  (WSJ). Reminds me of this video (thanks Blake)



IHOPs are ridiculous. I RIDE THE RIDE (Deadspin) NOT SAFE FOR WORK (some language at the end)


The Provo brothers go Snurfing (Hat tip backcountry.com blog) After the jump:

Morning Links

Here's what was on my iPad last night and this morning:

Sports Illustrated has new info in the case against Lance Armstrong

AAPL demolished earnings, but Steve Jobs is taking another leave (WSJ)

The road ahead for the Euro (WSJ)

Reason number 75176 why Montana is cooler than where you live (this is there anti-DUI ad). I posted video after the jump because I couldn't get it smaller.

Two quick links: Ski sales and walking straight

Early season numbers indicate the ski industry is doing well this year (snow = $). Unfortunately telemark sales are down (Backcountry blog)

Why can't humans walk straight. Quick video from NPR (Via The Big Picture) about why humans can't walk straight:

A Mystery: Why Can't We Walk Straight? from NPR on Vimeo.

Links!

While perhaps less fun than my ski videos, there are a few worthwhile articles:

Can Banks Foreclose on mortgages they don't own? (i.e. loans were securitized and sold). This could prevent many homes from being foreclosed and would only prolong the excess supply in the housing market. (The Big Picture)

Team MacroMan's Non Predictions (Set 1 Commodities, Set 2 Equities, Set 3 Rates)

Check out this really cool MP3 experiment (H/T TBP)

The Top 10 Adventure Stories of 2010

I'm a huge fan of Outside Magazine. They have an app for iPad, so I should be able to get my fix more immediately now and from a truer medium than a computer screen. That said, their blog has an interesting post from yesterday, which is their favorite stories of the year. Check it out here. It's chock full of links that you could spend days clicking around on.

Hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to, I'd go with Hendrik Coatzee paddling the Lukuga River in Congo. Spoiler: he was killed by a crocodile. Now that is an adventure. I also appreciate that it all seems to have been done purely for the sake of adventure, not fame or some faux-altruism that is so popular these days.

Links and Video

Urban Meyer is Stepping Down? Again? (Deadspin and ESPN)

Sexiest Woman alive (according to one magazine: Roberta Mancino) says skydiving naked isn't that sexy (Outside Online). From her interview on the new Conan show.

Does travelling in and of itself add value? Also, the ideal commute time is apparently 16 minutes. I disagree. (Freakonomics at NYT)

The Daily Bike for yesterday's Adventure Journal is just a cool picture of the Dolomites. Just a cool picture (Adventure Journal)

AND the coolest rope swing of all time (Adventure Journal). See video below or click the link for back story.

Links

Good cartoons from the New Yorker regarding Thanksgiving travels (The Big Picture)

5 reasons holiday spending will have an upside surprise (Macrofuge H/T Reformed Broker)

Why the Feds want to bring down SAC (Fortune H/T Reformed Broker)

Are ski bums a dying breed? ESPN looks at a new book that asks the question. Yes, I will probably read it (ESPN H/T Backcountry blog)

For Your Friday Consideration

Nothing on the docket for this weekend.

Amazing street trials video (watch it in HD) (H/T Outside Blog)


Hard Shells are evolving to keep up with the breathability-obsessed outdoorsman (namely, me) (Gear Junkie)

Clothing made from 'bamboo' is apparently neither 'green' or really bamboo. I had no idea. (Adventure Journal)

Meet Quadroid: Android-Qualcomm combo smartphones may be the new equivalent of Windows-Intel for PCs (Reformed Broker)

Fell like doing The 7 Summits? Here's is the gear you would need to do Vinson (Outside Blog)

You'll notice I haven't posted anything related to sports in awhile. Here is my sportsyear in a nutshell: Rangers had their best year ever BUT Horns suck (4-6!!!), Deacon football is abysmal (2-8), Deacon basketball is off to a roaring 1-2 record before even getting into the real schedule, Stars are playing decent hockey (but might as well take the year off since I won't see a single game and they are broke) and the Mavs are playing decent (7-3).

Attack of the links

Holy Father blesses skiers (Outside Blog)

Green Lantern Trailer looks cool (H/T Reformed Broker)

Some cool outdoor time lapses, a little weird, but still pretty (Adventure Journal)

Another great video from the Provo brothers (H/T Backcountry blog)



Federal Reserve Monetary Policy 101, in the form of a comic book (H/T Big Picture)

Sit at a desk all day? Me too. Check out some stretches from K-Star, the CrossFit mobility guru (MobWod) 

Links

EAT REAL FOOD - 10 things Snack Food Companies Won't Say (SmartMoney- H/T Crossfit Football)

Killer Whales surf too (Adventure Journal)

Inside a Glacier (Adventure Journal)

Driver Kills Cyclist, Sues Family (Outside)

Addicted to Parenting (Freakonomics)

Link-fest

Bloomberg - BP released a report taking partial responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Also to blame? Everyone else.Still, an interesting look at exactly what happened in the days leading up to the explosion. I have learned more about drilling than I ever thought I would.

WSJ - After an emergency meeting this morning, Japan has pledged to use trillions of yen to limit the rapid increase in the yen. Japan's very fragile recovery is largely based on exports. A strengthening yen makes exports less competitive on a price basis. You can understand their concern.

The Big Picture - Excellent, succinct summary of week's events (as always).

Bloomberg - Bernanke's speech in Jackson Hole. Pretty much a non-event. Elaborated how the Fed could act further in the event of further economic deterioration. The most salient point (to me) was that the Fed cannot do this alone. I interpret this as a very polite way of saying that monetary policy can't help much if fiscal policy, housing, consumer demand and bank lending are all working against it. But that is my interpretation.

Mark's Daily Apple - Mired in Media - Discusses the three day rule behind unplugging from technology once in awhile and also some of the detriment of attempting to multi-task.

Links

Here are the interesting stories I've been reading last night and this morning:

Record number of Americans are pulling from their retirement (hardship exemptions and the like) - Zero Hedge via Reformed Broker

Wall Street Firms are Firing again - WSJ - When the firms that generate the research are cutting staff, that can't be a good sign. Also, beware of the possibility of banks being operationally bearish but pedalling bullish research.

Nice, gloomy outlook from the WSJ Europe this morning (which I read on the tube every morning, if you wonder)

Gold as Currency more than Commodity - WSJ - H/T Big Picture - I've heard it before. Gold is different. But its really its own category, so lets stop putting the square peg in the round hole.

Long article in the NYT about PR missteps so far this year á la Toyota, Goldman, BP and LeBron.