Monthly Archives: June 2006

a little physics with your football

i haven’t actually read the paper yet, but a couple of american physicists wrote a paper about the physics of a football in flight on corner kicks and free kicks. hopefully, it has an explanation of how deresarios free kick … Continue reading

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bikes, prostitutes and football

i got my train ticket for frankfurt yesterday. 100 euros! maybe should have gotten it a little more in advance as i had to pay full fare. although, i think the cheapest is like 79 euros. it’s an approximately 4 … Continue reading

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one day to go…

in case you don’t read comments, it turns out we’ve gotten allocated tickets through the conditional ticket thing for the opening match. so, hopefully, we’ll make it in time. it’s going to be tight. luckily, they’ll have some most likely … Continue reading

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pele2?

pele2 is apparently a dutch midget (maybe a dwarf?) rapper. i was walking through nieuwmarkt on my way to central station to sort out my train ticket and his van was there with him performing. his website appears to only … Continue reading

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result! germany v costa rica

i guess it’s better late than never. we’ve been a bit busy the past couple of days watching games. we slept late saturday and got up just in time to go watch england v paraguay and then it’s been almost … Continue reading

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