Lance Armstrong’s Troubles May Include the Tax Man
Wherever you stand on the issue, Lance Armstrong’s sudden and complete fall from grace seems like just about the worst thing that could happen to the man. Perhaps not, according to a recent article by...
View ArticleAmazingly Fast Numbers Game from Japan
Today on our weekly Fall Through the Cracks Friday feature we bring you the Japanese numbers game Flash Anzan. In this game, participants add up a series of numbers they see only briefly on an...
View ArticleThe Need for More Women Leaders
For this week’s Fall Through the Cracks Friday we’re taking a bit of a different approach. Instead of highlighting something funny, off beat or simply strange we instead decided to share a video from...
View ArticleMan Holds Breath for 22 Minutes (Not Tryptophan Induced)
Happy day after Thanksgiving everyone! I’m glad to see you found your way to PLUS Blog after likely sleeping in. With today essentially a national day of rest, we thought the following story was...
View ArticleReducing Email by Eliminating “Reply All”
Happy Friday PLUS Blog readers! We appreciate you stopping by the blog during your busy workday. This week’s Fall Through the Cracks Friday feature focuses on the “busy” workday and the amount of time...
View ArticleThe Math of Charitable Giving
A recent post at one of our favorite Fall Through the Cracks Friday resources, the Freakonomics Blog, caught our eye this week – probably because of our ongoing Sandy Relief Campaign, where for every...
View ArticleHow the World WILL End – NOT According to the Mayans
Happy December 21, Mayan Apocalypse day. OK, so no one likely actually believed that today was it based on a 5 thousand year old calendar from a long-ago (but quite advanced) civilization. In the...
View ArticleFinding Truth vs. Fiction Online
Happy Friday blog readers! This week on Fall Through the Cracks Friday we bring you a fascinating (and somewhat frightening) video from Ted.com on seeking the truth in the torrent of information that...
View ArticleCool Science, and the Best Headline Ever
We found this on Ted.com this week, and of course had to watch the whole video based solely on how compelling the headline is: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really. See what we...
View ArticleFor the Bullied and Beautiful
Our executive director insisted we share this great video this week – definitely worth dusting off the Fall Through the Cracks Friday franchise. Enjoy! Warning: A bit of not safe for work language in...
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