YouTube was made for a couple of weeks in low stress post-op recovery when it's raining and crummy outside. There's enough content up there now so you can surf the flow of your curiosity. Went all over the place. Spent quite a bit of time checking up on the international space station, and got curious about all the experiments being run up there by space agencies around the planet. They say it's about Mars. But there's too much asteroid crashing, orbiting, landing and sampling going on. Then I found out about Apophis. So that's it. As for Mars, getting there isn't the problem. Coming back is.
I caught up on a lot of golf via YouTube and the places it led me. Mind blowing (and mind confusing) deluge of swing instruction. Videos from the old days of players I never saw but now can watch. I'd never had any insight (or access) to that before. It was an eye opening experience. Who's number one after Tiger. The Olympics. Why the europeans keep crushing the americans in the Ryder Cup. All of the marketing hype. Go further. Stronger lofts. MOI. Groove rules.
I looked into my used golf kit. Turns out Ping black dot is designed for a standard sized person of about 5 foot 6. And the 2 iron in that kit is almost the same loft now as a modern 4 iron. Then the PGA Tour iron distance averages started to make some mortal sense. So, time to make an appointment with Mr. Ping and see where my clubs stack up versus the modern kit. Oh, and this Trackman phenomenon...
I did enjoy the interviews with Jack Nicklaus. It was one of those "heard it the first time" kind of experience listening to the man's point of view on things. Things kept feeling a bit more mortally possible. That was good news.
And what is all this hype all over YouTube about Ben Hogan this or that? Must be some god.
(via Jiro on iPhone)