Zed's Technical Writings

Summary

In this blog entry I consider how slingshots stack up against other other common human powered sports. I have selected a number of sports that involve a human flinging a ball, from golf to the shotput, from soccer to Jai-alai. Slingshots possess the least kinetic energy of all these sports. They aren't the fastest either. However,...

Many of us work somewhat in isolation. If we only read the forums, a few voices tend to dominate the discussion and these tend to be at the extremes. Therefore, I launched a series of polls to get a feel for the forum's general shooting and buying habits. The polls have run for a year, so I think we have enough data to draw some conclusions. I will...

Denis Dutton talks about the evolutionary basis of aesthetics.



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I try to figure out intellectually, philosophically, psychologically, what the experience...

Generally, the grips are:

• Hammer grip
• High finger grip
• Wrist braced grip
• Starship
• Others