Thursday miscellanea #285

Lots of food recalls right now. Ground beef, sprouts, hummus…have a look.
Hello, Indy. Good to see you. Weather looks to be a complete non-factor. Let’s have a great race! (Pssssttt…Monaco is that morning too.)
Ever seen a guy throw a 40-yard-pass to himself? His coach didn’t believe him, so he did it again on the spot in front of him.
It seems Apple may go to a synthetic sapphire screen for its iPhone 6. That sounds like a mistake. Presumably they’re doing it for the scratch resistance, which is exemplary. But Gorilla Glass is almost as good, and it’s not as prone to shattering as sapphire. Any structural failure of a sapphire smartphone screen is likely to be catastrophic.
Spirit is suing Led Zeppelin, almost 43 years later, for pirating the opening of “Stairway to Heaven.” Click to hear the allegedly ripped-off song and some good analysis. (BoWilliams.com verdict: interesting, but not close enough.)
Thought I’d get an Xbox One for Destiny, but I may wait until I need it for Halo 5. It’ll depend on what I can do playing Destiny on a One that I can’t do on a 360. (I did applaud the $100 unbundling of Kinect.)
A person I respect a great deal will plant a new church soon. I’m very excited for her, and I’ll be helping her as I can. More specifics soon.