Last updated on June 27, 2024 Pickleball has achieved something that other racquet sports, such as tennis, squash, racquetball, and badminton, have not been able to achieve. The game has won the hearts and minds of nearly nine million Americans,…
I got the call as I was watching Olivia Blatchford play Maria Toorpakai Wazir in the finals of the Manulife Investments WSA Tournament at Club Meadowvale. It was my wife. She broke the news as gently as she could –…
I was excited. Nearly two years to the day after we received my daughter Anakha’s diagnosis, I came across another child with the same rare condition. Not a nameless statistic in a medical journal, but a real-life little girl, with…
Do we need another story-creation app when Instagram, TikTok, and Snap users are already churning out copious amounts of visual content on the internet? By launching Web Stories in September 2020, Google appears to believe there is room for one…
Everyone likes free publicity, even brands! Done right, influencer marketing delivers just that. In simple terms, it is the idea of turning influential people, within a community of interest, into brand ambassadors for a product or service. The concept of…
Over the past few days, I came across some news items that made me wonder what I would have done if I were in those situations. Here are three that would make you ponder… If your plane crash-landed, and you…
Here are the answers to the Racquet Social Pickleball Serve Rules Quiz. The answers include simple explanations and references to the relevant USA Pickleball Association rules. Question 1: You can hit a volley serve above your waist – True or…
Pickleball paddles have evolved. Choosing the perfect pickleball paddle is no longer a matter of aesthetics and price. Wooden paddles have given way to aluminium, fiberglass, and graphite. Lighter paddles with larger sweet spots have translated to increased power and…
With all the bad news in the media, you may be looking forward to getting away from it all. If your activities take you outdoors and into unmapped areas of the earth, there are two location apps that you should…
If your work or leisure activities take you into unmapped areas of the earth, you should know about What3words. What3words uses geocodes to narrow down a location to within a 3X3 metre square space irrespective of whether it is in…