The Vostok blog

Yesterday Cosmonaut Sam Lown walked the talk, showcasing his talent on the unicycle. Sam made it look effortless, but our attempts to ride it were unsuccesful (lets just say “epic fail” was heard more than once).

Sam is not the only computer geek into unicycles: world renowned information theorist Claude Shannon (The guy who puts the S in Shannon & Weaver) was well known for riding his unicycle through the halls of Bell Labs, and was a founding member of the Unicycle Society of America.

Despite wise statistical objections and our tiny sample size (n=2), the vostok team is wishfully betting on a strong link between unicycles and computer science skills.