June 2008
18 posts
BTW, I'm not a vegetarian,
not that there’s anything wrong with that.
“…at the dinner table, I roll in a Prius.”
– Vegetarian myths, debunked
Is soap "self-cleaning" because it's soap? →
“Barack Obama says that Americans cling to GUNS and RELIGION because they are...”
– Rumors Barack Obama’s campaign shouldn’t try to correct.
Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health... →
Help, Google, help!
S Africa Chinese 'become black' →
If you are going to be amending the laws anyhow, can’t you just add Chinese to the list of minorities? Or is BBC just being inflammatory in its description of the situation?
Big in Japan: Are children becoming addicted to... →
Interesting stat: “one-third of Japanese sixth graders have cell phones, while almost two-thirds of ninth graders have them”
Taiwan phasing out disposable chopsticks →
Good idea in general to have disposable utensils on demand. There aren’t enough craft projects in the world to justify the number of sforks I used to get when I ate junk like General Tso’s chicken on a regular basis. Would be easy enough for online order take-out delivery services like Seamless Web to institute now.
Lost in E-Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast →
A typical information worker who sits at a computer all day turns to his e-mail program more than 50 times and uses instant messaging 77 times, according to one measure by RescueTime, a company that analyzes computer habits. The company, which draws its data from 40,000 people who have tracking software on their computers, found that on average the worker also stops at 40 Web sites over the course...
At Miyabi
{as the waitress comes with the first course}
Josh: Did you know we're out of ice cream?
Me: That's cause you ate it [pause] by yourself [pause] while I was out of town.
Josh: But it went so fast!
{I start chuckling, then Josh, then the waitress}
“Some women are cutting out highlights entirely, saying they would “rather be...”
– It’s Not So Easy Being Less Rich
Katherine P. Rankin, a Neuropsychologist, Studies... →
They’re studying sarcasm in SF, where I can’t seem to find any myself!
Rumors: Starbucks To Launch Free WiFi Tuesday →
Too bad this dosn’t improve the taste of the coffee. Plus, the stipulations are a bit much. But sigh, small steps for the Big Green Giant.
