The New York Post has an article about the obesity rate in New York City. It says that 1 out of 6 (17%) New Yorkers is obese and half are overweight. But New York’s obesity rate is less than that national average of 21%. Amazing numbers which I’m sure will only get worse with today’s… Continue reading American Obesity Running Wild
The 2004 Olympics Mess
Here’s an interesting article about the issues Greece is having in preparing for the 2004 Olympics.
30 Billion Windows Crashes Each Year?
John C. Dvorak does some calculations and comes up with 30 Billion crashes by various Windows operating systems per year. Seems a little low to me.
How to Make Money on Wi-Fi
Looks like the Starbucks method of Wi-Fi access is a dud. According to this Wired article, Starbucks stores average less than 2 customers per day. That’s because they charge $6/hour for access. By contrast the companies that give Wi-Fi access away are using it to lure more customers: If you want to see the right… Continue reading How to Make Money on Wi-Fi
Color Blackberry
These combo devices just keep coming. RIM’s new color BlackBerry 7230 got very high marks in this review. I think I’m still partial to the Treo 600, but I’ll have to test this Crackberry out just to be sure. Here are a few of the features: E-mail, phone, SMS, browser and organizer applications available in… Continue reading Color Blackberry
Man-Made Diamonds
It looks like De Beers, the bastards that artificially inflate diamond prices by holding back supply, may finally have met their match. Wired has an article about a couple of different methods of mass producing diamonds. The stones will be so inexpensive that they may even be used in semiconductors: Still, Butler is frustrated with… Continue reading Man-Made Diamonds
The Decline of the Dictionary
The Weekly Standard has an interesting article about the practices of dictionary publishers. Not that I’ve ever been mistaken for ‘Mr. Vocabulary’, but there are some things in this article that have bothered me for years. And the more blogs & online forums I read the more these things bother me. Here are some of… Continue reading The Decline of the Dictionary
I’m Hit!
A thunderstorm just popped up and something in my neighborhood must have been hit by a bolt. That was the loudest clap of thunder I’ve ever heard. And the flash damn near blinded me. At least my grass is getting a good soaking though. Update: So now, 15 minutes later, after the sky has cleared… Continue reading I’m Hit!
SlamBall is the Sh*t!
I just saw SlamBall for the first time and I’m hooked. I can’t believe I slept on the entire first season though. I remember seeing promos for it and thinking ‘eh, so what if these guys can dunk using trampolines…’. Silly me. Here’s a description of the game: Take basketball. Then mix it with football,… Continue reading SlamBall is the Sh*t!
Get Healthy, Drink White Tea
Coffee and soda drinkers may want to take heed of this report on oral health concerns of common beverages, and the health benefits of white tea. It appears that white tea, which is minimally processed, has many health benefits: