Carcassonne, a German style board game.
You can buy it as an actual table-top board game (via Amazon among others), play it on your Xbox, or try out this simplistic windows version:
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/cindex.html
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
To Eat, or Not To Eat?
Japan’s Tuna Crisis
I love tuna with my sushi. Almost every single time I have made a meal of sushi, I have included tuna as an element. It's still cheaper than many other alternative fishes... so is there a shortage or not? Do I as a consumer choose not to purchase something with the greater good in mind, the eventual scarcity of the product, even though the product's current price does not reflect its supposed scarcity?
I love tuna with my sushi. Almost every single time I have made a meal of sushi, I have included tuna as an element. It's still cheaper than many other alternative fishes... so is there a shortage or not? Do I as a consumer choose not to purchase something with the greater good in mind, the eventual scarcity of the product, even though the product's current price does not reflect its supposed scarcity?
Monday, June 25, 2007
Quite Interesting -- how bad is reality for us?
The Total Perspective Vortex
"Groups of normal and eating disordered women were asked to rate the attractiveness of their own bodies. They were then photographed from the neck down, and panels of volunteers were brought in to view the photos and rate the women’s appearances objectively. The normal women, as it turned out, evaluated themselves much more positively than the panels did, while the self-ratings of the eating disordered women were in close agreement with the objective ratings. The eating disordered subjects, in other words, had a more realistic body image than the normal women."
...
"As one might imagine, these issues present some problems when it comes to treatment. How does one convince a depressed person that “everything is all right” when her life really does suck? How does one convince an obsessive-compulsive patient to stop religiously washing his hands when the truth of what gets left behind after “normal” washing should be enough to make any sane person cringe?"
"Groups of normal and eating disordered women were asked to rate the attractiveness of their own bodies. They were then photographed from the neck down, and panels of volunteers were brought in to view the photos and rate the women’s appearances objectively. The normal women, as it turned out, evaluated themselves much more positively than the panels did, while the self-ratings of the eating disordered women were in close agreement with the objective ratings. The eating disordered subjects, in other words, had a more realistic body image than the normal women."
...
"As one might imagine, these issues present some problems when it comes to treatment. How does one convince a depressed person that “everything is all right” when her life really does suck? How does one convince an obsessive-compulsive patient to stop religiously washing his hands when the truth of what gets left behind after “normal” washing should be enough to make any sane person cringe?"
ABC News
Echinacea May Boost Immune System More Than Previously Thought
"We showed that patients who took echinacea could decrease the risk of developing a cold by 58 percent as well as decrease the duration of a cold by over a day and half," said Dr. Craig Coleman of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.
"We showed that patients who took echinacea could decrease the risk of developing a cold by 58 percent as well as decrease the duration of a cold by over a day and half," said Dr. Craig Coleman of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Not a Very Good Idea
A deadly rinse: The dangers of hydrofluoric acid
From Volume 23, Issue 1 - January 1999
A popular carwash ingredient, Hydrofluoric Acid:
"HF is not like other highly corrosive acids. Mix it with equal parts of water (as many overzealous operators do when cleaning bay walls), spill a little on your unprotected hand and you won't even feel any pain as it begins to burn through your skin, searching for the calcium in your bones.
Because of the fluorine's numbing effect, it could be a full day before you begin to notice that your soft tissue and bone are being eaten away by this toxic chemical that has two favorite sources of calcium - bones and concrete."
From Volume 23, Issue 1 - January 1999
A popular carwash ingredient, Hydrofluoric Acid:
"HF is not like other highly corrosive acids. Mix it with equal parts of water (as many overzealous operators do when cleaning bay walls), spill a little on your unprotected hand and you won't even feel any pain as it begins to burn through your skin, searching for the calcium in your bones.
Because of the fluorine's numbing effect, it could be a full day before you begin to notice that your soft tissue and bone are being eaten away by this toxic chemical that has two favorite sources of calcium - bones and concrete."
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Running School
Who, Me Take Running Class?
Well, no, actually not me. But many people do.
"Up until recently, athletic hobbyists might take tennis lessons or attend a swim clinic, but rarely considered learning how to run, an activity they have been doing since they were toddlers. A running injury would simply mean a switch to a less jarring sport.
That was before middling runners realized that form matters. Many recreational runners now solicit advice before they cinch their shorts and lace up their sneakers. For them, there are Web sites promoting injury-prevention techniques and bloggers raring to discuss the latest clinics. Joggers have helped to spike the sales of form-conscious books and DVDs from programs like ChiRunning and the Pose Method. And the number of retreats on Running Times magazine’s Web site has swelled to more than 100, up from 38 in 2000."
Well, no, actually not me. But many people do.
"Up until recently, athletic hobbyists might take tennis lessons or attend a swim clinic, but rarely considered learning how to run, an activity they have been doing since they were toddlers. A running injury would simply mean a switch to a less jarring sport.
That was before middling runners realized that form matters. Many recreational runners now solicit advice before they cinch their shorts and lace up their sneakers. For them, there are Web sites promoting injury-prevention techniques and bloggers raring to discuss the latest clinics. Joggers have helped to spike the sales of form-conscious books and DVDs from programs like ChiRunning and the Pose Method. And the number of retreats on Running Times magazine’s Web site has swelled to more than 100, up from 38 in 2000."
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
dailypress.com
Is copper cable at the end of its line?
Now I know why the DSL at work has so much trouble...
"The condition to which it has deteriorated is no accident but a conscious business decision, since the examples we have given are not isolated problems, but hold true all over the commonwealth," testified Charles Buttiglieri, who runs the Communications Workers of America region that includes Virginia.
Now I know why the DSL at work has so much trouble...
"The condition to which it has deteriorated is no accident but a conscious business decision, since the examples we have given are not isolated problems, but hold true all over the commonwealth," testified Charles Buttiglieri, who runs the Communications Workers of America region that includes Virginia.
Teasmade: the gadget that refused to die
This nifty gadget was a popular fixture in '70s England, and now it (reportedly) on its way back.
"The peculiarly British invention combined an alarm clock with a kettle, and promised owners they could wake up each morning to a fresh cup of tea without having to leave the comfort of their bed. At the height of their popularity, two million households had one."
Sign me up!
"The peculiarly British invention combined an alarm clock with a kettle, and promised owners they could wake up each morning to a fresh cup of tea without having to leave the comfort of their bed. At the height of their popularity, two million households had one."
Sign me up!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Add a Dimension to your Travel Pics
Snapshots That Do More Than Bore Friends.
Through a technology called geotagging, users can add G.P.S. data to their pictures, which can then be plotted on a digital map. This not only allows users to see exactly where a photo was taken, but, when uploaded to an Internet map, users can also quickly browse a trove of photos that were taken nearby, providing a kind of scattershot collage of a place.
For example, people planning a trip to Cancún can use Google Earth, a free mapping software, to zoom in on Cancún’s crowded hotel zone and click on dozens of candid photographs, from the lounge chairs at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach hotel and the pool at the Omni Hotel & Villas, to snapshots of less-crowded beaches and the nearest mall.
Through a technology called geotagging, users can add G.P.S. data to their pictures, which can then be plotted on a digital map. This not only allows users to see exactly where a photo was taken, but, when uploaded to an Internet map, users can also quickly browse a trove of photos that were taken nearby, providing a kind of scattershot collage of a place.
For example, people planning a trip to Cancún can use Google Earth, a free mapping software, to zoom in on Cancún’s crowded hotel zone and click on dozens of candid photographs, from the lounge chairs at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach hotel and the pool at the Omni Hotel & Villas, to snapshots of less-crowded beaches and the nearest mall.
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