A few weeks ago I tripped and fell, twisting my knee. It was a very contemporary trip, I was consulting Google(tm) maps on my iPhone(tm) at the time ( Read more... )

Made me laugh: Dante’s Internet.

Ms Eleven argues for why she should get a laptop.

About beer and the rise of civilisation.

A nice rant on energy drinks, with a recipe for a healthy energy drink.

Study finds that “pre-flight” style surgery checklists save lives.

Nice presentation on different cultural attitudes to time ( Read more... )

Sometimes, when I am indulging in breakfast out, I look at the pancakes on the menu and consider indulging. This morning, Seddon Deadly Sins has cinnamon apple pancakes. So I indulged.

Really, I should not. No reflection on Seddon Deadly Sins, but pancakes are simply too much starchy-stodge for how I eat nowadays ( Read more... )

On Saturday, was having a lovely dinner with montjoye when she mentioned that a microbiologist friend had reported that research had been done on how long it takes viruses and bacteria to latch onto something dropped on the floor ( Read more... )

About science and pseudo science in nutrition and diet.

The ambiguities of gender.

About the third man phenomena.

About Ray Bradbury and the appeal of space travel.

The appendix may not be so useless after all.

Boeing™ have apparently had a somewhat successful test of a tactical laser.

India reported to be close to testing its first stealth ( Read more... )

Saturday, I went to Dave's birthday dinner. Dave & Jen are friends of montjoye, so I was touched to be invited.

It was a make-your-own-pizza night, always fun. I brought along a zindanfel (as recommended by the owner of that splendid local institution, The Seddon Wine Store), a muscat and a tokay (purchased that afternoon just-before-they-were-closing ( Read more... )

Last month, I suddenly dropped 3kg, making my total weight loss since January 2007 11kgs. I am not sure what caused the drop, since I have been doing much the same sort of thing: regular walking with weights, keeping water consumption up, saturated fats down. Possibly, my rediscovery of salt might have something to do with it. Certainly, I have ( Read more... )

One of our presenters told me she had been using drinking a couple of glasses of water and putting some Celtic sea salt (since that has the minerals that more processed salts lose) under her tongue to help her go to sleep, which I have also found recommended hereI thought about it and realised I probably did not have much salt in my diet. I eat ( Read more... )

I have been having a pretty healthy diet. Low in saturated fats, lots of grilled meat, steamed vegetables, etc. A lamb souvlaki is the most common indulgence meal. Along with the regular exercise, I seem to be getting notably flatter in the stomach.

Anyway, decided this afternoon I would be naughty, and do the coffee-and-cake thing. Got to The ( Read more... )

From mid-November to mid-January, I put on 4kg. Between Christmas, New Year, a plethora of birthdays and my gourmet brother staying for a week, not all that surprising ( Read more... )