August 12, 2010
When many of us were kids, we used to eat cereal and milk every day without any trouble, and “lactose intolerance” was unknown. But as we grew up, I think a lot of us probably stopped eating cereal. I know I did.
So now, whenever I try to have some milk and cereal I [...]
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July 16, 2010
What is the correct response in a zombie attack, when most people around you have become the walking undead, after you survive the first 24 hours?
Should you keep running? Move from place to place? Maybe you want to find your family, or maybe you just want to hole up somewhere remote that happens [...]
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July 9, 2010
PART 1:
This program is the simplest and greatest weight lifting program for everyone.
But first.. Why weight lift? Should everyone weight lift?
Absolutely! Weight lifting is more than just bodybuilding or gaining super strength. It is also the healthiest and safest form of exercise that exists.
Weight lifting invigorates the body. Healing hormones [...]
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July 9, 2010
True mind fucks, singularity/quantum mechanics:
Permutation City, Planck Drive, etc by Greg Egan
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Favorite example of capitalism/economics in Sci-Fi:
First Contract by Greg Costikyan
Exo-Skeleton/human enhancement:
Armor by John Steakley *** Amazing psychologically ***
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Some cool nomadic/social technology ideas I liked:
Distraction by Bruce Sterling
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling
Scariest First Contact:
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Superhuman, [...]
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July 4, 2010
Many people interested in Barefoot Running or Hiking find it hard to transition into going 100% barefoot. It takes a long time for the feet to toughen up and the nerves to stop being so sensitive to sharp rocks.
Some people end up trying to transition with light-weight shoes with minimal support, like Vibram Five [...]
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July 4, 2010
I am blogging this for posteriority. My prediction is that within the next century from now, the Big Bang theory will be discarded.
Right now, the theory seems to adequately explain the current expanding behaviour of the universe, and various properties of space-time.
Some months ago I was studying the nature of time and [...]
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June 18, 2010
This is a warning and a note for any lawyers looking to sue Proctor & Gamble.
My contention is that Head & Shoulder shampoo is designed to cause dandruff in the long term and temporarily alleviate it in the short term.
I used to be dandruff free until I started using Head & Shoulder shampoo. Then [...]
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June 10, 2010
Diabetes type-2 is caused by insensitivity to insulin. Every time you eat food with carbohydrates in it, the body produces insulin to deal with the carbohydrates. Unfortunately, in the diabetes-affected person, insulin doesn’t get taken up by the muscles and organs, which results in too much insulin in the body. This causes [...]
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June 5, 2010
So you’re all excited about the coming singularity! You can’t wait for AI to come by and evolve themselves into super intelligences and start kicking our butts all over the floor.
Yeah well, screw AI. Telepathy is where it’s at. Hook everyone up with WIFI implants in their brains and start [...]
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June 5, 2010
It was inevitable. From our very beginnings to where we are going.
Many people recognize that technology is getting overwhelming, that every new technology comes with a whole host of extra requirements. For instance, the average smartphone user quickly finds that they require multiple phone apps to be satisified. Basically, every level [...]
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