A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm Jacob, a peripatetic interdisciplinary designer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently working on online e-Commerce and identity. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Posts tagged “health”
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
People commonly use the word “procrastination” to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what’s happening as merely not-doing-work. We don’t call it procrastination when someone gets drunk instead of working. —Paul Graham
Modern Day Flintstones [Spiegel]
«A modern-day Stone Age subculture is developing in the United States, where wannabe cavemen mimic their distant ancestors. They eat lots of meat, bathe in icy water and run around barefoot.»
For more see the earlier article ‘Evolutionary Fitness’ from The Times.
FRONTLINE: ‘digital nation’
Want to hear some South Korean kids sing about netiquette? Well here’s a distraction! Oh but you heard the news that multitasking is turning human-kind into imbeciles didn’t you? So close that Facebook window before hitting play, and for the love of all that is good concentrate. This PBS report looks behind the research and asks us, «is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we’ve gained?»
“ Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels ”
![A revolting but no doubt effective ad in NYC. The sad thing is that when the US reforms (health care, and thus to a certain extent, food production), all those selfish companies pimping high-margin crap will look to other markets—where regualtion and an impetus to make their peddling accountable doesn’t exist. [via NYTimes.com]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq0954Nppc1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
A revolting but no doubt effective ad in NYC. The sad thing is that when the US reforms (health care, and thus to a certain extent, food production), all those selfish companies pimping high-margin crap will look to other markets—where regualtion and an impetus to make their peddling accountable doesn’t exist. [via NYTimes.com]
“ proof that components in the diet can permanently alter genes is itself a breakthrough, providing the first evidence that the food we eat may change the function of our DNA ”
