Apple gave away an album. it showed up in your purchased items… you may have had your iTunes app set to automatically download new purchases. strangely, iTunes worked as designed and automatically download your free gift to your device…
you don’t like U2… delete album…
or if you’re employed by wired.com, you use words like “horrid”, and “devious”… you begin to wonder if there’s an ulterior motive….
There are certain flash points in various industries about which everybody has a strong opinion, and the only thing everyone can agree on is “everybody else is wrong,”
Here’s one for the fashion industry:
“Define the difference between a ‘Coat’ and a ‘Jacket’.”
That one prompted endless discussion in the apparel classes in college, and is as yet undetermined, (no matter what anyone else says…)
Any suggestions?
the hall of great stats.
it really should be remembered that this is one of the places where you should actually see it as a popularity contest.
so, kudos Dan Le Batard.
no idea if this works or helps or not, but it’s a challenge and it couldn’t hurt…
why is the snooze alarm standard 9 minutes? when I was kid, I recall having a clock that had an adjustable snooze alarm which could be set for as long as 20 minutes I think… how and when was the standard settled on 9 minutes?
After four years of utter neglect in the basement workshop, my palm tree has come back to life…
“Wait! Dont go towards the light!…”
I didn’t rent the house until I was sure the door would eventually be big enough…
how is it that I have so much stuff? I filled 9 boxes with books and the bookshelf still looks full… if and when I get the shop set up again, a bunch of stackable modular bookshelves is definitely in the works. I want this to be the last time I have to pack my books…
I like the shelves that Roy Underhill showed on the Woodwright’s Shop some time back, but I think that adding a slight angle to the shelf would aid both in their mobility, and their flotation… -) but whatever, the IKEA must go…
I’m developing a theory about food and obesity. there’s already a theory out there regarding the body’s ability to identify which nutrients it lacks and develop a craving for the food stuffs that will satisfy that nutritional need.
the difficulty comes when all the foods you eat are ‘nutritionally balanced’ or ‘vitamin packed’. your body can subconsciously take note of what need was satisfied when you ate a particular food, and later on when you need that particular nutrient you will crave that food stuff. this is explanation that is given for why, as a stereotypical example, pregnant women are claimed to crave ice cream and pickles. over time, when you are a child and trying new foods, you develop a library of physical sensations that you use as an adult to drive how you behave. if you ate a wide variety of foods as a child, you can identify the reactions that you had, and when your body feels like it’s lacking something, it can go back through the physical memories to find the food that satisfied it’s current need.
anecdotally, there was a day not too long ago where I had an uncontrollable urge for spinach. Continue reading