Sunday, February 08, 2004

Christopher Morley. "Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity." This is a hard mix for me sometimes.  Not that I can't think of things to do / read / think that the general public isn't, but there's also a human bonding over having shared the same experience as other folks.  I guess the compromise is to read John Updike isntead of John Grisham.  Ride roller-coasters, but also skip in fountains. You get what I'm saying, right?  heh.  Still, I'll watch Survivor and have something to talk about over lunch with the coworkers. Comments9:59:35 PM

Italian Proverb. "Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box" Ever finish an argument/debate and have trouble getting back into the box (whether you're the winner with all the right cards or the loser with none)?    When you're the king, the last thing you want to do is be put back in the box.  When you're the pawn, you don't want to live with the king.  Comments9:50:30 PM

Dilbert for 07 Feb 2004. [Dilbert] I think I feel like Alice a little too frequently.  Fortunately I also carry her sense of humor. Comments9:49:06 PM

Want more blog traffic? Here's how. How to get your weblog more exposure: RSSTop55. Very useful listing of best blog directory and RSS submission sites. Actually up to 59 sites now, including my favorite http://feeds.scripting.com. [The Scobleizer -- Celebrating the Geek lifestyle] Reminder for when I have time... Comments9:38:27 PM

Table of Condiments, is there anything that isn't on the Web?. Heh, here's a fun "Table of condiments." Shows how long various condiments will last. Sorta like a periodic table. [The Scobleizer -- Celebrating the Geek lifestyle] Very interesting.  Comments9:37:29 PM

Geek love poem. Here's a lovely, pithy geek poem written by KillerHamster, a Slashdot poster. Select from here --> roses are red, violets are blue, all my base are belong to you <-- to here for a white-on-white translation. Roses are #FF0000 Violets are #0000FF chown -R you ~/base Link (Thanks, Mozai!) [Boing Boing Blog] heh-heh. Comments9:34:29 PM

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Carbohydrate-Free Lunch. The Los Angeles CBS affiliate has just released a damning report on low-carb foodstuffs, in which its lab determines that many low-carb foodstuffs have far more carbohydrate content than claimed by the manufacturers ("Low-Carb Emporium claims 15 grams of carbs per bagel. Our lab found... 55"). At Subway we tested the Turkey Bacon Melt Wrap. Subway claims that it has 22 grams of carbs, while our lab results showed it at 28 grams... At Carl's Jr., we tested the low-carb Six Dollar Burger, which the company claims has six grams of carbohydrates. Our lab results: 9 grams... We tested TGIF's Sizzling New York Strip with Blue Cheese. TGIF claims 6 net carbs and 11 total carbs. Our lab found 20 total carbs... Low-Carb Emporium claims 15 grams of carbs per bagel. Our lab found triple the carbs -- 55. Low-carb Emporium says they just re-did the formulas and will be getting lab reports on new formulas soon. Link (Thanks, saiyuk!) [Boing Boing Blog] As I've been doing "low-carb" this was pretty interesting to me.  It's hard to eat out and function of you're hearing incorrect numbers... Comments9:32:52 PM

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