December 2011
October 2011
Ned Hepburn: Obama got a Tumblr. →
newsweek:
nedhepburn:
Really?
Why?
Is he stoned?
I give it a week until he drunk-blogs something.
Will he add only hot girls, SoCal creativebros, and New York media jagoffs?
Because that’s what I did.
Will he just use it to reblog pictures of twee landscapes with some shitty quote about first…
Is Obama the first “Hipster” president?
Oh god. If he is, I’m voting Huntsman. The last...
September 2011
Issues that I’m working out, mind you.
June 2011
Shaine Mata (shaine) on infostripe →
Chemo Drug Shortage Puts Cancer Patients at Risk →
abcnewsradio:
(NEW YORK) — A shortage of Taxol, an intravenous chemotherapy workhorse for ovarian, breast, lung, and colon cancers, demonstrates once again how vulnerable U.S. hospitals and clinics are to an increasingly unreliable pharmaceutical supply chain. The shortfalls continue to leave patients at risk. Paclitaxel, the generic version of Taxol, joins 196 other drugs on a shortage list...
Glycemic load is a better predictor of glycemic...
From: "USANA Health Sciences"
Date: Jun 9, 2011 11:33 AM
Subject: Glycemic load is a better predictor of glycemic response than
carbohydrate content alone - Weekly Essentials of Health Update
June 8, 2011
Glycemic load is a better predictor of glycemic response than carbohydrate
content alone
At a Glance
A new study provides evidence that the glycemic load of a meal is a better
predictor of blood glucose and insulin response that simply accounting for
total carbohydrates.
Read more about this research below.
The glycemic load (GL) is a ranking system for carbohydrate content in food
portions based on their glycemic index (GI) and the portion size. Glycemic
load for a single serving of a food can be calculated as the quantity (in
grams) of its carbohydrate content, multiplied by its GI, and divided by
100. While GL is increasingly used in nutritional research, its ability to
predict postprandial (after meal) blood glucose and insulin response for a
wide range of foods or mixed meals has been unclear.
In a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers
sought to assess the degree of correlation between calculated GL and
observed glucose and insulin responses in healthy subjects consuming
calorically identical portions of single foods and mixed meals.
In study 1, healthy subjects consumed 240 calorie portions of 121 single
foods in 10 food categories. In study 2, healthy subjects consumed 480
calorie servings of 13 mixed meals. Foods and meals varied widely in
macronutrient content, fiber, and GL. Blood glucose and insulin responses
were measured and compared to a reference food (= 100).
Among the single foods, GL was a more powerful predictor of postprandial
glucose and insulin response than was the available carbohydrate content
itself. Similarly, for mixed meals, GL was also the strongest predictor of
postprandial glucose and insulin responses. Carbohydrate content alone was
predictive of the glucose and insulin responses to single foods, but not to
mixed meals.
The results of this study are the first to provide large-scale evidence of
the superiority of using dietary GL over carbohydrate content alone to
estimate postprandial glucose and insulin response in healthy
individuals.
Jiansong Bao et al. Prediction of postprandial glycemia and insulinemia in
lean, young, healthy adults: glycemic load compared with carbohydrate
content alone. Am J Clin Nutr May 2011 vol. 93 no. 5 984-996.
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprises him most...
jeffpeff:
This “Dalai Lama” guy seems to know his shit.
arsvitaest:
Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having...
Data Dig: Understanding Smartphone Users →
steverubel:
Great deck from Google, chock full of data points. PDF
Watch
Chat on Tumblr? Really?
How does this work?
May 2011
April 2011
I'm not getting Quora
I signed up for Quora because many geeks won’t shut up about it. Blah blah blah algorithms, blah blah blah game changing, blah blah blah powerful search engine ranking. Whatever. Naturally, I had to check it out. My experience thus far has been underwhelming. When you are searching for answers, you just need a quick answer, not a dissertation or thirty. Most answers to questions I’ve...
March 2011
Thoughts on AT&T Purchase of T-Mobile
My initial reaction to AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile is one of concern. This has very little to do with the technology and everything to do with company culture. I am very happy with T-Mobile mainly because of their customer service and pricing. I used to work for T-Mobile in their customer care department years ago. I can tell you that they have something good going on there. Let’s...
It's All Deadlines
Upon arrival in Austin, I immediately made my way to the office. In my anticipation and planning of the Social Media in Disaster and War event, I did not realize how close the date is to the state legislature’s bill filing deadline. Our office is working to get our last bills in; we were receiving copies of our bills as late as 8pm. Social Media Clubhouse is geared up to start with the...
Self-inflicted Stuff
Here I am on the Greyhound bus headed to Austin. I dozed for a couple minutes; but after a pit stop in Falfurrias, Texas, I’m awake again. I was sleepy before departing McAllen. Not sure what’s keeping me up. Since I’m awake anyway, I’m thinking about what I’m doing. I’m an easy going guy. Ask anybody, they’ll tell you I rarely get my feathers ruffled. ...
Remember
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SXSW Launches
I’m starting to see the trickle of applications that are being announced for SXSW. So far I am seeing apps for iOS, not for Android. I know the iPhone has a die-hard fan base; but come on. Android outnumbers them. Being left out in the cold like this by developers only means one thing; when your app comes to Android, it better be able to get me a beer from the fridge. Otherwise, I have no...
Will Beluga make it?
When I first learned about Beluga, I was excited. It seems like a good concept. It’s clean and easy to use; but, I could never find anybody willing to give it a try. It is understandable, to some degree. Nobody wants yet another login, app, social network. I thought perhaps SXSW would be the test that would make or break Beluga. But, Facebook bought them out, which is a kiss of death....
The mess that is content distribution
One of the problems that I have, which I realize only a small percentage of people have, is getting content out reliably and consistently. Each platform has its advantages and disadvantages. Twitter is simple, easy, and viewable by the world. Facebook has a bigger “potential” audience, not all 500 million users follow me. Small detail. My blog is running Wordpress. It’s...
February 2011
Goodbye cold
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January 2011
Teh Awesome, Teh Distraction
Image via WikipediaTonight I was at Barnes and Noble contemplating the purchase of a Nook Color. Our family already owns the original Nook; a very popular device in the household. My day job requires reading of reports and other items that are readily available in PDF. While PDF is a great way to store long documents and publications, it’s tough to read exclusively on a computer monitor. ...
Two mobile device test still underway
Image via CrunchBaseThis past week I have been testing a two mobile device concept I wrote about yesterday. I’ve been using my Android phone just for data, and a Boost Mobile phone for my voice communications. For the second line, it doesn’t really matter what service you use; I chose Boost because I don’t want to have another line with a contract for this experiment. My public...