Friday, August 04, 2006

New Scientist News - Popular curry spice is a brain booster

Now all we have to do is compare it to Mexican cooking, and the experiment will be complete...

New Scientist News - Popular curry spice is a brain booster

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Surroundings play a key role in diet: study

This is yet another one of these "no-duh" stories.

What's interesting is that some companies are starting to clue in to the idea of limiting servings, by using 100 calorie packaging. I wonder if MacDonald's has heard about this?

See CTV.ca Surroundings play a key role in diet: study for the story.

Internet users do fewer household chores: study

Here is another "why is this not a surprise" item.

I have been guilty of parental / spousal neglect, partly because of my internet habit (read: addiction).

IMHO, it's not the Internet itself which is the addiction. It's like saying using a telephone or watching TV is an addiction. The Internet, like the technologies which precede them, is simply a vehicle for reading news, chatting, watching videos, listening to music, playing computer games, as well as posting ideas, art, writing, and so on.

So although sitting on one's butt at a computer enables us to do all these different things, these things soak up time that might be otherwise spent interacting with the real world, i.e., spouse, kids, friends, relatives, dog...

None of these activities in itself is "bad", but it's always a question of balance.

Anyway, here's the story: CTV.ca Internet users do fewer household chores: study