Posted in General on Jul 27th, 2007 No Comments »
A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.
This is among the conclusions of a study by Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, and colleagues, which has assessed the [...]
Posted in Cool Science, music on Jul 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Listening to music releases the same “feelgood” chemicals as eating and having sex, researchers have found.The neuroscientist and former rock music producer Prof Daniel Levitin said music activates the brain area responsible for feeling pleasure, excitement and satisfaction.
A woman listening to music, music vibes as good as sex and food
Research shows that music has [...]
Posted in General on Jul 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Not much to say about this really. The numbers speak for themselves.
Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours, it was claimed yesterday. Japanese scientists used a range of data to calculate the environmental impact of a single purchase of beef.
Taking into account all the processes [...]
Posted in Stupid links, non sequitar on Jul 20th, 2007 No Comments »
This is very silly. A pseudo online roleplaying game where you increase your power (XP, or eXPerience) by doing household chores.
Recruit a party of adventurers from your household or office, and whenever one of you completes a chore, you can log it and claim XP.
Chore Wars :: Earning Experience Points for Housework
Posted in Cool sites, non sequitar on Jul 20th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been enjoying this free site that gives you movie recomendations based on a simple profile and your previous feedback. It slowly but surely is figuring out that just because I’m sophisticated and thenthitive and can’t stand holliwood schlock doesn’t necessarily mean I’m that I’m interested in horriblanous chick flicks either.
We need a new word [...]
Posted in General on Jul 16th, 2007 No Comments »
“exposed himself in front of a female employee and chased her around the room yelling ‘Suck it, baby, suck it.’”
david almond – Wonkette
Posted in Politics on Jul 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Well, maybe not, but this pissed me off no end.
BOSTON (Reuters) – War and politics are largely ignored by American teenagers, according to a Harvard University study released on Tuesday, which found that 60 percent of them pay little attention to daily news.
Researchers interviewed 1,800 people between January and March and found that 28 [...]
Posted in General on Jul 10th, 2007 No Comments »
When left to their own devices, they organize their days into blocks of time roughly three hours long. They wake up at dawn, lying awake for the hour or so that it takes the light to change completely. Then they stand up, stretch, and have breakfast. On gray days, they sleep in for an [...]
Posted in music on Jul 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is a peice of art. Along with Ishkur’s guide to electronic music, it’s required watching.