This article confirms about the effects of chronic undersleeping what I’ve discovered recently: I function MUCH better when I get enough sleep. I’m a chronic undersleeper. But, over the last month or so, I’ve made a concerted effort to get 7-8 hours a night. It works. I’ve been reminded of that even more lately as I’ve NOT gotten enough sleep for the last 2 or 3 nights, and I can really tell the difference.
Maybe I’ll take a nap today.
I always cite this chapter/bit from Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential when someone asks me about cooking gear/methods. Now you can just read it yourself. I’d recommend reading the whole book, though. It’s good.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the future of eating is here! Introducing The Col-Pop, an All-in-One Chicken Nugget and Soda Cup.
I have my own waxing/waning interest in outdoor activities, but this study about the decline in participation in outdoor activities definitely shows a trend I’d rather see going the other way. I hope I can instill some love of the Great Outdoors in The Boy.
I got my internets access upgraded to 12Mbps (download; 1.5Mbps up) today, AND I got a new cable modem, too. The previous modem served well for over six years, but it was DOCSIS 1.1 and was starting to have “issues”. The new one (same modem, new version, pretty much) is humming along just fine now. Despite having some complaints about other parts of their service, the guy who came today was top-notch: fast, knowledgable, capable. That’s about all you can ask for in a cable guy, really.
Nice piece about “the erotic appeal of the Lands’ End catalog.” I’m getting old enough that this sorta hits home. The Victoria’s Secret catalog doesn’t do much for me, anymore, either.
Derek Powazek’s new blog about magazines. I love magazines, so I’m enjoying this. Unfortunately, it’s Powazek, who has a tendency to start strong then wander away when he gets bored (or that’s my perception anyway). So, catch it now while he’s still hot on it.
The Wasteland may be my new favorite comic. I was just turned on to it today, and I’m reading the first trade right now (there are two). While perusing it in the comics shop, I was thinking, “Damn. This is good. Who wrote this shit?” So I look at the front: Antony Johnson. That explains it. I first heard of him when he wrote the third Queen & Country: Declassified (Nicky Poole’s). Now I need to read all of Wasteland then hunt down the rest of his work. Read it, bitches.
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Doc Searls knocks one out of the part with his latest piece on newspapers, the web, and the future. Having working in the newspaper business — and specifically in the “online” department of several — he speaks the truth. Most of them just don’t get it, but they’ll have to in order to retain almost any readers before too long.
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