Category: Health
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Bullet Time for Pigs
I get a large fraction of my meat from independent farmers, and I’m enrolled in a local CSA. I grew up in The Meatrix, but I hope to keep my children free.
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(Tech Nation) Interview with John Hagel
Ever consider what role passion plays in your career? Do passionate people interested in a common topic group geographically? This interview with John Hagel discusses these topics. The most interesting quote from the interview: “…the larger the organization, the lower the level of passion; whereas people in smaller businesses show higher levels of passion. Entrepreneurs,…
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Another Reason to Avoid Soda
It is not news that the phosphoric acid content of soda leaches calcium from your body. This post about the phosphate content of soda contributing to premature aging was yet another somewhat depressing reason to avoid dark carbonated sodas. Many sodas contain citric acid and not phosphoric acid to provide carbonation. However, phosphorus apparently is…
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(Smart City) Carjacked
http://www.smartcityradio.com/show/2783/carjacked Wonderful discussion on the uniquely American problems of divorcing ourselves from our cars. I found the point about how automobile culture actually economically represses the not-rich because the proportion of income spent on petrol, tolls, and maintenance is so much greater. If public transit were used, that’s thousands of dollars a year more in…
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Lightfoot Cycles: Smoothie
At LinuxFest Northwest I met an avid bicyclist: Victor Odlivak. He pointed out a northwest recumbent bicycle manufacturer named Lightfoot Cycles. Victor sent me a link to their Smoothie model. I am impressed by the features on this recumbent–it has a BionX power assist and a bench seat. This would appeal to riders that have…
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Bike Route, Hampton – BTC 1.9 mi #lfnw
I’ve ridden this route four times this weekend and it’s not unpleasant. North along Bennet is uphill, but that’s good for us :-) Making zooming down to BTC that much easier! A fun variation on this would be to stop by Squalicum beach and bike up the trail that leads to the BTC parking lot.
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Human Energy in Picowatts
Episode 2 of Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics gives a really interesting perspective on how much power the cell and the human body generates. We, as animals, generate about 100W just standing. A cow is more like 950W. Each of our cells operates on about a picowatt. The discussion moves from that to examples of low…
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Coping with Loss of Affluence
This article on coping with loss of affluence was rather apropos of this weekend’s Transition Whatcom event. Basically, the summary points outlines that in a transitioning economy, walking is an important activity for first world economies to re-learn as it becomes more necessary for mere transit, the coping with the loss of status of having a…
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Transition Whatcom Saturday, Quick Insights
We the family went to the Transition Whatcom event at Bellingham High and it was pretty neat. The high school had bicycles locked up against every tree and every light post, plus a field in the front courtyard with scrap-built wooden bicycle stands! Inside the door was an electric bicycle dealer booth, followed by a…
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