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Portion Size, Then Vs. Now

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:13:17 -0600

This is Why You Were Bored as a Teenager

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:57:51 -0600

From NurtureShock:

In his new book, Dr. Joe Allen has concluded that our urge to protect teenagers from real life – because we don’t think they’re ready yet – has tragically backfired. By insulating them from adult-like work, adult social relationships, and adult consequences, we have only delayed their development. We have made it harder for them to grow up. Maybe even made it impossible to grow up on time.
Basically, we long ago decided that teens ought to be in school, not in the labor force. Education was their future. But the structure of schools is endlessly repetitive. “From a Martian’s perspective, high schools look virtually the same as sixth grade,” said Allen. “There’s no recognition, in the structure of school, that these are very different people with different capabilities.” Strapped to desks for 13+ years, school becomes both incredibly montonous, artificial, and cookie-cutter.

FakeAPStylebook: "Redneck" is considered a derogatory term but you know what? Who cares about those stupid rednecks.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:18 -0600

FakeAPStylebook: "Redneck" is considered a derogatory term but you know what? Who cares about those stupid rednecks.

"Ford, as did Jobs, put great faith in his judgment about where consumer desire was headed. “If..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:37:13 -0600

“Ford, as did Jobs, put great faith in his judgment about where consumer desire was headed. “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse,” the carmaker allegedly commented. For virtually his entire career, Jobs has taken that comment to heart, serving as a kind of one-man band of market research and product development.”

- Steve Jobs’s legacy - Nov. 5, 2009

Google

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:28:45 -0600

Google

FakeAPStylebook: Assure:Destro assured Cobra Commander that his boots were very shiny. Ensure: Aunt May gets her daily vitamins from a can of Ensure.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:19:26 -0600

FakeAPStylebook: Assure:Destro assured Cobra Commander that his boots were very shiny. Ensure: Aunt May gets her daily vitamins from a can of Ensure.

"I said, ‘That’s the mayor of London!’ and they ran off,” Armstrong told the..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:34:44 -0600

““I said, ‘That’s the mayor of London!’ and they ran off,” Armstrong told the Guardian. “They must have thought they were going to get in trouble. One dropped the bar, so Boris picked it up and cycled after them.””

- London mayor shows chivalry not dead in bike rescue - Yahoo! News

"On a visit to a school that prides itself on its healthy lunches, Mr. Kass watched ruefully as..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:25:09 -0600

“On a visit to a school that prides itself on its healthy lunches, Mr. Kass watched ruefully as students plucked each vegetable off their pizzas. “It’s got to taste good, you know?” he said. “They’re not going to eat it, no matter how healthy it is, if it doesn’t taste good.””

- A White House Chef Who Wears Two Hats - NYTimes.com

"Mobile devices require software development teams to focus on only the most important data and..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:13:52 -0600

“Mobile devices require software development teams to focus on only the most important data and actions in an application. There simply isn’t room in a 320 by 480 pixel screen for extraneous, unnecessary elements. You have to prioritize. So when a team designs mobile first, the end result is an experience focused on the key tasks users want to accomplish without the extraneous detours and general interface debris that litter today’s desktop-accessed Web sites. That’s good user experience and good for business.”

- Why product designers should design the mobile app component first: Mobile First , from Functioning Form (via timoni) (via superamit) (via jayparkinsonmd)

FakeAPStylebook: @pdharner ''Hanson Dark'' or ''Menudo Latte'' may be used in place of ''Jonas Brothers.''

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:41:14 -0600

FakeAPStylebook: @pdharner ''Hanson Dark'' or ''Menudo Latte'' may be used in place of ''Jonas Brothers.''

"And if the N.C.A.A. truly cared about improving colleges instead of settling for the extra year..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:03:40 -0600

“And if the N.C.A.A. truly cared about improving colleges instead of settling for the extra year before eligibility that Stern is talking about, it should use its considerable influence to demand that both the N.B.A. and N.F.L. foot the college’s bill for training pro athletes by paying a given amount each year for each player successfully drafted from college. The money would go into a fund for academic scholarships at the colleges these players attended. It wouldn’t perhaps turn young superstars into student-athletes, but in today’s hideous economic times, it might turn some deserving teenagers into students.”

- Op-Ed Contributor - Bring Back Basketball’s Little Big Men - NYTimes.com

FakeAPStylebook: "Buggy jockey" is an insulting term to the Amish and should only be used in the online edition.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:16:41 -0600

FakeAPStylebook: "Buggy jockey" is an insulting term to the Amish and should only be used in the online edition.

"On their enormous, billboard thighs, it will say, ‘Colbert Nation,’” Colbert said..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:40:24 -0600

““On their enormous, billboard thighs, it will say, ‘Colbert Nation,’” Colbert said in an interview before Monday evening’s taping. “Be looking for that logo as it comes around the final turn. It will be easy to see because it will be in first place.””

- Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating - Yahoo! News

"children ages 2 to 5 spent nearly 25 hours a week watching television, the highest figure on record...."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:33:19 -0600

“children ages 2 to 5 spent nearly 25 hours a week watching television, the highest figure on record. They spent an additional seven weekly hours watching DVDs, playing video games, and watching TiVo-style time-shifted television.”

- Drilling Down - Children Ages 2 to 5 Watch More TV Than Ever - NYTimes.com

"Paul Saffo, an American futurologist, recently told the Telegraph that the ultra-rich may slowly..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:19:26 -0500

“Paul Saffo, an American futurologist, recently told the Telegraph that the ultra-rich may slowly evolve into a separate species thanks to medical advances. Saffo imagines a world of replacement organs, sophisticated robots, self-driving cars, and artificial limbs that are superior to the real thing — all available to only the very wealthy. He says, “I sometimes wonder if the very rich can live, on average, 20 years longer than the poor. That’s 20 more years of earning and saving. Think about wealth and power and the advantages that you pass on to your children.””

- Species Park Avenue? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

AWESOME: Urbanspoon iPhone App Adds Augmented Reality

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:13:54 -0500

AWESOME: Urbanspoon iPhone App Adds Augmented Reality:

looks better than yelp’s augmented reality

EASTER EGG: Yelp Is the iPhone’s First Augmented Reality App

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:13:37 -0500

EASTER EGG: Yelp Is the iPhone’s First Augmented Reality App

newsweek: America’s Fattest States – 2009 Mississippi had the...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:01:14 -0500

newsweek:

America’s Fattest States – 2009

Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity at 32.5 percent, making it the fifth year in a row that the state topped the list. Colorado continued to have the lowest percentage of obese adults at 18.9 percent.

Mississippi also had the highest rate of obese and overweight children (ages 10 to 17) at 44.4 percent. Minnesota and Utah had the lowest rate at 23.1 percent.

According to this report, Eight of the 10 states with the highest rates of obese and overweight children are in the South. Adult obesity rates now exceed 25 percent in 31 states and exceed 20 percent in 49 states and Washington, D.C. Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or overweight.

loveallthis: Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:53:55 -0500

loveallthis:

Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles classic, ‘Hey Jude.’

In Which a Time TV Critic Reminds Us Why We Love Him

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:26:22 -0500

@ballsy122: hello kitty is 35. is it weird to think in 15 years that she'll be as old as Motown is now

@poniewozik: In 5 years she'll be Hello Cougar.