Ditherati
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Ditherati is back from its long, long slumber.
Archive for June, 2007
The Danger of the One-Sided Debate
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007An anti-vegan op-ed piece in the New York Times has received some fairly righteous debunking in an article by the Times’ Public Editor.
Rachelle Leesen, a clinical nutritionist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told me that Planck’s article “was extremely inflammatory and full of misinformation.” She and her colleague Brenda Waber pointed me to a 2003 paper by the American Dietetic Association, the nation’s largest organization for food and nutrition professionals. After reviewing the current science, the A.D.A., together with the Dietitians of Canada, declared, “Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence.”Via [Taste Better].
Internet Radio Day of Silence
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Today is the Internet Radio Day of Silence. Web broadcasters are offline to protest increased royalty rates that take effect July 15th and will drive most of them out of business.
Legislators vote to defeat same-sex marriage ban
Thursday, June 14th, 2007The Massachusetts State Legislature defeated a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage today. Gay marriage in Massachusetts is now as permanent as it’s going to get, the next election that could have a ban on the state-wide ballot isn’t until 2012. Yay, Massachusetts!
Bumps and bruises are ‘good for children’
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Sane advice for parents from a British safety organization.
Peter Cornall, head of leisure safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said: “We need to ask ourselves whether it is better for a child to break a wrist falling out of a tree, or to get a repetitive strain wrist injury at a young age from using a computer or video games console.
“Parents and children must not be frightened about venturing outside. When children spend time in the great outdoors, getting muddy, getting wet, getting stung by nettles, they learn important lessons – what hurts, what is slippery, what you can trip over or fall from. We need to try to break down the perceived safety barriers to playing outside.
Unexpected Opera Master
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007I like this video from Britain’s Got Talent of the cell phone salesman/opera singer.
Laptops Are Crippling Us
Monday, June 11th, 2007A nice piece on laptop ergonomics. I used my laptop on a stand with an external keyboard for a long time before I went back to desktops.
Irrational incandescence
Monday, June 11th, 2007The Economist on the most cost-effective ways of cutting carbon emissions.
Sin City Breakfast Tacos
Saturday, June 9th, 2007More celebrity recipes: Robert Rodriguez makes Sin City Breakfast Tacos. The best thing about this is he shows you how to make homemade flour tortillas. Looks time-consuming but well worth it and I bet they go great with Scrambled Tofu.
Bob Barker’s Vegan Enchilada Bake
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Esquire has Bob Barker’s recipe for Vegan Enchilada Bake.
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, Hooooo!
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Warner Bros. is planning a Thundercats live-action movie. Related: Thundercats outtakes.
SixApart to Open Source Blog Platform
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007SixApart is finally open sourcing Movable Type. Feels about three years too late.
