I love going to Good movies. Sometimes, if their budgets are small, they sneak into town and out again in just a week -- hoping to find a distributor and failing. That's one of the reasons I monitor the buzz at Sundance, the annual film festival that does best these days at finding gems. Here … Continue reading Movie lovers get obsessed by Sundance Film Festival for good reason
Month: February 2019
Turns out breakfast isn’t critical after all
I grew up in the era when missing breakfast was considered practically criminal. This article explains the origin of that belief and how breakfast is just one meal among others. https://www.vox.com/2019/2/1/18206873/breakfast-diet-weight-loss Eating breakfast is not a good weight loss strategy, scientists confirm Cereal companies created a myth about the first meal of the day. Researchers … Continue reading Turns out breakfast isn’t critical after all
Atlantic says that online grocery shopping hasn’t caught on — how about FreshDirect in NYC?
The lengthy, but incomplete, discussion in this article reminds me of a research problem in one of my earlier professional jobs. Now, everything that's ever been written on any topic is either available or accessible on the internet. Back then, if your field had enough activity, a third party service indexed all of that work … Continue reading Atlantic says that online grocery shopping hasn’t caught on — how about FreshDirect in NYC?
Finally, you can delete a Facebook Message that should not have been sent
I'm glad to see an ability to wipe out a Facebook message that should never have come into my mind, and 10 minutes is an adequate period. The thinking that governs when you can wipe out something posted in WhatsApp clearly has a method, but it's far less straightforward than a fixed amount of time. … Continue reading Finally, you can delete a Facebook Message that should not have been sent
Do you love language and how to use it most effectively? Super book for you
Do read this interview but plan on having to buy the book immediately thereafter. What a joy! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/books/benjamin-dreyer-english-grammar-writers-writing.html
Why grapefruit doesn’t play well with some medications
Why grapefruit doesn’t mix with some medications By Lindsay Moyer in: What to Eat In the late 1980s, researchers wanted to test whether drinking alcohol interfered with a new blood-pressure-lowering medicine called felodipine. “To make this study more scientifically valid, we tried to find a beverage that would mask the taste of the alcohol,” says … Continue reading Why grapefruit doesn’t play well with some medications
Amtrak’s northeastern corridor and coastal stations already vulnerable to climate change flooding (neat graphics)
This graphics presentation was a big surprise to me. Yes, Amtrak stations in the northeast were built when close access to the waterfront was a good thing, but I didn't realize how vulnerable they are to already existing flooding. If you like graphics and maps that clearly demonstrate how rising ocean levels, stronger waves, extreme … Continue reading Amtrak’s northeastern corridor and coastal stations already vulnerable to climate change flooding (neat graphics)
New York has a few big cats again
These 5 Out-Of-Place Creatures Have Been Spotted In New York And You’ll Want To Steer Clear Every now and then as you’re scrolling through Facebook, you’ll spot one of those head-turning news stories where a family discovers something like an endlessly long boa constrictor inside their Christmas tree or even worse, the drain to their … Continue reading New York has a few big cats again
Why captchas have gotten so difficult
Isn't this a question that has bothered you too? It drives me crazy trying to pick out which of the nine boxes has cars... or signs... or whatever. Believe me!!! I'm human!! https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18205610/google-captcha-ai-robot-human-difficult-artificial-intelligence
Investing in education proven to pay off for generations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/09/years-after-jesuits-were-expelled-towns-near-their-missions-still-have-higher-education-incomes Wonkblog Analysis It ended in 1767, yet this experiment is still linked to higher incomes and education levels today It ended in 1767, yet this experiment is still linked to higher incomes and education levels today The ruins of the Jesuit mission at Santisima Trinidad del Parana in Paraguay. Shown here in 2010, the mission … Continue reading Investing in education proven to pay off for generations
The absurdity of reading logistics
The hold list at the NY Public Library recently burped up two big batches of books that had shown lengthy wait periods until quite recently. So this is what I have on hand from there (with due dates) plus my deadlines for book clubs. Still haven't gotten to Michelle Obama's book -- sigh. Priorities clearly … Continue reading The absurdity of reading logistics
Since any sci-fi/fantasy reader is always hungry for more, here’s a list of upcoming books from Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18194262/science-fiction-fantasy-stranger-things-books-recommendation-february-2019 8 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in early February Lots of epic fantasy as well as the first tie-in novel for Stranger Things By Andrew Liptak@AndrewLiptak Feb 1, 2019, 11:14am EST SHARE Photo by Andrew Liptak / The Verge Last week, I blew through a new novella from Robert Jackson Bennett who … Continue reading Since any sci-fi/fantasy reader is always hungry for more, here’s a list of upcoming books from Verge
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