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Entries from May 2006

Can’t buy a regular hamburger at McDonald’s anymore?

May 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Super-Sizing Your Meal Costs More Than You Think talks about the hidden costs of super-sizing. “Once on the lips, forever on the hips” or something like that.
I stopped off at McDonald’s to grab lunch for my daughter Charlie and myself as we drove out to Nana Sue’s. To my surprise, the […]

Tags: General

Fitness Hacks for Geeks

May 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Not quite sure how I ran across Fitness Hacks for Geeks but it’s a very nice article about some of the options for making it easier to exercise.
I’m lucky enough to live a few blocks away from Mt. Tabor Park.  It’s notable for being the only extinct volcano within city limits in the US.  It’s […]

Tags: Home Computers

Good summary of what Google Base means to vertical web sites

May 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Bill Burnham has a nice summary of what Google Base in general and the real estate section in particular might mean for vertical web sites like trulia.com.
It’s not a lot of fun competing in a section where Google is competing.  I can vouch for that first hand.

Tags: Startups

Photoshop Manipulation of Models

May 11th, 2006 · No Comments

David Pogue of the New York Times writes about how images are manipulated with Photoshop.
As a dad with 2 young daughters, I find this kind of thing appalling. The images in magazines are what some women (and men) compare themselves to. How in the world can they justify this?
Put me down for […]

Tags: General