Cuil

A Celtic take on the search engine. If you find that other searches are clogged with junk, try this one and see what you think:
http://www.cuil.com/

testing equality

You know, they say Ruby is a great language for testers, and I am finding this to be true. Earlier today I was able to test the state of reality itself using Ruby, and now I have devised a test for equality.
First, let’s examine equality:

def equality(x=0, y=0)
tellxy = ” ( x = ” +x.to_s [...]

Japanese food from Canadian Perspective…

This is so, so hysterically funny. There are 39 pages. I must share:
http://www.cubeyterra.com/projectsnack/

.net terrarium

Here is a tool that looks like a fun way to learn Microsoft .net programming.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LearningOpportunityNETTerrariumIsBack.aspx
Thanks to Greg for the tip.

Pepper

Black pepper is a supplement as well as a spice.  It is a rich source of magnesium, and also supplies vitamin K and iron.
An excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper :
It has been shown that piperine can dramatically increase absorption of selenium, vitamin B and beta-carotene as well as other nutrients.

And from http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=74 :
Black pepper has [...]

Avocado

Here is a nice paper about the avocado:
 http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_76_1992/CAS_1992_123.htm
Abstract. Wrong ideas about the avocado are reducing its consumption. Avocados have high nutrient density-per calorie, they are rich in important human nutrients. This, with their giving a feeling of fullness, plus their palatability that reduces the urge to over- indulge in excess sugars and saturated [...]

Nutrition for flexibility

Here is a list of foods and nutrients to keep in mind when you are trying to increase the flexibility of skeletal muscles and joints.  Some day I might come back and cite sources (not all of the ones I found were very good, so take this with a grain of salt).  For now use [...]

Passover Coke

I stocked up on Passover coke this weekend.  After checking no less than 10 stores, I found a Publix that was kind enough to stock several hundred bottles.  We bought 14, and might go back for more.
As popular as sodas with real sucrose sugar have become, you would think companies would understand that people do [...]

keep looking »