Category: links

• Segways at the New York Auto Show—The picture and comments alone are worth a view.
• Keep the Snacks in Illinois Schools—I’m guessing this didn’t get passed because of the money problem.  Vending machines bring in money for politicians schools.
  

  Legislators in Illinois have voted against a proposed junk food ban. The bill would have eliminated all junk foods from vending machines in elementary and middles schools, grades K-8, in the state.

• McDonald’s Fattier in US than Abroad
  

  At a New York City McDonald’s, a large fries-and-chicken-nuggets combo had 10.2 g of trans fat, Spain, Russia and the Czech Republic had a mere 3 g, and Denmark nuggets and fries came in the lowest at 0.33 g of trans fat.

• Obese?  Write It Off!
  

  The cost of weight-loss programs that are part of the treatment for obesity are tax deductible, the Internal Revenue Service ruled Tuesday.

• Obesity Tax
  

  When you go to a store to buy food or anything for consumption, you’re carded—just like children under 21 are carded when they try to purchase alcohol. Upon viewing the obesity notation on your license, the cashier will add a mandatory 25% tax on your food & drink purchases on top of normal taxes.

• Honey, We’re Killing the Kids

• Apartment Therapy – Chicago
• Most Expensive Sandwich?
  

  London’s most expensive sandwich went on sale at Selfridges today and at £85 and 2,000 Calories it promised to lighten pockets and expand waistlines.

• Florida County Puts Up Resident’s Data—So glad to see that the government is with the times, as usual. From the article:
  

  The Social Security numbers, driver’s license information and bank account details belonging to potentially millions of current and former residents of Florida’s Broward County are available to anyone on the Internet because sensitive information has not been redacted from public records being posted on the county’s Web site.

• Playing with Road Signs—Take your SUV back to detroit!
• Build Your Own Rack

• New Alton Brown Show!
  

  “Feasting on Asphalt,” which features Brown driving across the country by motorcycle to take a look at food on the American road today. It premieres at 9 p.m. July 19.

• “FireWire”—Ads on page may be Not Safe For Work (NSFW).
• Incredibly Hot New Chili
  

  The Naga registered a Scoville heat unit of 876,000. The record holder is a Red Savina Habanero with a rating of 577,000.

• Dictionary on your iPod

• Apple Boot Camp
  

  Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows. Boot Camp will burn a CD of all the required drivers for Windows so you don’t have to scrounge around the Internet looking for them.

• Traffic Cameras Increase Accidents and Profits
  

  Upon installation, the cameras caused an immediate 40 percent increase in rear-end collisions from 53 in 1999 to 74 in 2000. Overall accidents were up between 25 percent and 41 percent from 107 in 1999 to 134 in 2001 and 151 in 2002.

• Celebrity Drunk Driving Defence
  

  One of the most notorious drunk drivers in the Ottawa area has been found not criminally responsible on his latest impaired driving charges because of a mental disorder that makes him believe female celebrities are controlling his actions.

• Fantasy Portfolio Challenge—Looks like a good way to win a ‘06 Maserati GranSport, without even having to pay the taxes!
• Conan O’Brien in Chicago—As seen on Travis’ site.
• Indiana Joins the Rest of the Nation (Minus Arizona) on Daylight Savings Time—After reading that, I’m so glad I don’t work in education anymore.  These schmoes have had a year to plan for this, and it sounds like they haven’t done squat, which would coincide with exactly what I saw while in the education sector.  And then, to top it off, they take the time to complain about it to the news instead of fixing the problem.
  

  But IT staff at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, fear the change will create complications galore.
  “This is like Y2K except this one is really happening,” said university IT spokesman Steve Tally.

• Original Scans vs. Photoshop Version

• New Volume Limiter Firmware for iPods—This is a sad, sad day.
• All Hail the FSM—Too funny.
  

  Global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct consequence of the decline in numbers of pirates since the 19th Century

• The Book Written about FSM
• Pretties from CryTek—Wow, these guys know where there doing with the realism thing.
• One Car, Three Drunk Drivers—This is just too funny.
  

  Police in The Hague caught three drunk drivers all behind the wheel of the same car within hours of each other early Wednesday, police said in a statement.

• Cool Cuff Links
• “Healthy” Bacon—Still not sure it’s “healthy”.
• Omega-3’s not that Healthy?—So much for the bacon!
• Tangle Tamers—Might work well for these stupid headphone cables.

I think today’s link should be entitled the “who would have thought” links.

• Drinking Sugary Beverages Increases Body Fat—Wow, whoda thunkit, when your net caloric intake is more, your body converts more to fat, huh?  I mean, come on, who are these “scientists” that do this sort of “research”?  I was thinking maybe I should conduct a study to see if brain damage is increased by beating my head with a hammer.
• Atkins Diet Possible Health Risk—No Comment

• BioWall + Vines—This would be great in a window.

• No Sex Toys in Mississippi—Gotta love Xeni’s comment
• Continental Divide Trail Volunteering—If I were to be out there, this looks like a lot of fun.
• Debit Card Fraudsters Busted—Apparently this is why so many people were having problems with their debit cards.
• PS3 Not Until Nov 2006—Theres a total non-shocker.  Price is the only thing left, and the speculation looks high.