• Linking Park: 2006-W44

    edited by Alexander Becker on November 04, 2006 | Link

    This week's Park offers the opportunity to celebrate post #100. WOW: In Hindsight: The Perfect Time to Quit. When quitting is not just an option. About failures and their aftermath. Do more of what you did not do.

    The hunter-gatherer way of eating brings some interesting creations with it, rediscoveries, the recipes of the week --

    By the way, if you feed cows grass, does the beef taste better? Mark Schatzker asks in Slate Magazine which steak tastes the best?

    To understand good steak, it helps to know a thing or two about how it gets on your plate. These days, most calves are born on ranches, suckled by their mothers, and then sent out to pasture. When they reach 6 months, they're sent to a feedlot where they're 'finished' on grain, usually corn. Grain isn't a cow's natural diet, but it's the feed of choice for two reasons: It makes cattle gain weight quickly, and it results in well-marbled beef.

    Testosterone is another standard ingredient in the links of the week lately. Here are two instances of testosterone and the lack thereof --

    The Anti-Skinny Fat Manifesto is fighting an explosion of 'skinny fat' young men attempting to shred their 150lb. un-muscled physiques.

    Don't try this at home, because someone else did it already. Here is a cautionary tale around doping --

    For reasons I'll explain shortly, my goal was to experience firsthand some of the banned performance-enhancing drugs that are often abused in the endurance sports I participate in, like cycling and cross-country skiing. The menu I had in mind included human growth hormone (HGH), testosterone, and some variety of anabolic steroid, all of which are used to increase strength and shorten an athlete's recovery time by repairing muscle cells faster.

    Some communities to chose from to share and split your online personalities across: Vox is new, Traineo is about fitness & weight loss, another one offers exercise and fitness for the rest of us, and finally Steve Pavlina launches his forums for the personal development of smart people.

    The Domino Effect is an example of mad science via Google --

    A good viral video sets off a chain reaction that continues until nearly everyone has seen it, including your mom. [...] A chain reaction like none other: 500 liters of Diet Coke and 1500+ Mentos, all triggered by the pull of one string.

    Useful science on the other hand, is hidden in forgotten technology and discovered while following my instincts --

    I found that I, working alone, could easily move a 2400 lb. block 300 ft. per hour with little effort, and a 10,000 lb. block at 70 ft. per hour. I also stood two 8 ft. 2400 lb. blocks on end and placed another 2400 lb. block on top. This took about two hours per block. I found that one man, working by himself, without the use of wheels, rollers, pulleys, or any type of hoisting equipment could perform the task.

    Finally, sleep. A tribute to the soft pleasures of dozing, backed up by hard science which proves that the modern world killed off the nap --

    We are a culture that celebrates action, doing, achieving, an attitude that leads to a disdain for sleep in general. We stay up late and get up early. We pull all-nighters. We'll sleep when we're dead, and in the meantime there's always a Starbucks on the corner.

    To your excellent life.

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