• Linking Park: 2007-W05, The Flexible Schedule Edition

    edited by Alexander Becker on February 05, 2007 | Link

    Oatmeal and production issues, Almudena Cid and dancing like nobody's watching.

    I somehow discovered oatmeal -- of all things -- as an excellent source of carbohydrates, once a week. Here is how to eat oatmeal --

    There's no point pretending that oatmeal is anything but a dour grain stigmatised by centuries of Scottish poverty and the feedbags of horses. But it must be eaten -- for health and spiritual well-being -- and it must be eaten right.

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    (Should you not have a ramekin of sea salt beside the stove, you don't deserve oatmeal.)

    Speaking of carbs once a week, learn about how the Low-Carb craze is making us fat --

    When a weight-loss theory becomes a marketing tool, America gains weight.

    We've been here before--about 10 years ago, in fact. The last time a diet craze swept the country, it ushered in more than 3,000 new food products on the wings of just three simple words: Eat less fat. And yet, in the ensuing decade, the number of overweight Americans increased by 15 percent, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and the average American man's waist size increased by an inch and a half. Weight management became even more difficult, because the supermarket became more confusing, and the three simple words that were supposed to squeeze us back into our wedding suits let us down, terribly.

    And it's about to happen all over again. Consumers think carb-free is calorie-free, which it's not, says Leslie Bonci, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). They think someone's giving them permission to eat that food. And what's going to happen is, we're going to see people start to gain weight.

    Acting like Godot: There is something about this blog, if only the beautiful, sometimes strange pictures --

    Impossible is Nothing

    And then, you want to dance --

    Dance! as if everyone's watchin.

    Where you have to show to the rest of the world what you care about, why you care about, and why they have to care. you need the world, and the world needs you. It's your purpose to show, and their's to witness.

    Here is even more inspiration: The gorgeous Almudena Cid, after which you would want to just do it and reset your mind.

    In more or less related news, beauty is the connection here, imitate A Scanner Darkly ... and save the make-up artist expenses.

    Look up people, companies, and relationships. Of particular interest is the automatic gathering of web references -- multiple personalities have never been so easy. Don't miss Xing and LikedIn; on the other hand, if you're really important and better connected than Keith Ferrazzi, you probably revert to using MySpace.

    The following three links enter this edition via Kottke --

    1. How to report scientific research to a general audience
    2. Breakthrough ideas for 2007
    3. Assorted formulas to effortlessly and almost automated review writing

    One more thing: Due to technical issues, publishing is somewhat irregular these days. The production of predictable, regular, and even more interesting editions will resume as soon as possible.

    The book of the week is -- behind the tongue-in-cheek -- a serious recommendation, especially regarding the issue of the feminization of men: The Testosterone Principles.

    To your excellent life.

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