"According to Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist and author of the study, gawking at women’s breasts is a healthy practice, almost at par with an intense exercise regime, that prolongs the lifespan of a man by five years. She added, "Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female, is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out.""
- winckel
from Bookmarklet
What a fascinating article... According to the current Mrs. Terry, I'll live to be at least 150 if this is true! :-)
- Andrew Terry
"Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female, is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out." so thats why I'm always tired at the end of the day!
- tony bland
It's healthier than riding a bike, I can tell you after last weeks accident. Unless you do it while riding a bike. But then probably the road won't be that slippery.
- Ton Zijp
And what are women to look at that will increase our lives?
- WorldofHiglet
@WoH: I've heard that doing plenty of house chores could be healthy... ;)
- Jemm
Heh. Now, if this was a few years ago Jemm would have now been vapourised into a fine, worthless powder. But I've learned to rise above such obvious baiting :P
- WorldofHiglet
@WoH you don't like charming polishing in your house, do you?
- A.T.
I am willing to look at a suitably attractive male polishing my house for 30 mins a day for the good of my health, if that's what you meant.
- WorldofHiglet
Here's to hoping "egotistical fatso", as in "Scoble is an egotistical fatso" soon leads Googlers here--and they give to the food bank, too.
- Pierce Presley
Alright man, you asked for it, you got it... Scoble is an egotistical fatso (not that I necessarily believe that... #justsayin)
- Aaron Strout
And for clarification, I am asking whether this is good or bad for FriendFeed users. I have edited the main post to reflect this.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Also unsure - to me FF is a vital resource, if it was wrapped in the facebook page - I'll stop using it, I have a facebook page, but find that it is limited.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
The number of people that think that the FriendFeed/Facebook deal is bad is startling. Though, personally, I am not optimistic about this deal either.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I can't remember the old site vividly, but from what I remember, I think this one is 10 times better. It has a solid look. I never tried the app so I can't say anything about that.
- Meryn Stol
Thanks Meryn, Brian - Shaun are you on pc or mac?
- Allen Stern
In theory one would hope not, and have to option to install it yourself.
- Gible Fog
i thought it didn't have an OS just a browser ?
- tony bland
tony, there is always an OS underneath, but from what I have read about both is that they essentially both boot in to "the browser"..... obviously this is all speculation at the moment.
- Paul Kinlan
Incredible. No one has yet to put IE. Anyway, right now I'm on Mobile Safari but when I'm on my laptop I use Chrome on my PC & Safari on my Mac.
- Brian Felix
from iPhone
Ugh. IE6. Our company is lame as hell when it comes to upgrading. We're finally getting new computers and new OS this summer...last time they upgraded us was 2001. No joke.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
"PORTLAND, Oregon - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits."
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
Oh, and: "Washington County probation officer Bob Severe said Sakewitz had undergone a court-ordered mental evaluation but that no treatment was recommended." <-- Srsly??!
- Alix Whitmire
mwm, john, and alix: exactly! why on earth would there be no treatment recommended? poor woman.
- edythe
One of her rabbits has been living in our backyard for over a year! Of course, I'm not 100% sure it's from her, but I bet it is. She lived just down the street from us. Her house has been condemned.
- Dawn
I'm with you - I find parades to be horribly boring and would rather do just about anything else. I routinely punch people who tell me they're going to watch the Rose Parade in person because that's just stupid.
- Brett Kelly
Seeking Clarification: Does this include conga-lines?
- Johnny Worthington
johnny is right you need to be clear on the type of parade, parade of shops not so much, parade of naked dancing girls yes please.
- tony bland
i don't mind parades (most of the time) and have been in a few Independence Day ones in the past 40 or so years, but generally give parades a miss when presented with a choice.
- Joe Silence is ashes
I agree...if the device is that beautiful and at that price point, it's too hard to pass up.
- Craig Eddy
Definitely. Its a beautiful piece of equipment. I dont have a netbook or a laptop. Just my trusty EEEbox which doesnt take up any space, but there is times, id like to still be on the sofa and check something quickly or surf while im waiting for a program to come on, or the girlfriend to bring me my dinner. :)
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
This is nice. @dezertsnow, check this out. Do you wanna? ",)
- jan geronimo
yeah it looks nice in that picture but what is it ? from what i have read so far its just a browser on a touch screen . No OS, No storage, has anyone seen this thing running yet? how will it be better than a netbook? or even an ipod touch?
- tony bland
Tony, the post should explain. It's a Web tablet. No hard drive. No keyboard. No apps to slow it down. Just a browser. Supports Flash, unlike the iPhone.
- Louis Gray
yeah thanks Louis i got that, i'm just eager to know more.
- tony bland
It's only a rough 3D rendering. Long way to go baby.
- dstamand
if they manage to produce a product that looks like the render and also is cheap then it will do well. however if apple join the party all bets are off. Also the render looks little like a large iphone/touch so they need to get to market first.
- Darren Stuart
I just don't know anyone who DOESN'T want one of these.
- Jolie O'Dell
very cool... I'm amazed they followed through, should be nice!
- Tim Hoeck
Total cloud computing. No apps or storage to slow it down. I assume since it boots from the web, that no internet, no go (may be a big downside). I wish I had one of these a few years ago on my travels. Very keen to see when it comes out.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
that's a good point Alistair with out an internet connection this thing is just an expensive tray, cant see this beating netbooks or iphones any time soon.
- tony bland
It still has some computing power built into it. I'm sure it'll be hackable for other uses. I'm sure Arrington will decry that, too.
- Darren Landrum
Interesting NY Times coverage (showing NY Times being displayed) - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... - this is something that it seems inconcievable for Arrington to pull off on his own - no doubt he needs powerful partners (or purchasers) -- could it be that the Times is involved?
- Brian Sullivan
@ Brian Sullivan I think you may have something there, though it wouldn't be necessary. It is probably sufficent to get the NYT to do a story by just showing their webpage on the CrunchPad Demo.
- Phil Boiarski
The only reason this doesn't flat out kick the kindles ass from here to the VFW at the edge of town is the lack of eInk. Because the eInk only needs power when it changes it's sick on battery life. Like years or something between charges.
- Matthew DeVries
I think Tablet Computing is the future, but this device seems really crippled.
- Tad
I don't disagree with that Tad, but isn't this just an eBook reader with some tablety potential? I don't think it's going for a tablet price point.
- Matthew DeVries
It's not an eBook reader, though. It's just a web browser. You won't be buying books and reading them on this or even viewing your PDFs on it.
- Tad
Yeah, you're right Tad. I was going off an old article I read where this was supposed to go after the Kindle, not the fabled apple tablet or the Android tablets that are in the pipe.
- Matthew DeVries
I do think, though, that the upcoming tablet computers WILL be used as e-readers. But e-reading will just be a small bit of what they'll be used for.
- Tad
Reminds me of a PepperPad without the thumboard.
- Rodfather
"Michael Jackson’s funeral will likely be scheduled for next Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to various reports. AEG Live, which was planning Jackson’s comeback, owns the Staples Center and says it’s putting on the event. The arena seats 20,000, and AEG is said to have plans to place large screens outside to show the proceedings to an overflow audience. But will the funeral be live-streamed to the King of Pop’s fans around the rest of the world?"
- Brad Williamson
from Bookmarklet