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Truly Generic Pills

Jul 292008

Saw this on Kottke.org. Looks like several of these are the Kirkland brand that you get at Costco. Roughly the same price but with out the membership fee.

If you’re like most people, you purchase Benadryl. A slightly smaller and savvier subset of you will always reach for the drugstore’s “generic” counterpart, e.g. Waldryl. Stop this madness, all of you.As you might know, Benadryl (available at Walgreens.com for $5.29 for a box of 24 capsules) and Wal-dryl ($3.99 / 24 capsules) are otherwise known as “25 mg. of diphenhydramine HCI.” Compare. Yes, that is 400 tablets containing 25 mg. of diphenhydramine HCI, for about $10 when you factor in shipping.

[From Snarkmarket: Lifehack of the Month: Truly Generic Pills]

BBC NEWS | Health | Lots of water ‘is little benefit’

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Apr 032008

It has been claimed that it can help remove toxic chemicals from the body, stop headaches, make you eat less, and even keep your skin healthier. Dr Dan Negoianu, and Dr Stanley Goldfarb, writing the the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, say that while dehydration can be harmful, there is scant evidence that large amounts of water offer any benefits. In fact, they said, there was no evidence supporting the standard US recommendation of “8×8″ – eight glasses, each containing eight ounces of water (a total of 1.8litres), a day. They wrote: “There is no clear evidence of benefit from drinking increased amounts of water. [From BBC NEWS | Health | Lots of water 'is little benefit']

A.J. Jacobs – The Year of Living Biblically

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Mar 312008

The Year of Living Biblically is about my quest to live the ultimate biblical life. To follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible. I obey the famous ones: The Ten Commandments Love thy neighbor Be fruitful and multiply But also, the hundreds of oft-ignored ones. Do not wear clothes of mixed fibers. Do not shave your beard Stone adulterers [From A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically]

EWFR

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Mar 162008

One thing about us is we are very self-congratulatory. Other Christians compromise. Their theology is deficient, their morality is weak, their methods are compromises with the world. To be EWFR is to be in a small circle of those who have it right while so many others (even fellow Christians) have much of it wrong. We can see their shortcomings. We praise our own thinking. We praise our own methods. We praise our own moral code. [From IDEAS]

Interesting story about a simulated brain

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Mar 102008

The human brain requires about 25 watts of electricity to operate. Markram estimates that simulating the brain on a supercomputer with existing microchips would generate an annual electrical bill of about $3 billion . But if computing speeds continue to develop at their current exponential pace, and energy efficiency improves, Markram believes that he’ll be able to model a complete human brain on a single machine in ten years or less. [From Seed: Out of the Blue]

ABACAB

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Sep 212007

Is there anything more hideously 80′s than this?

Didn’t think so. That is one ugly album cover. I’ve been revisiting Genesis lately. So far, it’s the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for me. Working on Selling England by the Pound and soon to try Foxtrot.

One of my favorite blogs

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Jul 122006

Separated by a Common Language

about the differences between American and British English.

Log Flume

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May 232006

Log Flume

Originally uploaded by John Young.

Eliza’s face was so amazing in this photo, that I coughed up the money for the ‘official’ photo.

A dying wish

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Dec 152005

Dear Blessed One,

As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Fadi Umar a merchant in Tunisa and Dubai.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous,I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria, Malaysia and some countries in Africa. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of six Million United States Dollars $ 6,000,000,00 that I have with a Security Company abroad.
I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. I have set aside 10% for you, your time and also any expenses incured during this Great task.
God be with you.

Fadi Umar