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Hand-held Magnetic Device Eases Migraines - US News and World Report

Link: Hand-held Magnetic Device Eases Migraines - US News and World Report.

Anyone who's ever experienced a migraine knows how excruciating these headaches can be—sometimes pushing you into a dark room, curtains drawn, in hopes of a quick end to the throbbing, painful misery. Prescription medications are available to help those who experience migraines regularly, but drug-free alternatives are largely limited to rest and simply waiting the headache out. Now, a new study suggests that there may be a drug-free alternative to treating some migraines: a hand-held transcranial magnetic stimulation device that, when held against the bottom of the back of the head, eased migraine symptoms in some study volunteers.

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Boy in Nepal Said to go Without Food or Water for 6 Months

Is it possible to live without food or water for 6 months? No disrespect intended towards the boy in Nepal. But I've been sitting on my couch, hunched over my notebook, for the past 30 minutes and my butt is already starting to hurt and my back is aching.

Now Buddha I'm not, but Buddha belly I've got.

Link: Minding the Planet: Boy in Nepal Said to go Without Food or Water for 6 Months.

The Return to Exercise

I tend to believe that a heart is like a battery and has only so many beats to it before it's game over.

Slow and easy, conserving heart beats.... could this be the reason why a tortoise can live such a long time?

The average number of beats per minute in a non "athlete's heart" is 70 beats.

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With the proper diet, and no exercise - would a couch potato outlive a person who jogs and eats the same diet?

Take two laboratory mice, feed them the same diet.... put an exercise wheel in each cage... one that is super lubed and will allow the mouse to run like crazy, and an exercise wheel in the other cage that only allows the mouse to walk - not run.

Which will live longer?  The running mouse or the walking mouse?

For dogs weighing 30 lbs. or less, the average heart rate is 100 to 160 beats per minute. For dogs weighing more than 30 lbs., the average heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute. A cat has an average heart rate of 160 to 220 beats per minute.

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Link: Cafe Hayek: The Return to Exercise.

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Geneva Sound System

How cool is this??

At first glance, I thought MONO.... but the site explains the meaning of STEREO.  Learning something new every day.... blogs are a wonderful thing I must say.

Link: Shiny Shiny: Geneva Sound System.

viral idea

Here's another interesting post at GROWABRAIN.

What caught my attention was the part about what makes an idea viral.  This is something that has always interested me.  It seems that the most simple things spread like wild fire.... yet to start a viral campaign is not easily accomplished.

Link: growabrain: Plagiarists, Beware.

crackers

I don't recall the movie, "Crackers", with Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, and Sean Penn.  If I happen to come across it at the dollar store, I'll pick it up.  Other than that, it sounds like a movie best forgotten.

Link: Like Anna Karina's Sweater: Mal-Malle.

LAME BLOG HQ

Here's a link to one of the blogs I read today that put a smile on my face for no apparent reason.  It could be the writing style.  Strike that... it is the writing style. 8-)

I don't care if people see us together! Our lips, so close now... so close...

Actually, you had me at:

Hello blog, it's me. Fonzie.

LOL

Link: Blogumentary: LAME BLOG HQ.

Understanding the Zero Profit Condition

Seth Godin's take on zero profit condition makes a lot of sense.

I never really thought about it, but after reading the article, the one thing that really stood out:

No barriers to entry mean no big profits.

I always had the opposite view point.  To me, no barriers to entry meant that it would be easy for me to jump on to the profit making wagon and get a piece of the pie I never had in the first place.

So I guess it's all a matter of perspective.  If you're already on the wagon, me jumping on may mean less for you.

It's similar to no limit Texas Hold'em.  If you make it easy or cheap for me to see the flop, I will play the hand and I may beat you.  But if the cost to see the flop is too high, there's a good chance that I'll go away and you will win the pot.

So Seth is right when he says:

The only way to win is to break the rules. To play by your own rules, creating a market in which the cost of entry is very high, or even impossible. If you're the only one, then you win, by default.

Link: Seth's Blog: Understanding the Zero Profit Condition.

kopi luwak - mmm coffee

I was watching a show about coffee on the history channel, and they had a snippet about kopi luwak, which is the most expensive coffee per pound.  Basically, this one animal climbs to the top of the coffee trees, eats the best coffee cherries, poops them out, and these are harvested - and whammo, there you have it, the most expensive coffee in the world.  Only 500 pounds of this type of coffee is produced each year.  That doesn't make much sense really.  If there is such demand for this coffee, how hard is it to get those critters to eat more coffee cherries and poop out more?

Strange Addiction

That FRAPPR is pretty cool! 

Link: Nick Bradbury: Strange Addiction.