Plan 1 – Make Mobile Computing Truly Mobile Internet providers happily point out that the Net now goes everywhere – with the possible exception of extra-planetary outer space. You can watch narwhals piercing the Arctic ice sheet while you argue with your health insurance provider about your massively increased medical bills. So why not walk […]
Three questions that can save your life
Living Longer and Better Woody Allen (seriously) wants to live forever, but most of us will settle for living healthier and longer. It’s more than possible. Asian American women in Suffolk County, New York have an expected lifespan of 95.6 years. A much larger population of the same folk in Bergen County, New Jersey can […]
Is my chair dangerous to my health? (10/27/10)
First Read This Sitting Down Chairs are not dangerous to you as sculpture. Some Carlo Mollino and other 20th century designer chairs are now going for a million bucks. These types of chairs are perfectly safe as they are much too expensive to sit in. The dangerous ones are the chairs of cloth, polyvinyl, naugahyde, […]
Leaving rehab – what to do when you’re out (10/21/10)
(Lindsay Lohan walked into Rehab reading my book “The Power of Rest,” and is scheduled to leave Rehab on October 22nd. This note is for her and others leaving inpatient addiction treatment.) Leaving Rehab – What to Do When You’re Out Once you leave the tough times start. You’re exiting the cocoon, the tight environment […]
Theatrically sleeping (10/8/10)
The Lullaby of Off-Off-Off Broadway Too keyed up to sleep? A friendly hospital or hotel room too expensive? Spend the night at the national theatre – all night. And bring your pyjamas. London’s Barbican Theatre is famous for its concrete, brutalist architecture and it’s occasionally avant garde programming. The Duckie Theatre Company will be continuing […]
