The Fat Trap - NYTimes.com

What we see here is a coordinated defense mechanism with multiple components all directed toward making us put on weight,” Proietto says. “This, I think, explains the high failure rate in obesity treatment.

This is an interesting read for anyone struggling with weight. For me I know it has been hard to keep weight off for years. I have lost it and kinda maintained it, but it is a battle.

Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it (by @baekdal) #opinion

Apple has told Samsung that, in order not to infringe on their design, Samsung should create a design with:

  • Front surface that isn't black.
  • Overall shape that isn't rectangular, or doesn't have rounded corners.
  • Display screens that aren't centered on the front face and have substantial lateral borders.
  • Non-horizontal speaker slots.
  • No front bezel at all.
  • Thick frames rather than a thin rim around the front surface.
  • Profiles that aren't thin.

And the two really silly ones:

  • Front surfaces with substantial adornment.
  • Cluttered appearance.

Yes, the Galaxy tab looks very much like the iPad, but they couldn't really design it any other way.

Interesting

Imagine a world where Bash supports JSON

01#!/bin/bash
02. ticktick.sh
03 
04``
05  people = {
06    "Writers": [
07      "Rod Serling",
08      "Charles Beaumont",
09      "Richard Matheson"
10    ],
11    "Cast": {
12      "Rod Serling": { "Episodes": 156 },
13      "Martin Landau": { "Episodes": 2 },
14      "William Shatner": { "Episodes": 2 }
15    }
16  }
17``
18 
19function printDirectors() {
20  echo "  The ``people.Directors.length()`` Directors are:"
21 
22  for director in ``people.Directors.items()``; do
23    printf "    - %s\n" ${!director}
24  done
25}
26 
27`` people.Directors = [ "John Brahm", "Douglas Heyes" ] ``
28printDirectors
29 
30newDirector="Lamont Johnson"
31`` people.Directors.push($newDirector) ``
32printDirectors
33 
34echo "Shifted: ``people.Directors.shift()``"
35printDirectors
36 
37echo "Popped: ``people.Directors.pop()``"
38printDirectors

This is awesome!