Month: November 2010

Alberta Health Services President and CEO Stephen Duckett avoids questions about his handling of excessive emergency room wait times by telling reporters he’s busy eating a cookie.

“I’m eating my cookie — can’t you see I’m eating my cookie!” CEO Stephen Duckett kept repeating to reporters Friday, in a bizarre media moment that deserves to go viral on YouTube.

Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky, when played the audio later by a reporter, said he thought the comment was inappropriate given the gravity of the health-care situation. That would be correct. “I’m eating my cookie” is appropriate only in limited situations — if your spouse wants you to put out the garbage, for instance, but you’re eating your cookie.

The new Facebook Messages incorporates email, SMS, and Facebook Chat and Messages into one convenient bucket. It’s a smart idea, but you should think twice before you consider ditching your current email address for Facebook email. Here’s why.

These eyeglasses reduce eyestrain that results from viewing a computer screen for extended periods. The glasses combat the painful symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome–at least 90% of the U.S. computer-using public is affected by the syndrome according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

The yellow-tinted polycarbonate lenses’ proprietary tinting blocks out 65% of blue light, a wavelength that reduces the sharpness of objects, leading to eye fatigue, tired or sore eyes, and the chance of headaches. The lenses protect against UV radiation up to 400nm, protecting eyes from harmful neon and halogen light sources. An inner anti-reflective coating on both the inner and outer side of the lens decreases the glare from overhead fluorescent lighting.

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This is the skatecycle–the next generation recreational vehicle that won an International Design Excellence Award and a permanent place in the Henry Ford Museum. Evoking the first-of-its-kind innovative spirit of the famous American industrialist, it combines the foot control of snowboarding, the balanced turning of skateboarding, and the nimble, undulating movements of casterboarding.

Providing an easy transition for those who already participate in any of the three sports, both feet are placed onto two slip-resistant footboards, and its double-jointed, twisting axle allows riders to move either of the 9″ polyurethane wheels individually by twisting the feet inwards and outwards.

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I am not sure what the criteria was for this study but being stupid and making $200k is still pretty damn good for a couple of dumbasses.

Researchers found that when both spouses correctly answered three math questions, family wealth averaged $1.7 million. That compared with $200,000 for households where neither spouse answered any question correctly.
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Legibility, of course, is a matter of degree, but given that NYU computer science professor Ken Perlin’s tiny font can fit 500 words into a 320 x 240 pixel rectangle, I am surprised at how readable it remains. “My design,” he explains, “assumes that screen pixels are horizontal striped as RGBRGB, as are most LCD screens these days.”