Curaçao trip: Dec 22, 2015 - Jan 2, 2016
Curaçao photos
Curaçao trip: Dec 22, 2015 - Jan 2, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Curaçao trip: Dec 22, 2015 - Jan 2, 2016
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
what if someone from 50 years ago woke up in 2015?
What if someone from 1965 walked into 2015? What would they notice?
some amazing inventions
some unnecessary indulgements
some things are just wrong
And one thing hasn't changed yet
some amazing inventions
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| A 3x5 telephone with more power than a Univac, that you can take anywhere. It speaks to you; read any book on it; watch a television show or motion pictures. |
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| Toilets that flush themselves, the greatest invention with a nod to my germophobe pals. |
some unnecessary indulgements
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| Mash up of donut/croissant to give us a cronut. |
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| Everyone drinking water from plastic bottles more expensive than gasoline. |
some things are just wrong
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| All day breakfast at McDonalds. |
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| Hamburgers for breakfast at Burger King. |
And one thing hasn't changed yet
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| There still is no cure for the common cold. |
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Lighten Up! Don't let Seasonal Affective Disorder make you SAD.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), (aka: winter depression, winter blues, summer depression, summertime sadness, or seasonal depression), is a mood disorder subset in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer.
In 1984, a paper defining Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) described bright artificial light as a treatment for winter depression. Experts hypothesized that lengthening the daily photoperiod (ie: simulate a summer day in the northern hemisphere) would lead to remission of symptoms.
Expose yourself to light, every day for about 45 minutes, before 8 AM. Light affects the part of your brain that controls your body’s internal clock. It could take a few weeks before the light kicks in and helps your mood and it doesn't work for everyone. Seasonal Affective Disorder starts to fade off in April or May.
White light of all your electronic devices signal your brain to produce energy, not ideal just before bedtime. A few cool, new light gadgets are being developed:
First there's ARIO, with their self-described, "world's first healthy connected lamp," which changes light color and direction as the day progresses. In the morning it shines bright, energizing blue-rich light and as the sun sets, the light color changes to a melatonin producting relaxing amber, supposedly to help you sleep. The light mimics movement and casts up in the morning and down in the evening. Ario developed this using research from Harvard Medical School, NASA, and the National Institute of Health.
Then there's C by GE. A smart LED light bulb which claims to adjust your circadian rhythm and help with sleep. Their line is, "bulbs that go together like day and night, and make it simple to get light that always feels good."
There are numerous light therapy products on the market and a quick Amazon search will turn up several options. They range from crazy looking light boxes to bulbs that turn and change color linked via WiFi. Do your own searches and decide what's right for you http://amzn.to/1GLzJhB
In 1984, a paper defining Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) described bright artificial light as a treatment for winter depression. Experts hypothesized that lengthening the daily photoperiod (ie: simulate a summer day in the northern hemisphere) would lead to remission of symptoms.
Expose yourself to light, every day for about 45 minutes, before 8 AM. Light affects the part of your brain that controls your body’s internal clock. It could take a few weeks before the light kicks in and helps your mood and it doesn't work for everyone. Seasonal Affective Disorder starts to fade off in April or May.
White light of all your electronic devices signal your brain to produce energy, not ideal just before bedtime. A few cool, new light gadgets are being developed:
First there's ARIO, with their self-described, "world's first healthy connected lamp," which changes light color and direction as the day progresses. In the morning it shines bright, energizing blue-rich light and as the sun sets, the light color changes to a melatonin producting relaxing amber, supposedly to help you sleep. The light mimics movement and casts up in the morning and down in the evening. Ario developed this using research from Harvard Medical School, NASA, and the National Institute of Health.
Then there's C by GE. A smart LED light bulb which claims to adjust your circadian rhythm and help with sleep. Their line is, "bulbs that go together like day and night, and make it simple to get light that always feels good."
There are numerous light therapy products on the market and a quick Amazon search will turn up several options. They range from crazy looking light boxes to bulbs that turn and change color linked via WiFi. Do your own searches and decide what's right for you http://amzn.to/1GLzJhB
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Behind The Cornea blog posts added to SteveMiami blog
And suddenly you notice a few dozen blog posts pop up on SteveMiami? Or perhaps you were redirected here because the post you searched for on behind the cornea was not found.
All the posts from behind the cornea have been moved over to the SteveMiami blog.
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| the buzz in steve's head (2.4) |
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The Endangered Traditional Deli in Manhattan
People that don't live in or around NYC think I'm nuts when I say it's hard to find a decent deli to sit down and have a pastrami sandwich with a few pickles in Manhattan. Well at least one person at The Gothamist shares my feeling that the deli is dying cuisine. The Gothamist article notes that a deli lost its meaning, and there aren't event 20 left in the city:
Sadly, the word deli has lost its meaning. Today, deli and bodegas are synonymous. You can get sandwiches, sure, but also Advil, detergent, multiple varieties of soy milk, and an e-cig. Once upon time, a deli, or delicatessen, was a restaurant with large booths, huge menus, celebrity photos on the walls, and the smell of pickle brine in the air. In a city that was once littered with real Jewish delis, too many have been lost to time and we are now down to fewer than 20. Lift your can of Dr. Brown's to the remaining few and look at our picks for the best of a dying breed.
