T-Minus

8 September – Important testing for product release

12 September – One week till eye surgery (no more contacts, if I had any to wear)… features for release need to be done!

17 September – Software Product Release

19 September – Eye Surgery

23 September – Major Event following fruits of product release

Conversations with Neale Donald Walsh

Last night I went to a movie screening of Conversations with God.  This was based on the excellent books by Neale Donald Walsh and was about the circumstances in his life that led him to write the books.

There was a Q&A after the movie and it was interesting to see how the other people interpreted and responded to his work.

Best $50 spent in a long while.

Just a spoon full of sugar….

… or how to stay awake

Walking through the city with a 4 pack of ‘V’ ‘energy drinks’, I had a few people comment on how awake I’d require to be. ‘You have to be pretty tired to get through all those in one sitting?’ (you’d have to be pretty tired of hearing that joke a few too many times)

Recipe for a real short black?

One courier I was talking to at the traffic lights told me about some bus drivers he knew that would take a spoon of coffee and mix it in half a glass of coke and then skull it. In about 5 or 6 mins, after apparently nothing, the drink would kick in and pack quite a punch, keeping the drivers awake and bringing back some alertness.

I’ll play and let you know… 🙂

Time Management Diets

http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/archives/000171.html

Now I’m a reasonably slender person, many thanks to not living with a greek mother who provides snacks breakfast, brunch, lunch, dunch and dinner; helped along by this ‘vegetarianism phase’ of my life but if our physical appearance depended on how we consumed and utilised our own time, then I’d have to say that I’d be one huge behemoth creature, perhaps a jaba the hut of overbooked tasks and personal projects unrealised.

The attached blog provides 3 ‘Time Management Diets‘ in order to reduce the precious units known as seconds from falling into the vortex known as the relinquished past.

So if the TV diet, the mailing list diet, or the meeting diet sound like things you incorporate into your own life then you may as well get on board.

There is no time like the present. (Pun intended)

Osteoporosis vs Lactose Intolerance

Well, if the dairy industry push that dairy will stop Osteoporosis especially in women as they age, I wonder how many people who suffer Lactose Intolerance go on later in life to suffer osteoporosis?

I mean if you consumed so much dairy in your lifetime to cause the gland that processes lactose to give up, then surely you’ve consumed enough dairy to stop the onslaught of ravaged bones later in life?

Alternatively, could Lactose Intolerant people be further at risk because they’ve reduced their consumption of dairy due to their condition and now lack the amount of dairy recommended by the experts?

Or is it all crap, are Lactose Intolerant and regular Joe’s all at similar risk. Is the dairy industry’s push of Osteoporosis an exaggeration? How much milk is enough?

Hey, I warn you now, this is an un-researched, completely biased question, but knowledgeable comments are appreciated.

The Age Blogs: Chew on This

http://blogs.theage.com.au/lifestyle/chewonthis/

A really helpful Nutrition blog written by a Melbourne newspaper columnist. Great!

The best blog so far makes you think about the price of packaged foods, if you were to work them out on a per kilo basis. Those roasted artichokes don’t seem to pricey anymore!
Vegetables too pricey? Do the maths

A Vegan Ice Cream Paradise

http://veganicecream.blogspot.com/

So now you have no excuse. This lady’s website has ice cream, brownies, etc. Whilst I’ll turn vegan ‘in my own time’, this site has led me just that little bit closer.

Time to get myself an ice cream maker, especially with the onset of summer and polar bears drowning.