Setting goals is probably the most important aspect of dieting. After all, "diet" can be defined (among other things) as "The usual food and drink of a person or animal" or as "A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss".
"Medical rasons" and "cosmetic weight loss" are obviously very broad. So, what are likely goals for weight loss?
Fighting a risk of heart disease
Pleasing the physician
Complying with social expectations
Looking more like a movie star
Experimenting with human engineering
Adapting to a new lifestyle
"Feeling better"
...
Not that the goals have to be very specific, but I really think we should know why we diet. Whatever the reasons, they are personal and legitimate from one's own perspective.
Food is on my mind a lot these days for two reasons. First, I'm trying to "get into shape": I was starting to get exhausted every time I raced up a set of stairs and it was a good time for me to get into a more active lifestyle. (I did read Walker's "Hacker's Diet" and even use the Palm version of the "Eat Watch" but I don't necessarily follow it as a diet plan).
Second, I'm scheduled to teach an intro-level anthro class soon and food is an important part of human experience. Obviously, while eating is "just" a biological need, culture plays a huge part on how people perceive food, weight, and health. One would say that, in the grand scheme of things, the body is as much a part of culture as any other human product.
Oh, BTW, the US Dept. of Agriculture has a searchable nutrient database. There's even a free (beer) version for Palm.
Interestingly enough, the article makes "WiFi" sound like a local/regional phenomenon. Sure, it's a Seattle publication, but it makes one wonder. After all, wireless networking clearly depends on the network effect and the ranges are still short enough that the technology's better suited for high population densities. And even then, you need a concentration of mobile users. Personally, I've been waiting for 802.11* to take off "globally" before buying a card. And I might have to wait. I'm a Montrealer now living in Atlantic Canada. Never been to Seattle or anywhere on the North American West Coast. There are interesting 802.11 projects in Montreal (including pilot programs in universities and phone booths) but even that seems fairly limited.
Well, I get the same problem with MP3 CDs I made for my RioVolt. The CDs iTunes made automatically show up and can be played but for other CDs, I have to include them in the library, which is a drag (no pun intended). So, is there a straightforward way to add support for any CD containing MP3s? TIA!
Looks like an interesting reversal, if it can happen. After all, the music industry is intimately linked with mass media. This article wasn't signed and we don't know how much media-cred it can get but it's interesting nonetheless.
For a while, the Press has favored a "RIAA vs. Net" view of the situation. Actually doing the math is a step in another direction, raising a lot of old issues and a few new ones.
We all know the current model has a problem. Even RIAA members know this. There has to be a new model that will satisfy everyone in the food chain.
Too lazy to look for the pages now but there's a number of solutions for Audio I/O on 'Books, including through USB. You know what'd be cool, though. A multi-track iPod recorder...
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"Medical rasons" and "cosmetic weight loss" are obviously very broad. So, what are likely goals for weight loss?
- Fighting a risk of heart disease
- Pleasing the physician
- Complying with social expectations
- Looking more like a movie star
- Experimenting with human engineering
- Adapting to a new lifestyle
- "Feeling better"
- ...
Not that the goals have to be very specific, but I really think we should know why we diet. Whatever the reasons, they are personal and legitimate from one's own perspective.Food is on my mind a lot these days for two reasons. First, I'm trying to "get into shape": I was starting to get exhausted every time I raced up a set of stairs and it was a good time for me to get into a more active lifestyle. (I did read Walker's "Hacker's Diet" and even use the Palm version of the "Eat Watch" but I don't necessarily follow it as a diet plan).
Second, I'm scheduled to teach an intro-level anthro class soon and food is an important part of human experience. Obviously, while eating is "just" a biological need, culture plays a huge part on how people perceive food, weight, and health. One would say that, in the grand scheme of things, the body is as much a part of culture as any other human product.
Oh, BTW, the US Dept. of Agriculture has a searchable nutrient database. There's even a free (beer) version for Palm.
Interestingly enough, the article makes "WiFi" sound like a local/regional phenomenon. Sure, it's a Seattle publication, but it makes one wonder. After all, wireless networking clearly depends on the network effect and the ranges are still short enough that the technology's better suited for high population densities. And even then, you need a concentration of mobile users.
Personally, I've been waiting for 802.11* to take off "globally" before buying a card. And I might have to wait.
I'm a Montrealer now living in Atlantic Canada. Never been to Seattle or anywhere on the North American West Coast.
There are interesting 802.11 projects in Montreal (including pilot programs in universities and phone booths) but even that seems fairly limited.
Well, I get the same problem with MP3 CDs I made for my RioVolt. The CDs iTunes made automatically show up and can be played but for other CDs, I have to include them in the library, which is a drag (no pun intended). So, is there a straightforward way to add support for any CD containing MP3s?
TIA!
Looks like an interesting reversal, if it can happen. After all, the music industry is intimately linked with mass media. This article wasn't signed and we don't know how much media-cred it can get but it's interesting nonetheless.
For a while, the Press has favored a "RIAA vs. Net" view of the situation. Actually doing the math is a step in another direction, raising a lot of old issues and a few new ones.
We all know the current model has a problem. Even RIAA members know this. There has to be a new model that will satisfy everyone in the food chain.
Too lazy to look for the pages now but there's a number of solutions for Audio I/O on 'Books, including through USB.
You know what'd be cool, though. A multi-track iPod recorder...