18 January 2011
hangover science
They found the caffeine in coffee and the anti-inflammatory ingredients of aspirin and other painkillers reacted against the chemical compounds of ethanol, or pure alcohol.
Ethanol brings on headaches thanks to a chemical acetate it can produce and even low doses can affect some people more than others, said the study.
Professor Michael Oshinsky, of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, induced headaches in rats using small amounts of ethanol.
He then gave them doses of caffeine and anti-inflammatories to find it blocked the acetate and relieved the headaches.(via)as one gawker commenter pointed out, it remains unclear how the scientists knew that the rats had headaches, and when they went away....
the dehydration factor is a myth apparently. so the inexplicable unquenchable thirst for orange gatorade when hungover remains a mystery. maybe it's just that it is delicious.
17 January 2011
he as a lot to hide, obviously
tennessee's new governor oil gazillionaire bill haslam made his first executive act an order that allowed himself and top aides permission not to disclose how much they earn in outside income.
this is the complete opposite of the first executive act of his predecessor phil bredesen. weird.
this is the complete opposite of the first executive act of his predecessor phil bredesen. weird.
announcement!
Attention everyone who never got to see our TV show on Showtime (or wants to see it again). Good news: Current TV is re-airing the entire series!
The show ran for two seasons, winning several Emmy awards including best nonfiction series. We're thrilled that more people will get to see it. Episodes will air Mondays at 10PM/9C, from January 10th through April 4th. If you have digital cable, chances are you have Current TV. (via)
i'm sorry...i got a little nervous...
also, check out stewie's outfit. is he looking especially good or WHAT?
oh and speaking of maps
It was rolled up among other yellowed maps and prints that came off a delivery truck at the Brooklyn Historical Society’s stately office near the East River. Carolyn Hansen, the society’s map cataloguer, began to gently unfurl the canvas.
“You could hear it rip,” said Ms. Hansen, 29, still cringing at the memory. She stopped pulling. But enough of the map, browned with age and dry and crisp as a stale chip, was open to reveal a name: Ratzer.
“We have a Ratzer map,” said James Rossman, chairman of the society, who happened to be in the building that Monday last May. That statement, despite the reverence in its delivery, meant little to the others in the room, but it would soon reverberate in cartography circles and among map scholars.
The name Ratzer is invoked as something of a Da Vinci of New York cartography, and the map was an early edition of his best-known work: a Bernard Ratzer “Plan of the City of New York” in its 1770 state. (via)i can't wait to see it irl!
what did you learn today?
i learned that all the streets that cross manhattan avenue in greenpoint (my new home) have alphabetical names (up to O). look!
ash street - box street - clay street - dupont street - eagle street - freeman street - green street - huron street - india street - java street - kent street - greenpoint ave (used to be lincoln street) - milton street - noble street - oak street
how fun!
freedom fridayz
because monday is just as good.
here's a current skyline pic. with arrows for guidance.
red - frank o. gehry's beekman tower - get your curvy rental now!
blue - cranes of the rising wtc tower 4
orange - freedom tower aka 1 wtc - gettin real close to the top of the skyline and only half the floors are done
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