It's always interested me there is no percentage listed next to the protein value on Nutrition Facts labels. The values of other items, such as "Total Fat" or "Total Carb," are listed based on an assumed caloric intake - usually 2,000 calories, or so. When it comes to protein, however, there is nothing. Even obvious percentages (e.g., corresponding to 0g protein in bottled water) are ... Read this and 4 comments.

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Ever since Mark McB set me up with an invitation to GMail all those years ago, I have always praised GMail to the masses. The huge storage limit, the grouping of conversations, the way it auto adds contacts to your list for you and now GChat. I have made so many of my friends switch to GMail from their previous accounts with Hotmail, Yahoo, or whatever. But the past week, GMail has really been dropping the ball. Now I am not sure if they are going through upgrades or server issues, but for ... Read this and 7 comments.

During times of war or extreme stress can we be held liable for our actions? According to a new article from the Cornell International Law Journal there are fundamental differences in how the conscious and sub-conscious processes information. Our conscious mind is influenced by such factors as morality, emotion, and accountability ... while our sub-conscious seems to rely on training, motive, and pure spontaneity. The real question is - is the total sum of who we are contained in our physical ... Read this and 5 comments.

As a Canadian, there are a few things I don't understand about American culture. One of them is the way words like "liberal" and "libertarian" seem to be ... Read this and 4 comments.

I remember going through countless setups of the newest flavors of Linux during the blossoming stage of the open-source OS about 8 years ago. Among the many options for bleeding-edge file systems was the ReiserFS - known (at that time) for being just as unstable as it was revolutionary. As the years progressed I began to fall in love with it - its speed, its compatibility with other file systems, and its general bleeding-edge-cool factor. Many of these features are personified in Hans Reiser, ... Read this and 17 comments.

Saw a blog about troubleshooting invisible fences for a dog. Here's my problem: The circuit is complete, but the collar sometimes beeps and sometimes shocks when it crosses the line. We've put a new battery in as well as trying a friend's collar. We've ordered a brand new "stubborn dog" collar that's not here yet. My questions ... Read this and 1 comment.

Is the torch relay a shining symbol of the purity of the Olympics worthy of our respect, or is it merely a shameless political tool that deserves to attract protests? This report by an Australian journalist puts it into perspective and describes the event in San Francisco. It is worth reading the source for its Aussie rhetorical style alone, but in case the link is transient I will paste the most pertinent part ... Read this and 9 comments.

How we develop and connect our Web sites and systems together has begun evolving rapidly as a large digital divide forms between new software development methods online versus the slow pace of change inside our businesses and other organizations. Simple and highly effective models like REST are giving rise to something known as Web-Oriented Architecture and this is driving major changes like the widespread creation of Web apps "built on the shoulders of giants" such as Amazon's S3 and ... Read more.

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