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Posts Tagged ‘unhealthy_foods’

Bots and Cibo Matto

By Giania • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Fnord

Hot: It all started when the #ormgas IRC bot piped up with the following: wormgas: Garlic icecream is a huge pupa in a special ops team to assasinate bin laden and his wife. It’s his thirtieth birthday! Next thing I know, over in #ectomo I’m being introduced to a bitchin’ Cibo Matto track from Jet [...]



Stream of Tuesday: Dude, Wait, What?

By Giania • Dec 18th, 2007 • Category: Fnord, Internet Toys, Philosophy

Hot: gawkermedia – like crack I ate a hot pocket earlier it collapsed part of my soul cult leadership is tough with so many alternatives to be had. I’m contemplating talking about a serious subject that came to mind through a dubious link conspiracy theory is weird, the truth is usually weirder. Hey how many [...]



Get Cork’d!

By Giania • Aug 28th, 2007 • Category: Guides, Internet Toys, Potent Potables

Hot: Moving up in the del.icio.us ranks is a little site called Cork’d. The concept? “Review, Cellar, and Share Wine”. Internet savvy dipsomaniacs rejoice! Now you have a place to chat about your maddening obsession with fermented grape juice of various ages, with all the charms that only a Web 2.0 named site could provide. [...]



Carbon Footprint Labels on Food Seems Like a Waste of Ink

By Giania • Jul 30th, 2007 • Category: Articles of Interest, Internet Tools, Nature, Science!

Hot: Via The Underwire: UK Food retailer Tesco is going to spend $10 million on testing of foods at Oxford University in order to develop a carbon labeling system, letting their customers know exactly what kind of “carbon footprint” their cereal and steaks leave on the environment. It seems to me that putting “Carbon Footprint” [...]



Meaningless Drivel: Coffee Rant

By Giania • Mar 7th, 2007 • Category: Potent Potables

Hot: I believe it was Dorothy Parker who once said “What fresh hell is this?” This was my thought as well when I realized that there are now two awful, coffee-scorching machines of evil in the office now. One of which is dedicated to the dubious purpose of “flavored coffee”. As a caveat to my [...]



Biodemocracy Snippet: Junk Food Junkies Fund Schools

By Giania • Mar 29th, 2004 • Category: Articles of Interest, Fnord, Politics

Hot: I don’t usually pay attention to the Biodemocracy newsletter, but I was skimming it, and read this: With the Bush Administration’s reduced funding for education, many school districts have been forced to seek other sources of income, including widespread installation of junk-food vending machines. School districts can make up to $100,000 per year under [...]