Bye Bye Boo Berry

This was a lonnnnngggg time coming. Kellogg's announced today (or at least I heard about it today) that it would stop marketing cereal to children under the age of 12 unless the product serving size contains: no more than 200 calories, no trans fat and no more than 2 grams of saturated fat, no more than 230 milligrams of sodium and no more than 12 grams of sugar.

This is double good news.

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Microsoft: Gaming for Global Warming?

I was kind of shocked when I read the headline "Microsoft seeks answer to question 'Would global warming make for a good game?'", but I'm not sure why. On the one hand, although I have a PC, I don't enjoy using Microsoft Windows at all. In fact, I often use Ubuntu Linux in order to avoid using Windows. As far as I'm concerned, those Mac vs. PC commercials are completely true.

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Free Cassettes and CD's

One of the best things about recycling stuff in our store is that I get to look through piles of cassettes and CD's that people no longer want. I'll admit it, I'm a music fanatic and my collection doesn't stop at my beloved iPod. I have a "thing" for cassette tapes, records and 8-track tapes and this addiction is far too easily fed by our eager recycling neighbors. Sure, I like compact disks

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Riding a Bike to Work

I took the photo on the right while riding my bike to Manhattan this morning, over the Brooklyn Bridge. I have a couple of meetings in Manhattan today, as I often do at least twice every week, so I've started to ride my bike as a way to get more exercise.

 

The thing is, riding a bike in New York City is more contact sport/life-and-death video game than exercise. I spend most of the ride dodging potholes, cars, buses, trucks, tourists and dead rats. Still, I have to say, it's a great way to begin the day. What a view from the bridge!

Here in New York City, the best friend to bicycle commuters is the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives . Anyone out there bike to work? What city? Overall, is it a good experience or bad?

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New Video Source

I learned about thenewsroom.com a few weeks ago at the Personal Democracy Forum. It's basically a video news feed site that you can join (for free), allowing you to pick up mainstream media news video and embed it in your blog. Yes, there are ads in the preroll but hey, how else would a service like this make money?

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Still Digging Out

Samantha and I spent quite a few hours packing up rugs for shipment yesterday. Yes, we are still digging out from the Rachel Ray Show. We're getting close, though, so I'm going to cut this short and use the time to get those rugs out!

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