im in ur base eating ur foodz
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aprils_cr_diary is kind of dopey. I will give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she isn't trying to come across as obnoxious as she sometimes appears, but I have to say that anyone who describes a large object as "blank-ing
On the other hand I'm going to keep her on my flist for a while, because one thing I discovered quickly about the CR subculture is that it's full of hardcore nerdz, and as such any writer within it emit links to interesting stuff that lay at the intersection of foodiness and hackerliness. Here's a couple of things I have found today:
* CRON-O-Meter is a Mac/Win application intended to be primarily useful to CR dieters, but I think it's more generally interesting than that. It's a nice front-end to several open databases of food items' nutritional information, and gives you an easy way to track how well you're meeting a recommended daily intake of calories, fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals, so long as you're willing to punch in everything that you gobble down.
This begs the question: whose recommendation? Whoever it is, they actually think that, given my age and height, I'm deficient in all of those stats (even calories), except for carbs, of which I am eating enough to fell a wildebeest. Or something.
* Slashfood is exactly what it sounds like: a foodie version of Slashdot, except much nicer looking, and I didn't want to chuck my display out the window based on any of the headlines. I dunno if I'll actually read it regularly but I appreciate that it exists.
aprils_cr_diary is kind of dopey. I will give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she isn't trying to come across as obnoxious as she sometimes appears, but I have to say that anyone who describes a large object as "blank-ing[sic] huge" is undeniably from a different planet than mine.On the other hand I'm going to keep her on my flist for a while, because one thing I discovered quickly about the CR subculture is that it's full of hardcore nerdz, and as such any writer within it emit links to interesting stuff that lay at the intersection of foodiness and hackerliness. Here's a couple of things I have found today:
* CRON-O-Meter is a Mac/Win application intended to be primarily useful to CR dieters, but I think it's more generally interesting than that. It's a nice front-end to several open databases of food items' nutritional information, and gives you an easy way to track how well you're meeting a recommended daily intake of calories, fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals, so long as you're willing to punch in everything that you gobble down.
This begs the question: whose recommendation? Whoever it is, they actually think that, given my age and height, I'm deficient in all of those stats (even calories), except for carbs, of which I am eating enough to fell a wildebeest. Or something.
* Slashfood is exactly what it sounds like: a foodie version of Slashdot, except much nicer looking, and I didn't want to chuck my display out the window based on any of the headlines. I dunno if I'll actually read it regularly but I appreciate that it exists.
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Date: 2006-10-31 02:31 am (UTC)Yeah, and how about genetics? My ex-wife comes from a long line of Scottish peasants from Inner Hebrides. She needs to eat less than 1000 calories a day just to maintain a moderate weight with an average lifestyle. Those are good genes to have if a famine hits and if, when times are good, you're a farmer's wife working your ass off in tepid weather. But bad genes to have in the modern world.
I, on the other hand, come from a long line of rapacious overlords, despite the fact that my particular branch of the master race (that is, the English) spent most of its time at the bottom of the social heap. If I ate the same diet as my ex I'd starve to death in a few months. Good genes to have if you're expected to carry a rifle for her Majesty--I'm capable of physical feats that would be simply impossible for my ex, and not just because I'm bigger than she is. My body cools and heats itself far more effectively, so I'm able to engage in intense physical activity comfortably in a much wider range of conditions, whereas she was at times at risk of heat stroke when we lived in southern California.
There is so much wrong with the CR thinking that it's almost funny. Personally, I'm intent on living the best possible life rather than the longest possible life. Life extension folks remind me of the neurotic hedonists I've known, who spend so much effort in pursuing pleasure--which has to be absolutely perfect or it's worth nothing--that they miss all the fun.
Low-key hedonism is good, and so is healthy living. CR is missing the point. "For a wise man, one lifetime is enough. And a fool would not know what to do with eternity."--Epicurus.