“One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late.” More here. I know far too many people who will… Read More ›
Health
Fall Asleep In Minutes
Relax your entire face, including all the muscles and your tongue, from your jaw to inside your mouth. It can be easier to tense them all up first and then let go.Drop your shoulders to release any tension and allow… Read More ›
Site update, masks (again) and the beautiful game
I have been checking out Squarespace again as the costs for WordPress were too high to make the site worthwhile and I have been on quite a journey. A short and brutal journey, but one which threw up a few… Read More ›
Our understanding of “long COVID”
For this preliminary entry to the long COVID discourse, researchers in the JAMA study isolated 875 subjects from the health monitor-wearing database (all of whom wear Fitbits), and compared those who had tested positive with COVID to those who had… Read More ›
Why I’m Never Tired
00:00 Intro00:17 Keep a Kindle on the nightstand01:04 Get a physical alarm clock01:45 No caffeine after 2 PM02:28 Get blackout curtains03:00 Optimal sleeping temperature03:43 The pilot’s strategy for falling asleep It may be an advert for a service, but some… Read More ›
From f*cking useless to f*cking dangerous
Johnson called his previous health secretary ‘f*cking useless’ and he may have had a point, but he seems to prefer dangerous these days. Johnson will today announce that ‘legal restrictions on face masks will be dropped to let people “exercise… Read More ›
Here come the crazies
Boris Johnson is a weak man. He is a person who needs to be liked, who has aspired to greatness his whole life and who does not care how he gets there. His lack of morality is second only to… Read More ›
What your resting heart rate says about you
The advent of fitness trackers, pulse oximeters and home blood pressure machines means you can easily monitor your heart rate while doing everything from training for a marathon to sleeping at night. However, it is the resting rate during the… Read More ›
If Naomi Osaka had a stutter it would all be fine…
Imagine if Naomi Osaka had an extreme stutter and could not do press conferences, or asked not to because of the stutter, it is highly unlikely that she would have been fined and threatened with disqualification from the French Open…. Read More ›
The Ciclotte Bike
Ciclotte Bike is the result of an aesthetic research inspired by ergonomics and essentiality and realized by using high-tech materials like carbon fibres, glass fibres and steel. The iconic circular shape and the use of carbon express the bike’s strong… Read More ›
