Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Hues on First

We've talked about color additives that give the red tint to your fruit punch and the green hue to your mint-flavored toothpaste. New research suggests color, from the color of the plate to the color of the tablecloth, can affect how much people serve themselves.

This week, a look at the hues of food and how it affects serving sizes.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." - Carl Jung (Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961)


Hues on First

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Spark of Ingenuity

A match a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. It is also a British football magazine, a clone of Superboy, a supermarket chain in Hungary and a carbonated soft drink sold in Japan. But I digress.

This week, a look at the history of matches.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (US novelist, 1926 - )


Spark