Pete Dudchenko

Sad to say that an article on the possible extinction of Sturgeon was accompanied by an ad to promote caviar…the very reason the Sturgeon are going extinct.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is in a lot of processed foods. You’d be surprised how much it shows up when you read ingredients. The most common of course is soda. I’ve been aware of its supposed harmful effects ever since I started watching King of Corn or Food Inc. but this article talks about studies that prove the harmful effects of this corn sweeter.

Although many of us suspected this stuff really isn’t healthy for us,
we didn’t actually know how it was affecting our bodies.

Well, a team of Princeton researchers has now released their official
findings on a high fructose corn syrup study with (not so) shocking
conclusions…more

LeWhif promotes itself with the tagline “As sweet as chocolate, as light as air.” Basically it looks like a fat cigarette that you inhale to get the flavor of chocolate or coffee. Each device offers up to eight “puffs of chocolate” and is basically calorie free.

At what point did it become too time consuming to eat or drink? Personally, I don’t think this is going to curb any cravings one might have around chocolate or coffee but I’m curious if anyone else things this has some merit? If nothing else the site offers some amusing images of people “puffing” on coffee.

Found via dietblog

Pretty funny stuff with Zach and Conan.

Found this and thought it was pretty cool. Aspex Corp. is running a promo where you send them something and they’ll scan it using a high powered microscope.

Found on Boing Boing: Send in your samples to be photographed by a scanning electron microscope.

There are a few shots on Flickr today that cover St. Patrick’s Day. The photo set above shows how they actually get the river in Chicago green. As a former Chicago resident, this was always a fun time to ride the El into the city and pass over the bridge on the way to work and see just how green the river was.

Check out a few more shots on The Greening of the Chicago River 2010 (photos via Kenilio)

A humorous post came out today called:
11 Reminders From the 2010 Oscars That Everyone’s Career Starts Off Suckin’

While the post itself covers recent Oscar winners and some of the crappy movie work they did earlier on in their careers, one piece in particular stood out to me. Morgan Freeman started out on the PBS show “The Electric Company”? I had no idea! Check out the photo below and read the post for more information.