NoteSlate ~ I've been waiting for you!
I've been waiting what seems like my whole life for this gadget. I am SO excited. +1,000,000 points to whoever creates the first Moleskine-like cover for it!
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YES! Finally! Pine Bros. Throat Drops are back!
Do you remember these 'softish' cough drops from the 80's?
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Hope for Small Niches & Publishing eBooks/Books
The 4-Hour Body is currently ranked #7 on Amazon for hardcovers, & #3 for the Kindle version.
Tim Ferris gives some advice for targeting the fitness & self help readership:
“Don’t target the lowest-common denominator. Do NOT try to write for everyone. Pen your book for your closest two friends who need it, then find the 2-5 blogs those two people would read. It’s really as simple as that. We’re at the dawn of the creators’ age, when you don’t have to dumb down your material to have a bestseller; you don’t have to kow-tow to big media that wants to dilute your message so that it offends no one and interests no one. The publisher — you — can decide the fate of your ideas. That’s should be exciting to every writer and would-be writer out there. The timing couldn’t be better.”
Yep, it definitely excites me for sure!! Also, after seeing the issues that several friends have had with traditional publishing, going at it yourself seems to be the way to go.
Have you thought about writing a book?
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I'm Going to Try & Beat My 127 Tab Record - Chrome for a Cause
Install the Chrome for a Cause extension to participate. Each tab you open will raise money for charity.
Clearly, Google has NO idea what they have gotten themselves into. ;) I am the undisputed world champion of the 'how many tabs can I open before my computer dies' Olympics. Now instead of having to explain to people why I have 127 tabs open, I can simply explain that I'm just doing my part in raising money for Doctors Without Borders. ;)
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I've Been Busy!
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How Much People Pay for Health Care Around the World
Every country in the world approaches health care differently, but the end goal is the same: Keep citizens as healthy as possible at the lowest cost. Some countries spend a lot on health care, but see don’t see great benefits for those expenditures among their citizens. Others, at least by the metrics below, are finding ways to reach both goals. This infographic is a look at 12 countries around the world that examines how far the money they spend on health care goes toward affecting the health of their citizens.
Good is awesome. ;)
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Swine Flu Mortality
In case you are panicking: you are more likely to die of Japanese Encephalitis or Dengue than the H1N1 flu.
Though I do have to say that I am very disappointed by the government's failure to get the vaccine out before the pandemic.
This flu is not your garden variety seasonal flu, guys... Here's some info from the CDC: "The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus continues to disproportionately attack the young, the CDC warned. Children and adults under age 25 have accounted for 53% of hospitalizations for laboratory-confirmed H1N1 and 23.6% of related deaths since Sept. 1, the agency reported at a press briefing.
Seniors, on the other hand, have accounted for just 7% of H1N1-confirmed hospitalizations and 11.6% of deaths from the virus based on data from 27 and 28 states, respectively.
“This is really, really different than what we see with seasonal flu,” said Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who led the briefing." (Source.)
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