Random links
- Schoolboy now expelled in lunchbox row over Mini Cheddars
- Apparently upon getting media attention for suspending a student for bringing a supposedly unhealthy lunch (his parents made), the school has now changed course and expelled both the original kid involved here and his brother.
- Cold-Weather Benefit: Shivering May Count As Exercise
- Shouldn't be too surprising given that shivering seems to be the body's way to warm you up.
- Study: Less war improves mental health of soldiers
- Somehow I'm not feeling overly shocked by the results.
- Better Hearing Through Bluetooth
- "Instead of going the traditional route — buying hearing aids through an audiologist or licensed hearing aid dispenser — Mr. Faust purchased a device that is classified as a personal sound amplifier product ... Rather than having to visit an audiologist to program the device, something that hearing aid users must do, CS10 customers can program it themselves by downloading the app to an Android phone or a computer". Funnily enough audiologist was rated 7th least likely job (of 702) to be computerizable. The article does note some important limits on how these can replace an audiologist, but I nonetheless found that ranking interesting.