This is a book review. It is by Phil Price. It is not by Andrew. The book is Good To Go: What the athlete in all of us can learn from the strange science of recovery. By Christine Aschwanden, published by W.W. Norton and Company. The publisher offered a copy to Andrew to review, and […]
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Why, oh why, do so many people embrace the Pacific Garbage Cleanup nonsense? (I have a theory).
This post is by Phil, not Andrew. Over the couple of months I have seen quite a few people celebrating the long-awaited launch of a big device that will remove plastic garbage from the Pacific ocean. I find this frustrating because this project makes no sense even if the device works as intended: at best […]
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How dumb do you have to be…
I (Phil) just read an article about Apple. Here’s the last sentence: “Apple has beaten earnings expectations in every quarter but one since March 2013.”
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How dumb do you have to be…
I (Phil) just read an article about Apple. Here’s the last sentence: “Apple has beaten earnings expectations in every quarter but one since March 2013.”
[Note added a week later: on July 31 Apple reported earnings for the fiscal third…
Exercise and weight loss: long-term follow-up
This post is by Phil Price, not Andrew. Waaaay back in 2010, I wrote a blog entry entitled “Exercise and Weight Loss.” I had added high-intensity interval training back into my exercise regime, and had lost 12 pounds in about 12 weeks; but around the same time, some highly publicized studies were released that claimed […]
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