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Technology

Naked Body Scanners: If You Must Be Exposed

November 23, 2010

A lot of people are asking, “Are these naked body scanners at the airport safe?” From a health standpoint, they’re probably fine to go through… once or twice. You can always take the remedy called “homeopathic x-ray” before and after to help lessen the negative effects. But, as I said, it’s “probably” fine. In a [...]

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Exploding Wolfgang Puck Lattes

May 5, 2006

Since we’re on the topic of recalls, I thought I’d mention that there is a mass recall of Wolfgang Puck’s self-heating lattes. Have you seen these things? I remember passing a stack of them in the cereal aisle at my local King Soopers. I picked one up, hefted it, and thought… Why in the world [...]

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Are You Always On?

December 10, 2005

Just came across this article about cell phones, pagers, and family life. If you have a moment, I highly recommend you read it: Cell Phones Are Disrupting Family Life If you want the gist of the article, here’s the opening paragraph. It sums it up pretty well: Cell phones and pagers, part of the technological [...]

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