I’ve elevated sun to the top of my health routine. I would prioritize sun over exercise, except that my 5 am workouts eliminate any conflicts. I strive for at least 90 minutes of sun per day: morning sun as close to sunrise as my family schedule permits; lunchtime outside; and whatever breaks I can find between work meetings or other downtime.
This week, a long article about the inevitability of AI took social media by storm. The prediction (and engagement farming) is that in short order AI will bring about the End Times. Nevertheless, in my experience, AI sometimes works, sometimes not. In the fields of law and medicine, AI botches answers all the time. In…
One of the ways I am trying to drive traffic to my blog is by subscribing to a reporter network called Quoted. Reporters in need of quotes from experts post their query to the website, which then blasts out the request to email subscribers based on whatever keywords you’ve selected. I’ve replied to a few…
After growing up in the suburbs, I am having a novel experience here in urban Miami. Dog owners take their dogs wherever they go — into the drug store, the supermarket, even restaurants. Nobody seems to notice or care. Either we live in a new culture where dogs are equivalent to children, or there is…
Apple’s new iPhone 17 has caused Twitter’s EMF watchdogs to erupt in protest. Engineers increased the iPhone’s maximum screen brightness to 3,000 nits, a 50% boost over prior phones. In theory, the risks to the new iPhone users from artificial blue light — from cataracts to endocrine disruption — have increased by half. Is Apple…
I was generally pleased with how my physical therapist treated my low back pain. However, my biggest issue was, and remains, moving from a seated position to standing. When I asked my PT for a precision solution, he said, “Have you considered not sitting down?” While ridiculous, my PT may have been on to something….