http://mainprize.ca/writ "Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe" — Miracle Max, The Princess Bride Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 16:47:04 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=389 With the multitude of health supplements out there, it’s difficult to figure out which ones work and which ones do not. Ideally, we’d follow the results of good scientific studies that have been corroborated by other studies. Unfortunately, wading through the results is extremely difficult. There is a good attempt and collating some of the results and categorizing the benefits by the reliability of the evidence. The people at Information is Beautiful have made a very nice bubble visualization of a whole host of supplements ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/11/lifes-awesome-photos http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/11/lifes-awesome-photos#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12:36 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=71 Every once in a while, I notice a new photoessay at Life Magazine’s website regarding a momentous event in world history. Unfortunately, I’ve found navigating Life to be cumbersome looking for other photosets (unless they are on the front page). I’ve tried to capture a few interesting sets here: LIFEembedDrawGallery(31192); LIFEembedDrawGallery(26252); LIFEembedDrawGallery(27022); LIFEembedDrawGallery(22802); LIFEembedDrawGallery(41902); ]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/11/lifes-awesome-photos/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:26 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=213 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/06/neurologica-blog-%c2%bb-homeopathy-awareness-week http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/06/neurologica-blog-%c2%bb-homeopathy-awareness-week#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:40:14 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=18 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/06/neurologica-blog-%c2%bb-homeopathy-awareness-week/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2008/06/build-your-own-hobbit-house http://mainprize.ca/writ/2008/06/build-your-own-hobbit-house#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:30:57 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=47 This is pretty neat, if you’ve got the time you can build your own “Hobbit House” just like this family did! Not only that, but it’s an eco-friendly house too! Although Simon Dale may have been motivated a little by Frodo and Samwise, the project was really motivated by the idea of reducing the ecological footprint and living in as self sufficient and self reliable way as possible. The house was also very low cost (roughly $6000 CAN) which might be motivation enough for some people. I wonder if such ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2008/06/build-your-own-hobbit-house/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/the-cost-of-life http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/the-cost-of-life#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:16:48 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=240 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/the-cost-of-life/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/04/the-ten-commandments http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/04/the-ten-commandments#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:28:15 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=261 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/04/the-ten-commandments/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:32:56 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=266 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/10/password-mayhem http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/10/password-mayhem#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:18:31 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=282 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/10/password-mayhem/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/02/kartoo http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/02/kartoo#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:52:05 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=325 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/02/kartoo/feed 0