How do you relate to a 60 year old grandma that being 50% overweight is a risk? Do you tell her that she’s twice at risk for heart disease, diabetes, or colon cancer? No, I don’t think the average individual can conceptualize the above diseases. Sure we’re all aware of the illnesses, but the actual [...]
Archive for November, 2005
My name is Jim Jones and I am a software engineer living in Lincoln, NE. I’m fascinated by the strange, the weird. I probably day dream too much. My goal is to create the next "Big" thing (for whatever that is). So far the only thing getting big is my waste line which leads me [...]
Let’s get things off to a semi-geeky start. All superheroes start with an origin story. We learn of how the hero’s parents were killed, or how the hero found a ring with gnarly powers, or even how the hero discovered that after touching hands with his sister, he could turn into a bucket of goo. This [...]