Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed

Now adding 1/2 a teaspoon of miso to my smoothies as a probiotic alternative/supplement to yogurt.

RIP Frederik Pohl, Palatine, IL resident. Love reading Man Plus and Gateway when I was a kid. nyti.ms/17JTW4J

When asking why a younger sister in kindergarten likes One Direction, A says, “Other families listen to a station besides NPR on the radio”.

Factoid from “The Sports Gene”: Iditarod dogs have eight times the VO2 Max of humans. Too bad their “Unbreakable” weakness is too much heat.

Malcolm Gladwell on “The Sports Gene”. Recommends Tyler Hamilton’s “The Secret Race”. newyorker.com/arts/critics/a…

I always thought Nyad’s attempts of swimming to Cuba to Florida were sisyphean dreams. Unbelievable. Nyad FTW! nyti.ms/17FwKVm

I crushed a 4.8 mi run with a pace of 7’45” with Nike+ SportWatch GPS. #nikeplus: go.nike.com/01sesv5t

One nice thing about Minecraft is kids learn to type because they have to issue text commands, especially if they’re admins.

Wonder Woman was familiar with the Amazon gynarchy and their distrust of men.