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What Happens When We Miss Daily Activities?
According to a study conducted at the University of Liverpool in the U.K., just 14 days of inactivity can cut our fitness level by 4 percent. “It took 14 days of training to see fitness levels return to what they were at before the sedentary period” writes Jordan Smith in Runner’s World. When the researchers […]
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Pandora Papers
For the past few days, there is coverage on Pandora Papers. “The Pandora Papers investigation is the world’s largest-ever journalistic collaboration, involving more than 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries” according to The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists website. The leaked financial data, dubbed the “Pandora Papers,” was published Sunday by the […]
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Personal Letters
The other day while I was scanning News headline, one of my daily early morning routine, I came across this news headline — Most Americans haven’t sent or received a personal letter in more than five years: poll. According to a recent CBS News survey poll results: The second-highest percentage of people polled, 31 percent, […]
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Coding Skills
In Slate, JavaScript developer and writer Joe Moran writes that though parents are interested teaching their kids “coding skills” early however he suggests that “I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You.“ Programming is messy. Programming is a mix of creativity and determination. Being a developer is about more than syntax, and […]
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Advises For Aspiring Writers
In the Literary Hub, managing editor Emily Temple has compiles selected quotes from octogenarian writer Judy Blume on Advice for Aspiring Writers. A lot of my readers ask me for “writing tips.” I wish it were that easy! There are no hard and fast rules for writing, and no secret tricks, because what works for […]
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Facebook Scandals
Facebook'(FB)s practice of commercializing users’ private data has been in the discussion for a while. Currently, FB is under another public and political scrutiny called “Facebook Files” scandal. Dorothy Wickenden of The New Yorker provides some context to the “The Facebook Files” and asks How Many Scandals Can Facebook Survive? Last month, the Wall Street Journal […]
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Book: Hooked
In a recent The New York Times Well column, health reporter Anahad O’Connor dives into how our brain is hooked with highly processed (junk) food just like addition to tobacco or other substances. “I’ve been crawling through the underbelly of the processed food industry for 10 years and I continue to be stunned by the […]