Caffeine: Defend Your Coffee Addiction

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:35:38 -0400

http://lifehacker.com/363931/defend-y...

My [Java Jane's] coffee addiction needs no excuse, but since the fine folks at Lifehack and lifehacker decided to offer one, here goes nothing: You're addicted to coffee, and people have asked you to drop the habit. Why should you? Weblog Lifehack tells die-hard coffee addicts that it's just fine to stay addicted. After all, you got hooked on coffee because you wanted increased mental performance. Drinking coffee improves your concentration, alertness and staves off a tired mind. For me, work comes to a halt when I'm missing any of the above, especially concentration or alertness. Ten or twenty minutes after a cup of coffee, I can be back to work for a few more hours. Similarly, the article argues that coffee improves your short-term memory, helps you socialize, and also apparently reduces disease. Why haven't you kicked the habit? Share your reasons in the comments. Photo by sh0dan. How to Defend Your Coffee Habit [LifeHack]

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Plastic Clogs [Crocs] Wreak Havoc, Provokes Potential Ban

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:27:43 -0400

Since I just ordered these brown and cotton candy Cleo Crocs:

and desperately (I knew I should have ordered them weeks ago, when my first impulse was to do so!) want these Crocs Sassari Wedges, which are so hot they are sold out everywhere except one upscale store, which is gouging for them, I thought the article below would be appropriate. ;) I like to cause disruption everywhere I go... :P

Plastic clogs disrupt machinery in Swedish hospital

Associated Press
Thursday April 19, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Crocs of the type that may be banned in a Swedish hospital. Photograph: David Silverman/Getty

A Swedish hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Crocs plastic clogs, saying they generate static electricity that can knock out medical equipment.

Blekinge hospital in southern Sweden suspects the slip-on shoes, made by US firm Crocs Inc, are to blame for at least three incidents in which respirators and other machines malfunctioned. The mishaps caused no injuries.

Hospital spokesman Bjorn Lofqvist said staff wearing the clogs could turn into "a cloud of lighting" because of the static electricity.

He said there were similar problems with other shoes not designed for hospital use, but the popularity of the Crocs had raised the issue to a new level.

"It's been a problem for many years, but now there are so many people that have them," he said, adding that officials were discussing whether the shoes should be banned throughout the hospital or just in certain sections.

A spokeswoman for Pforce AB, the Forsberg-controlled company that imports Crocs to Sweden, said the company was performing tests on the shoes.

"We take this very seriously," she said, adding that the shoes were very useful for hospital staff. "They are good to work in and have a shock absorption that really helps people who do strenuous work."

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Plastic clogs disrupt machinery in Swedish hospital