Due to some ongoing work we have to perform on our test environments, there will be a brief pause in our PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing informational blog series. We’ll be back at it as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience. In the meantime, here is the current lineup of Strategic Sourcing posts, in case you
Read More...Posts in the Taking Control of Your Health series thus far: Taking Control of Your Health and Fitness Bloodwork as Your State of the Union Understanding What ‘Real Food’ Is, Part 1 What Are Fats Besides a Bad Word? Understanding Proteins Understanding Carbohydrates Controlling Stress When It Comes to Health & Fitness, Tracking is Knowing The
Read More...Absolutely fascinating (and harrowing) essay by Ross Anderson interviewing Nick Bostrom, the director of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, about what lies ahead for humanity. Specifically, the role technology could play if things go, well, badly: No rational human community would hand over the reins of its civilisation to an AI. Nor would many build a
Read More...Last week we talked about the notion of tracking is knowing as it relates to understanding the food you eat (in terms of caloric value and macronutrient breakdown). As I said, it’s probably the biggest step you can take to getting a handle on your health and fitness, because very few people understand how much
Read More...If I had Tyson as my high school physics teacher, I might be a scientist today. I find him fascinating to listen to.
Read More...Check out Google Glass. It’s the next big thing: wearable, context-aware computing. Google’s doing this with Glass, Apple is chasing the same goal with its rumored smartwatch. This is quite literally the next web, surpassing the semantic web. It’s contextual computing, and everything’s headed here. If post-PC computing (iPads, tablets) was the last gold rush,
Read More...The Taking Control of Your Health series thus far, in case you missed earlier posts: The First Step Towards Better Health: Bloodwork as Your State of the Union Understanding What ‘Real Food’ Is, Part I Understanding Food: What Are Fats Besides a Bad Word? Understanding Food: Proteins Understanding Food: Carbohydrates Controlling Stress: The Part of
Read More...From Marketwire: For the second year in a row, KLAS has named Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financials best Financials/ERP software in its “2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report(i). The annual report, now in its 15th year, ranks the best-performing healthcare IT vendors in nearly 100 market segments based on ratings from nearly 20,000 interviews
Read More...I wasted so, so much time with this over the weekend. It’s a bunch of videos about math and numbers that frequently careen into popular geek culture. So well done. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Just click on one of the doodles and grab a coffee. Before you know it, you’ll be late for your
Read More...Ah, carbohydrates. The new bad guy, right? The one who makes you decline those buttery dinner rolls and carrot cake? Well, yes. Bad guys. Sort of. Not all the time. Depends on you, your metabolism and activity level. First, let’s explain what carbs are. In essence, they’re sugars, and sugars have the effect of raising
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