thinkoholic.com - a blog by markus nolf
blog
gallery
guestbook
travel
links
 
about

Archive for March 25th, 2009

trying to improve productivity with natural products (caffeine, guarana, kola nut & co.)

[posted: Wednesday, 2009-03-25] [category: general]
omega-3 fish oil dragées, made from salmon oil

in an attempt to improve my efficiency and productivity, i’ve spent some time reading up on the most common natural products & substances that increase activity and energy.
 

here’s a short (non-exhaustive) list of things i’ve com across:

caffeine:

    increases activity and concentration. stimulates the central nervous system, heart activity and blood pressure.
    negative effects: adaption, addiction, nervousness and anxiety, irritability, anything up to cardiac arrhythmia.
    overdose (according to wikipedia): 7 to 10 cups of coffee consumed within a short timespan.

guarana:

    contains more caffeine than regular coffee. here, the caffeine is linked to tanning agents, which makes it longer-lasting (it’s released little by little).
    same negative side-effects as with pure caffeine.
    overdose: 20g guarana powder.

[more...]

[comments: 3]

watchmen, south park style (or: south park movie references part 5)

[posted: Wednesday, 2009-03-25] [category: fun] [tags: ]

the latest episode of south park, titled “the coon“, is (obviously) a reference to watchmen – and i’d say it’s a good one. :)

cartman is doing an impersonation of rorschach (from watchmen), complete with journal-entry-type monologues, a deep “whispering loudly” voice and a racist name1.

for comparison, here’s the beginning of watchmen: rorschach’s journal, october 12th 1985. [more...]

  1. “coon can refer to an ethnic slur used for people of african descent.” –wikipedia; “an insulting name for a black person.” –urbandictionary [↩]
[share your thoughts]