I find a few sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches and chocolate milk do the trick, but I’d eat those every day if I could. I’m always dubious of claims to national consensus, but this is especially ridiculous. Is our national hangover cure really tomato juice and eggs? I thought it was hair of the [...]

Posted January 1, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches. Tags: biba, cure, drinking, hair of the dog, hangover, health, national geographic magazine, new year's day, New Year's Eve, remedy. One Comment.

Michael Pratt asked me recently:
Do you still use your treadmill desk? Do you continue to find it beneficial? I love the idea of these things, but worry a little that I might tire of it in practice, or that it might be difficult to work at it for long periods.
It may seem a perfect opportunity [...]

Posted September 18, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology, Warren. Tags: computer desk, desk, exercise, health, movement, treadmill, treadmill desk, walking, walking desk. 2 Comments.

I used to have a stand-up desk at work. Then that got replaced by a pair of standup workstations above a more normal desk. Then I moved offices and switched roles from sysadmin to programmer and got the most normal desk ever.
Then, in January 2005, I heard an NPR story about Dr. Jim Levine’s study [...]

Posted January 30, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Warren. Tags: computer desk, desk, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Jim Levine, Dr. Joe Stirt, exercise, health, movement, treadmill, treadmill desk, walking, walking desk. 23 Comments.