For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.
I always thought it would be interesting to assemble ALL of the warnings and instructions that come with the stuff you get (water heater, iPod, car, children's toys, etc.) and implement all of the instructions, as per the instructions. A.J. should do that next.
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Joy of joys, [Cat's Eye Technologies](http://catseye.mine.nu:8080/projects/), the home of Chris Pressey, one of the most prolific designers of thoroughly bizarre languages is back up!
Expanding on last weeks theme of minimalism, this week, we've got OISC: the One Instruction Set Computer. This is a machine-code level primitive language with exactly one instruction.
Thanks to everyone who sent me links to a new article so neat it got Slashdotted:
Serbia: New Instructions and Law Regulations on Online Privacy:
That is extremely interesting. I would have never thought that following all of the warning labels and every doctor instruction would help you learn so much about life. I am most surprised that low noise levels are so important. I always knew that it adds some amount of stress but I didnât know it added so much stress that it is actually shaving off years from your life. I would love to know more about his experience and I am definitely going to buy the book.