Would you take deep, consecutive breaths to the point of hyperventilation, then hold your breath until you felt the urge to breathe again? Experts weigh in on the Wim Hof Method, a cold-water immersion practice that claims to increase willpower and reduce fat, among other benefits. More from Live Science: https://flip.it/1Ut78Y #Science#Health#Biology#Cold
Chicagoan here: If you’re not used to cold winters, here’s how to keep warm.
• Wear a stocking cap inside
• Make sure cracks around windows/doors are sealed. Use duct tape if you have to. It doesn't have to be pretty
• Use a heating pad
• Run your pjs through the dryer before you put them on before bed
• Keep your furnace temperature as low as you can stand it — it keeps the energy load low, so you don't tax the grid
• Drink hot beverages & eat soup
• Cover your feet
20 years ago, I got in a (friendly) public spat with #ChrisAnderson, who was then the editor in chief of @WIRED. I'd publicly noted my disappointment with glowing Wired reviews of #DRM-encumbered digital devices, prompting Anderson to call me unrealistic for expecting the magazine to condemn gadgets for their DRM:
The company that makes McDonald's wildly unreliable #McFlurry machines makes a fortune charging franchisees to fix these eternally broken appliances. When a third party threatened this racket by reverse-engineering the DRM that blocked independent repair, they got buried in legal threats:
Been staying in bed super sick with the #flu (or a #cold, #RSV, #COVID, #bronchitis, who knows?!) for over a week now. Was coughing blood at one point, but thankfully at least that much is over now.