Why are People Having Fewer Kids?
Permalink | February 28, 2008 by John in Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Family, Leykis
Why are People Having Fewer Kids? (via The Tom Leykis Show):
“Economists have modeled the impact of many variables on people’s overall happiness and have consistently found that children have only a small impact. A small negative impact,” reports Harvard psychologist and happiness researcher Daniel Gilbert. In addition, the more children a person has the less happy they are. According to Gilbert, researchers have found that people derive more satisfaction from eating, exercising, shopping, napping, or watching television than taking care of their kids. “Indeed, looking after the kids appears to be only slightly more pleasant than doing housework,” asserts Gilbert in his bestselling, Stumbling on Happiness (2006).
Of course, that’s not what most parents say when asked.
I’m a god-Damned Precog Sometimes
Permalink | February 25, 2008 by John in Consumer, Uncategorized, Video Games
A couple weeks ago over on BonnevilleAmerica.com, in a thread about Blu-ray vs. HD DVD (hey, it’s winter - we have to have something to talk about), I was saying the Xbox360 HD DVD add-on drive might be worth it if it dropped below $50. At the time it had been lowered from $179 to $129 in the wake of several companies announcing they would discontinue carrying HD DVD discs (Netflix, BestBuy, et al). WELL… (emphasis mine):
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. plans to stop making HD DVD players and cut the price of existing supplies by more than half after the leading promoter of the high-definition video format conceded defeat to Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray last week.
“From tomorrow, we will cut the price to $49,” said Grace Chou, a Taipei-based spokeswoman for the Redmond, Washington- based company. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console includes a standard DVD player, and customers can buy an HD DVD machine to use with the console at $119.99 through retailers such as Amazon.com.
This Table Makes me Want to Finish my House
Permalink | by John in Entertainment, Household
…but it’s probably really expensive. Fusion Tables by Aramith (via Freshhome):
[…]the Fusion table has everything needed to create those unique memorable moments to share. Convertible in just seconds, the Fusion table transforms a design dining table in a high quality billiard or game table. Created by Aramith, long-time leading manufacturer in the billiard industry, the Fusion dining table innovates by adding multi-functionality as it combines a dining table, a pool table and a game table all in one. As such Fusion dining pool tables add new and exciting dimensions to entertainment and the dining room.
Nerdgasm, #27 in a Series
Permalink | by John in Consumer, Entertainment, Household
This Star Wars Inspired Desk would be so much cooler if it acted as a PC casemod, too:
Tom Spina Designs created this custom Star Wars inspired desk for the studio office of Mark Hall, from the Grammy award-winning group Casting Crowns. Underneath the 1/2″ thick glass table top, a carved Han Solo emerges from below. Metal and fiberglass construction with a heavy glass top create an elegant and extremely unique piece of furniture.
A Great Weekend
Permalink | by John in Dating/Relationships, Entertainment, Of a Personal Nature, Video Games
For those of you who don’t know, Saturday was my 41st birthday. The great thing about a birthday on a weekend is you get to play the entire weekend. After work on Friday Sherri and I went to Costco and picked up my new Xbox360. I had saved up most of the money, and it was payday so I had the rest, but she insisted on kicking in for part of it. She also gave me the Halo3 special edition and Call of Duty 4, two of the best games I’ve ever played. Just need to buy Gears of War for the shooter hat trick. The shopping spree was followed by a nice prime rib dinner at the Silver Star.
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