Month: August 2002

Praise for Burger King and McDonald’s

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The nutrition watchdog group “Center for Science in the Public Interest” — known for its outspoken views on the nutrition of everyday prepared foods — had some good things to say about some fast food meals:

In a list of best and worst fast foods, the center praised Burger King’s Chicken Whopper Jr. for its taste and as “the only way to get a normal-sized sandwich these days.“ The junior has 350 calories compared to 580 calories for a regular Chicken Whopper, and unlike its competition “actually tastes grilled,” the center said. […]

They also go on to say good things about Subway’s low-fat sandwiches (no surprise there). Of course, the article is sure to mention some of the offenders as well (such as Burger King’s large shake with over-1k Calories). Surprisingly, hash-browns also made the list of worst-foods.

I’m pleased that there are some reasonable foods that I could get at Burger King or Wendy’s, when I have no other options but to eat there. Note to self:

  • Burger King: Get the Chicken Whopper Jr. (350 Calories)
  • Wendy’s: Mandarin Chicken Salad (420 Calories)
  • McDonald’s: Not much luck on meal-items, though the Fruit ’n Yogurt Parfai isn’t bad. (380 Calories)

Ford Testifies to Stop Ride Sharing

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From BBSpot, Ford Testifies to Stop Ride Sharing:

A recent study by the Gartner Group supports Ford’s claims that ride sharing runs rampant across the US. The study showed showed that children under the age of 16 were the biggest offenders. Almost 99% of children in that age group said they had shared a ride in the past week. The study also showed that ride sharing had spread to the Internet in the form of “Car Pool” message boards where the “Road Robbers” set up their swaps. […]

Netscape 7 Released

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Netscape 7 (final) has been released today. Compared with Netscape 6.2, this new version offers tabbed browsing, print preview, and full-screen mode (among other new features).

Of course, all of those features have been in Mozilla for ages ;). In fact, there’s little reason to try Netscape 7 (based on Mozilla 1.01) when Mozilla 1.1 is now available.

Sandwich pockets?

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With my job in Fort Worth, I have to be there at 8:30am. So, with an hour commute, I have to leave at 7:30am. That’s a bit of a bummer in itself, but I have a conundrum about breakfast in particular.

With other jobs with a lesser commute, I could eat breakfast at 9:00 or 9:30. And, that would mean that my next meal (lunch) would only be about 3 hours away. However, if I eat breakfast at 7:30am (just before I leave), that means that my next meal is up to 5 hours away :(. So, I end up ravenously hungry by the time lunch rolls around.

Sure, I could just eat lunch earlier, but that would only increase the time between lunch and dinner (and I would end up ravenously hungry before dinner instead). So, I was thinking that I could make some type of “portable sandwich” so that I could eat it during my commute. That way, I could eat breakfast at least marginally later.

However, I don’t want just a regular sandwich, as I wouldn’t want any tuna or mayo to fall out and mess up my work-clothes. So, I was thinking that some kind of pouch would be convenient. I could use a Ziploc sandwich-baggie, but that would only mean extra trash that I would have to remember to take out of my car. Pita bread came to mind as well, as that would allow me to “eat the container&rdquo. But, I didn’t see any pita bread at Super Target when I went to look for some yesterday — perhaps another store might have some?

In the mean time, I’ve been trying to create a pouch out of a rolled tortilla. I have a stack of tortillas from Sam’s Club that are about 8" in diameter each. So, I take a tortilla and roll it into somewhat of a cone-shape and then fold over the pointy-end of the cone to crimp it. And, it kinda works. However, maybe it’s just the particular tortillas that I have but the tortilla keeps tearing along the crease-lines of the crimp :-/. So, to counteract a tortilla-rupture, I end up wrapping the tortilla-cone in a paper towel — which somewhat defeats the purpose of the tortilla since I still have to remember to throw away the paper towel…