Browsing Category: "Critic's Realm"

High-fructose corn syrup

Critic's Realm, Featured, Today I learned February 22nd, 2010

I'm in everything

Why, why, why is this part of our food? I recently noticed that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of the main ingredients in maple syrup. Why? Am I buying maple syrup or am I buying maple flavored corn syrup? I’m so tier of reading the ingredients on various products’ packages and seeing high-fructose corn syrup listed. It seems that this “poison” is part of the ingredients of almost everything. Last time I was surprised to see HFCS as an ingredient was when I read the label on a Heinz ketchup bottle, where I discovered that it made 40% of the product!

Yes, high-fructose corn syrup is a cheap sweetener alternative to sugar, but its long term negative effects to Americans greatly…

Skribit – Topic Suggestions are ready for the big time.

Critic's Realm, Techie, Useful Sites January 22nd, 2010

SkribitSkribit, a topic suggestion tool, which I have been using on my blog for over a year now, is ready for the big time. Last month the Skribit team announced the release of changes to the service and new features. They continue to add new features, some of which you can see below:

  • Follow your favorite bloggers on Skribit and see their recent activity
  • Sort suggestions by status, hotness and more
  • Merge similar suggestions
  • Ignore suggestions by user and IP (Internet Protocol or Intellectual Property) address
  • Reduce clutter with new

Being sanitary. … I guess that’s the end of that.

Based on Reasoning, Critic's Realm August 4th, 2009

Yesterday I was at the toilet at work. A coworker came in, did his business in one of the stalls and simply walked out. No washing hand or at the least pretend to do so, like some of my other co-worker. Yes, I can tell the difference. When you turn on and off the water faucet without leaving enough time in between to even get your hands wet, let alone to actually wash them, and maybe add some soap – it is pretty obvious. And, NO, wetting the tips of your fingers does not qualify as hygiene.

On a side note: Here is an instructional video on how to properly wash your hands, filmed by students from ITE College East:

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