I'm on a weight-loss journey at the moment - here's my take...

I'm following in the footsteps of my sister who's super slim now and very healthy. She's virtually a vegetarian and regularly sees a nutritionist and gets her blood tested (due to a medical problem she's hopefully overcoming).

She eats every three hours and is militant about avoiding sugar. It's the big problem in most people's diets. The mileage from exercise seems to vary for many but she takes regular brisk walks whenever she can and is also now biking.

She gives me good tips all the time, like avoiding the low-fat options. Those will almost always contain a bunch of unhealthy additives and you're better off with the full-fat version.

Finally my standing desk bits just arrived from IKEA. Not looking forward to putting it together...

http://howto.videosift.com/talk/Standing-desks-may-improving-your-Sifting-and-your-health

Matter of time before IKEA sells "make your own" kits.

i love ikea!

>> ^Unsung_Hero:

The Old Testament of the bible is fun to read. It's chalked full of God smiting people, talking snakes, rape, murder, love triangles, and magic.
The New Testament is like the instructions from IKEA... You should probably read it but it's easy to convince yourself not to.


Don't forget the incest; the OT looooooves itself some incest. And foreskin fetishes.

As for the NT, it would be like an IKEA manual if the latter condemned you to eternal torture for shopping with another brand, or (God forbid!) making your own furniture.

The Old Testament of the bible is fun to read. It's chalked full of God smiting people, talking snakes, rape, murder, love triangles, and magic.

The New Testament is like the instructions from IKEA... You should probably read it but it's easy to convince yourself not to.

>> ^serosmeg:

saw dust and glue.


I think you mean "High Tech European Engineering Adhesives and Nano Wood Technology"

Don't be mocking the (structural) integrity of MDF.
>> ^serosmeg:

Good thing he used an IKEA shelf. Otherwise it would not work. Not many products match the quality that comes from saw dust and glue.

>> ^Payback:

PRECIOUSSSSSSSS!!!!!


Levitron of the Ring! =o)

>> ^Sagemind:

I think it all sounds great!
Except for maybe the wireless speaker (if it is on batteries).
She pulls it out of the side, which makes me wonder if it doesn't have a slot, making it recharge while it's connected. You just pull it out for movie night.
And ya (@Gallowflak), Sometimes families use TV, DVD & MP3. what was your point?
Example: As an artist, I don't mind the idea of grinding my own pigments to make my paints, but I don't expect the average person to bother. It's the same with tech. Why would most people bother? Confusing tech is a FAIL in my book. If I have to go and set up one more family's surround-sound or program one more super-remote - I'm gonna loose it


I'm not sure I really had a point... just that, as CrushBug notes, this obviously isn't for people who get a kick out of technology* and have an active interest in it.

And when I said "as a sound guy", I was mostly joking and being masturbatory, but I'm sick to death of shitty goddamn speaker systems.

*(or at least entertainment tech/hardware)

The IKEA of buildings.

i spot ikea furniture

Two words: pack mule.

Dropping us at mancare seems more humane than chaining us to a lamp post.>> ^messenger:

What's the difference between this and the guy staying home and paying X-box and watching TV?

This would be the new Ikea in Springvale near me (sort of close anyway) I'm guessing.

And yeah, I hate this sort of bullshit. The guys who end up going in there are pretty pathetic really.

I love Ikea, all those little pretend rooms, it's awesome.

Xbox??
Give me one of those rooms filled with balls like you have for kids and hide some chikas in there....

Booze and bitches and well have fun at ikea...