A Look At Forces Shaping The FutureTumblr (3.0; @earlyadaptor)http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCHKXICefFw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qCHKXICefFw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>That sounds great, but do they really work? To support the claims, the shoemakers each offer company-financed exercise studies suggesting that the shoes produce a higher level of muscle engagement, at least in a controlled research setting. But the studies don’t show whether more engagement leads to meaningful changes in muscle tone or appearance over time. Nor is it clear whether the high level of engagement continues once the walker becomes accustomed to the shoe. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/health/08well.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema1">Reebok’s EasyTone</a> has made the biggest splash in the muscle-shoe market, especially with its advertising. In one commercial, the camera drifts away from the woman’s face and zooms in on her backside. Another advertisement claims that the leg and butt-toning effects of EasyTone will “make your boobs jealous.”</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276673760http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276673760Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:25 -0500Earlier today in a San Francisco press briefing Intel Chief Technology Officer, Justin Rattner took...http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276672321http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276672321Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:18 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LWxTGJ3TK1U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LWxTGJ3TK1U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Lady GaGa - Bad Romance Parody</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276668926http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276668926Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:19:36 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kueresZRvK1qz4flvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jesse Morrell - a 25-year-old evangelist preacher from Cheshire, Conn., who said he did three stints at the juvenile detention center on Whalley Avenue for selling drugs - says he knows where most <a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/12/04/evangelist-causes-stir/">Yale students</a> are headed: hell.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276667595http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/276667595Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:18:28 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kucv40qoXC1qz4flvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After releasing their long-awaited debut album Bourgeois Beat earlier this year, which was featured here in August 2009, the Wilmington, Delaware duo of Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette probably could have perched on a successful new release and just watched as well-deserved attention rolled in. Instead, <a href="http://milkmilk-lemonade.blogspot.com/2009/12/sky-drops-christmas-feels-like.html">The Sky Drops</a> have remained both active and incredibly festive in deciding to record a holiday song, titled Christmas Feels Like Halloween, that we can now share.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275168295http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275168295Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:43:12 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/">The NY Times Best Books 2009</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275164322http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275164322Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:39:45 -0500<a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/listen-new-eminem-songs-leak">New Eminem Songs Leak</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275163929http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275163929Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:39:24 -0500<a href="http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/78292.php">South Korea plans to dig tunnels to Japan and China</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275163280http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275163280Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:38:48 -0500<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pompeii,+italy+ruins&sll=40.716428,14.537315&sspn=0.061672,0.132351&ie=UTF8&hq=pompeii,+italy+ruins&hnear=&ll=40.748902,14.484834&spn=0,359.">Ancient Pompeii Ruins now on Google Street View</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275162659http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275162659Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:38:16 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/books/05fiction.html">The Atlantic Will Sell Short Stories on Kindle</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275161982http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275161982Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:37:37 -0500<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/30/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers">Foreign Policy's First Annual List of the 100 Top Global Thinkers</a>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275161266http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275161266Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:37:00 -0500CHART: Depressed Americans Quit The Labor Force: One caveat to today’s jobs report —...http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275160716http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275160716Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:36:29 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kucuq3t1kY1qz4flvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://digital.pastemagazine.com/publication/?i=26727&p=29">Evolution of a Hipster</a></p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275158950http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275158950Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:34:51 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j6WXl2kAG7Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j6WXl2kAG7Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction, “<a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/movies/18kids.html">The War on Kids</a>” likens our public school system to prison and its disciplinary methods to fascism. At least now you know why little Johnny won’t get out of bed in the morning. Arranged in sections that range from merely interesting to downright horrifying, this provocative documentary suggests a system regulated by fear and motivated by the desire to control.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275155949http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275155949Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:32:08 -0500A Chinese woman has been arrested on suspicion of illegally entering Japan by falsifying her...http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275144843http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275144843Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:22:06 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kucu1qZxFq1qz4flvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Qualifying as the first air treatment product SANYO introduced US for home-use, the AIR Washer Plus TM’s purification system operates utilizing <a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-19498-Wash+away+the+unwanted+in+the+air,+SANYO+Air+Washer+Plus+TM.html">Sanyo’s Electrolyzed Water Technology</a> and HEPA filter to eliminate pathogens such as bacteria or gems and unpleasant odor in the air as well as reducing the airborne pollen and allergy-causing dust. As it is name implies it “cleans the air with the power of water”.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275142848http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275142848Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:20:14 -0500“I think they’re out of bullets.” - The government is running out of ways to help...http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275135815http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275135815Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:14:10 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQcVllWpwGs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQcVllWpwGs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Evian Roller Babies Commercial.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275133472http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275133472Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:14 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuctlufAKN1qz4flvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No, that is not Hilary Duff. This is Zooey Deschanel’s Absolut Ad.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275131645http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/275131645Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:10:42 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sLDxv9ohH2s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sLDxv9ohH2s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The new ad for the Google / Verizon / Motorola-built Droid phone.</p>http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/273760078http://earlyadaptor.tumblr.com/post/273760078Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:30:05 -0500