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January 7, 2009
Caffeine As Fuel For Web Workers
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/01/06/caffeine-as-fuel-for-web-workers/
"The western obsession with caffeine has some interesting roots. On the NPR Science Friday podcast this week, Steven Johnson talked about how Age of Enlightenment in England coincides with the arrival of caffeine and the growing popularity of coffee shops as places where people with different backgrounds, like Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestley, came together over coffee and tea to talk about issues and new ideas. The coffee houses also introduced caffeine as a daily habit in people's lives. At the time, one of the only other safe beverages was alcohol, since the water quality was poor, so some people went from being drunk by mid-morning every day to being caffeinated and alert throughout the day."
Posted by Rob Kiser on January 7, 2009 at 7:12 AM
Comments
hi rob! just read the blurb on your key west vacation in 2005; funny stuff! hope you had merry holidays, and are doing well. arlo says, "woof" (he's 8yrs old now) ~mandy
Posted by: mandy sikora on January 7, 2009 at 8:24 AM