The Hacker's Diet

Now THIS I can do!

I stumbled upon a website today that totally caught my attention.  It's called The Hacker's Diet.  The byline is a tongue-in-cheek 'How to lose weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition'. 

Thinking it was a humorous slam on hackers, I was drawn in.  What I found was very different from what I expected.

It's actually a serious online book written by John Walker, founder of AutoDesk, who approaches weight loss 'as an engineering problem' .  I think I like that!  Here's an excerpt:

The absurdity of my situation finally struck home in 1987. “Look,” I said to myself, “you founded one of the five biggest software companies in the world, Autodesk. You wrote large pieces of AutoCAD, the world standard for computer aided design. You've made in excess of fifty million dollars without dropping dead, going crazy, or winding up in jail. You've succeeded at some pretty difficult things, and you can't control your flippin' weight?”

I'm going to give it a read.  Not that I'm overweight or anything like that... snort!  It looks like a great how-to for following the standard equation that we all know and love... eat less food than your body burns.

Comments

[FEATHERHEAD]

Hi! So this time it is you who is getting the cute referral from Steel! Isn't he just the best? A couple weeks ago it was my site, and I just flipped out from all the hits I was getting...and I am still getting them! Hold on Jimmy, you're in for a wild ride!!! By the by, I found your blog very interesting. I'll be back! Maybe you could drop in and visit me sometime?

[Jimmy the Geek]

FeatherHead... Yeah, Steel's site is pretty cool. It gives me a place to vent!

Thanks for the comment... I'll stop by and visit!

[FEATHERHEAD]

Hey! How did you do that? I was so busy looking at your site, you went right past me,and beat me back to "Thoughts..." Wow! You're fast!

[Phoenix]

Jimmy,

I read that lots of people were searching you out for jobs? That made my day. It made me smile all over. Now YOU get to pick and choose. I think that's wonderful, and I can't tell you how happy it made me to read of the latest in your situation. :}

Yay!! :}