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The Virtual Body

Posted by on Oct 13, 2004 | 10 Comments

The human body is truly an amazing creation. Anyone who takes the time to examine the precision and complexity of all of its features will likely be dumbfounded. Those of us who try our best to follow a healthy lifestyle will be better off than those who think the Quarter Pounder is a staple of life. That’s the one important thing about our bodies – if we treat them badly, they’ll eventually come back to haunt us. Many people don’t take the time to really look into how our bodies work, and examine what it all means. If you never paid any attention in science or health class, check out The Virtual Body.

The site contains some nice information about how our bodies function. Pictures, animation, and narration all help to assist you in getting the point. The resources on the left side of the page are really fantastic. They contain helpful tips on health conditions – what they are, how to prevent them, and how to deal with them. The ultimate hope is that you’ll walk away from this site with more respect for that thing you live in every day – your body.

  • Andrew Becker

    I’ve been a fan of Chrome for quite some time using it on Windows and Linux. I recently purchased my first MacBook and put Lion on it. At first I was surprised to see that the full screen feature for Lion was not functional in Chrome. I upgraded to the Dev channel and everything was where it should be. 

    I have used Chrome on XP, Win7, Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion. In my opinion it was the best browser for each of those operating systems. Synchronization, un-obtrusive yet extremely handy extensions and apps, and a built in site inspection tool make it my only choice for browsing.

  • Phil

    In my haste I said that Aurora was beta Firefox, in fact it’s more like an alpha version, my apologies. Firefox beta, is also a good browser, but I’d have to agree there are area in which Chrome beats it, like speed, especially start up. I’ve recently installed an SSD in my 08 mbpro and the difference in start up speed is still noticeable (just). There do still seem to be reasons to firefox, like it’s huge amount of plug-ins compared to chrome.

  • Mikeypod

    I may have missed this earlier, but is there a way to get chrome to respond to trackpad/magic mouse gestures? Namely the one that allows a two finger swipe through web history? That is the last thing that is keeping me in safari.

  • Anonymous

    I use an Apple Mac with the Lion OS  and use both Chrome and Firefox and feel they’re both excellent with each having their own personalities. The only dislike I have with Chrome is it hesitates when, for example, using Bookmarks. The spinning wheel goes off making you wait to proceed while Firefox is right on when you click on something. Other than that little aggravation, I feel they’re both excellent.

  • David Berkovich

    I have Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari installed on Lion.  I mostly alternate between Opera and Chrome.  I rarely use Firefox and Safari.  I will use Firefox, but I don’t find it as great as the other browsers, in terms of speed and UI.

  • http://www.MagicTrax.net Magic Trax

    I’m mainly using Chrome and Safari. I also have Firefox, but do feel like it’s been lacking recently and is quite sluggish compared to Chrome. Safari has improved slightly, yet it still has difficulty loading certain pages without having a fit and randomly reloading all the few tabs that happen to be open. Having said that, Chrome could still use some work, but it’s definitely better than it was in past versions for mac.

  • Larry

    Apple hates Google or Jobs did.  The days of Apple and Google products playing nice are going to come to an end at some point.

    I dont trust Google, never will.  Their whole operation is based on collecting/selling info.  I use Bing on my Mac’s, PC’s, iPhone and iPad.

    I use Safari on a Mac and IE on Winodws, the latest version of a each.  A browser is like a pair socks to me…not really that important to look at.  It serves a purpose and these days no browser really has an advantage over the other.  If one does the rest will have the new feature soon enough. 

  • Larry

    Apple hates Google or Jobs did.  The days of Apple and Google products playing nice are going to come to an end at some point.

    I dont trust Google, never will.  Their whole operation is based on collecting/selling info.  I use Bing on my Mac’s, PC’s, iPhone and iPad.

    I use Safari on a Mac and IE on Winodws, the latest version of a each.  A browser is like a pair socks to me…not really that important to look at.  It serves a purpose and these days no browser really has an advantage over the other.  If one does the rest will have the new feature soon enough. 

  • http://twitter.com/paulkinet Peter Paul

    chrome – primary tool for web browsing and cloud productivity

  • http://twitter.com/CmHall9 cmhall9

    Firefox was my primary browser before I upgrade to Lion.

    After the installation Firefox all but stopped working. It was extremely slow,
    crashed a few times and the URL icons in the bookmark list would show empty gray
    boxes.

    Chrome on the other hand surprised me. Even though I had it
    on my computer I never really used it until now. After Firefox’s pore performance
    with Lion I found myself playing with Chrome and liking it so much it became my
    browser of choice.