Category Archives: Alcohol

Drugs Quote #022 – Frank Zappa wasn’t on drugs.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Caspar

The general assumption is that rock stars who don’t take drugs have either taken so many they’ve got bored or ill that they were forced to stop, or they are just a bit boring. As an exception that proves the … Continue reading →

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An antidote to drunkeness?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Caspar

UCLA led researchers have developed a “pill” that uses two enzymes to mimic the action of the human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication.In a discovery that could derail the popular “Hangover” movie franchise, a team of researchers led by UCLA … Continue reading →

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Your Brain on Alcohol – Explained

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Caspar

Here’s a wonderfully little video about what alcohol does to your brain. It is the latest in a sequence of short science videos made by ASAP Science. A previous video explained Marijuana. This one covers a lot of things very … Continue reading →

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Drugs Quote #021 – F Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Caspar

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane… There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions. - F. Scott Fitzgerald Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post … Continue reading →

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Drugs Quote #021 – HHGttG on alcohol

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Caspar

‘The Encyclopedia Galactica’ describes alcohol as a colourless, volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms. ‘The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ also mentions alcohol. It says that the … Continue reading →

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Boozerlyzer won’t be at TED 2013

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Caspar

A few weeks a go I sent in a very short audition video for TED 2013. I didn’t get in which is probably just as well because I’d have been terrified. But I thought you might like to see it. … Continue reading →

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Beer and theory in the 1800′s at the Royal Society 1pm, 13 April

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Caspar

This friday lunchtime the Royal Society in London is hosting a public history of science lecture by Dr James Sumner. He will talk about what eighteenth century chemists understood about the science of brewing. Eighteenth-century chemists could gain useful income … Continue reading →

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Drugs Meter smartphone app

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Caspar

Dr. Adam Winstock The psychiatrist behind the Global Drugs Survey is gearing up to launch a phone based “Drugs Meter “.  Here’s how the Guardian describe it: A new digital application – called drugs meter – attempts to provide people who use … Continue reading →

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Quantified Self Toolmaker Talk

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Caspar

I’ve recently completed an interview about the Boozerlyzer with Raj Mehta for the Quantified Self blog. Our QS Conferences are organized to maximize discovery and serendipity. The entire program results from us inviting attendees to present and participate. You’re never … Continue reading →

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Eight Kindes of Drunkennes & 210 pissonyms.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Caspar

A rather nice classification of 8 types of drunkeness from the 1592 is currently stumbling through cyberspace. Eight Kinds of Drunkennes was compiled by Thomas Nashe and they’re all stereotypes that we would recognise today. (I’m usually a Martin drunk ) THE … Continue reading →

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