Saturday, October 25, 2008

Nissin Cup Noodle a Health Threat?

October 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM

in Meanderings

Say it isn’t so! A news report from Japan surfaced about a serious food crisis that began earlier this week, culminating in a shocker yesterday. Yesterday (in Japan time, it’d be earlier “today”), Nissin Food Products issued a 500,000 unit recall of its Cup Noodles product, that iconic just-add-water instant food staple of the poor, beleaguered, [...]

Apple Inc. Opposes Proposition 8

October 25, 2008 at 2:31 AM

in Meanderings

In an uncharacteristic position, Apple [AAPL] has publicly declared that California’s Proposition 8 is a civil rights violation and so it opposes it, as well as urging readers to do likewise by voting against it. On the Apple homepage, for its October 24 entry, Apple posts the following: No on Prop 8 Apple is publicly [...]