Past posts for January, 2002



New Year

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

A new look for a new year.

Health Info

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

The announcement that you have been waiting for is…

CHOICES in Health Information, The Consumer Health Information Service of The New York Public Library, has a new Web site. This is our first boutique to employ the standards outlined in our new Online Style Guide. Thanks to Jeffrey Zeldman of Happy Cog and Leigh Baker-Foley of NotLimitedNYC for their work on the CHOICES site and the style guide.

Food for thought. “Each day, we consume about a litre of our own mucous, without ever lifting a finger to our nostrils.” It’s a good thing, because “proteins may cure cystic fibrosis and Crohn’s disease.” Who knew?

New York ties with Charleston as the best-mannered city in the US.