Fruity Directory
November 29th, 2008 by Sarah King
I’ve been a bit quiet on the directory front lately so its good to get in and review one. Fruity Directory embraces it’s offbeat theme by focussing on the health industry and sticking to it’s niche. It has a bright and cheerful skin which I thought would annoy me no end (I’m no fan of white text on a dark background) but somehow it gets away with it. It’s only on pages like Honey is Healthy that it fails because the Island Ad is too big and it’s hard to read around. While ads are necessary and the blending is lovely – it’s actually offputting for real visitors I’d recommend borders and a smaller size.
The categories are clear and broad and have plenty of sub categories. Take health and fitness as an example. It’s broken down into a further 18 categories. Read the rest of this entry »
Computer games are not sport, allright?
June 20th, 2005 by Sarah KingMissed some doco that was on last night talking about computer games. My kids aren’t allowed much time playing them so I know I have some battles to come.
An argument has been mooted that computer games will be the new sport. Which is quite interesting. Sports were devised to train warriers and hunters how to fight and hunt. Read the rest of this entry »
Junk Science: Daycare prevents cancer
June 1st, 2005 by Sarah KingI visited my Chiropracter the other day and he had an article entitled Day care prevents child cancers. Catchy title and I asked why he was distributing it, when on a first glance the article appeared misleading (junk science?). Read the rest of this entry »
Type 2 Diabetes – an alternative view
May 31st, 2005 by Sarah KingI’m banging my head against a brick wall here but trying to get help for a diabetic is really hard. I’m working with the local rep frm Diabetes NZ to try and find out what my family can do.
The standard info, though, seems to be look only at exercise, nutrition and medication. Read the rest of this entry »
