While cleaning out the medicine cabinet today, I came across a bunch of different kinds of “pain pills”. Because of my experience with gout, I know not to take Tylenol or any other Acetaminophen based products… but I wondered what the difference really was and how each one worked. It turns out, most pain drugs […]
This post is another “just for me” reminder on how to do something, but it might be useful for some people so I’m making it public. To install a current version of Pound on CentOS 5.x, you need to make a couple tweaks; yum install gcc – If you don’t already have the compiler installed, […]
I’ve posted before about Tesla. He’s great. July 10th is his birthday and people around the world are pushing to make it Nikola Tesla Day, an official holiday. To get into the spirit, go here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla In case it ever goes offline, I have duplicated it’s genius here:
From March 2005 to March 2012 I had a 2mm by 12mm glass encased HITAG S tag implanted in my right hand. The HITAG was chosen for it’s feature set, which includes writable memory blocks, the ability to emulate EM4102 tags, and a 40 bit crypto-security feature that could help protect the tag’s memory blocks […]
Every once in a while I spend a few minutes of down time searching Google Images with random words. Then I crank up the resolution filter to see if I can find any interesting photos or infographics that are “70 MP or larger”. I love high resolution photos for many reasons, but I have to […]
Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the best-known methods for treating cancer. At TEDMED, Bill Doyle presents a new approach, called Tumor Treating Fields, which uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division. Still in its infancy — and approved for only certain types of cancer — the treatment comes with one big benefit: quality of […]
I was checking my local hardware store’s website for available 50CFM vent fans and this ad caught my eye. I couldn’t let this one go, so I found the manufacturer’s site and it also expounded on the virtues of oxygenated water for plants. Checking their site and FAQ section, they had plenty of marketing material […]
In moving servers and workstations to the 64 bit architecture, occasionally you run into ridiculous limitations with components you’ve been used to working with for years… namely, they don’t work. Even Microsoft offers 32-bit only components that fail to load when you try to leverage them through IIS on a 64 bit OS. I just […]
Just a random thought – Pretty much all alien movies show alien ships piloted by alien beings of some sort, while the most likely scenario would not include any “manned” craft at all. Why would aliens even bother to make the trip, even if they had some kind of faster-than-light travel capability? We certainly don’t […]
I woke up this morning to a voicemail that had me a little confused. voicemail The number given is for some kind of housing contractor about 40 miles away from me… so, was this some kind of lame prank call or a disturbing attempt at a marketing tactic?
