The BBC is running an article about a new drug that may eliminate the hidden reserves of the HIV virus in people who have undetectably low levels of the virus. It targets the T cells of the immune system, and in effect, wipes them out in an effort to destroy the places that HIV may be lurking. Think of it as reformatting your immune system...
Well, our Oracle Calendar 9.0.4.1.1 (no, I'm not making that up) media showed up this morning, so the battle continues. I'm rebuilding the server right now, since my last attempt pretty well polluted that install of the operating system, I had at least 10 new services installed by Oracle, so I decided to wipe it and start clean again.
Reading over this story about Canadians who are upset about Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's bit in Quebec, I was struck by a few thoughts. First, it was damned funny, and when Triumph did the same thing to Star Wars fans, no one got their Yoda-patterned undies in a knot. Secondly, last time I checked, the French-Canadians are not a separate race, which would seem to be a requirement before they could label Triumph's comments as "racist". Thirdly, it's a friggin' puppet! And last, but not least, the irony of Francophones being upset at the rude behavior of an American is not lost on me.
It turns out that the shape of M&M's is 4% more effective than a sphere for storing objects in a given space. Yes, these are the things we spend our time researching at Universities. :)
I picked up a copy of Jeff Zeldman's book, Designing With Web Standards, last night, and I'm making my way through it. The real meat didn't start until page 154 for me, but I already grasped most of the arguments behind implementing standard code. I was getting a bit tired of being told how much bandwidth I'd save, and just wanted to update my limited HTML skills already. I'm going to have to make a test blog now, to experiment on, so I can keep this thing readable in the meantime.
