“Merck & Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.” Awww, man. Vioxx is the only thing that works on my back pain. I’ve been hearing rumors about dangers from vioxx for a while now, but I’ve been putting my fingers [...]
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I’m about to upgrade my blog software from MT 2.6 to 3.1. If things go completely b0rked here that’s whats up. MT’s upgrade documentation leaves a whole lot to be desired. No readme file, nothing called out as START HERE FIRST. There is an upgrade page in the manual (in the docs directory), but it [...]
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September 28, 2004
in Misc
Really long and slow but very noticeable earthquake just now. big time wiggle. Looking it up…. Update: when an earthquake happens and you can’t find anything on the local USGS maps you start nervously looking at maps outside of the local area, because that means there was a big quake somewhere else. Sure enough: a [...]
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@)(*#!! (@**@#&*@#(*!!! I had this great post all composed about the differences between writing computer books and fiction, inspired bySimon’s post on the same subject. I had all these great metaphors about gardening and flinging yourself off a cliff naked and screaming. And then my weblog editor ate it. This is the third dedicated weblog [...]
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Over the last few days, we have been completely plagued by crickets. I suppose it could be worse, we could be plagued by, say, tigers. But no, its been nothing but crickets all the way down and I will go insane. I have so many pleasant memories growing up of summer evenings and the quiet [...]
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