Archive for March, 2008

Nice guys do finish first according to this study.  It further proves that positive conditioning and cooperation work better than their counterparts.  It also tells me that our society is progressing toward the right direction… unity.  Only if we get to learn early in life, there would be no bullying and things of that nature in schools.

Interesting read… :)

I say the “Terminator” era is not too far… but then, I’d be long dead by then. :lol: Anyway, view the video below:

Its ability to balance itself is quite amazing, isn’t it? Come to think of it, newer models of wheelchairs that can stand, climb stairs, etc., use the same technology.

According to this study, craniofacial asymmetry was found in all age groups, including fetuses and infants; therefore, it cannot be correlated to chewing habits developed later in life. However, a Korean entertainment show called Sponge showed that children have perfect symmetrical faces, and its guest professional claimed that asymmetry is caused by chewing habits in most cases which can be corrected in about a month by reversing the dominant chewing side. Such an asymmetry occurs because the facial muscles on the dominant side gets stronger and the other collapses. This, for example, can cause one’s eyeglasses to be uneven and one side to slide down more frequently than the other.

Personally, I’m very skeptical — especially after reading that study. But the show was very convincing, and since my eyeglasses is crooked, I’m giving it a try.

What do you think?

I’ve never had any problem with WordPress extensions so far, but SuperCache is just refusing to work. Its option page is working just fine with no complains which means I’ve got all the settings correct, including .htaccess rules and WP_CACHE variable, but it’s just not caching anything. The “supercache” directory has no files at all.

Any idea?

EDIT: Putting “index.php” under “accepted files” did the trick… duh! And I think this also helped.

UPDATE: I had to disable this as posts weren’t loading properly. :(

The state of Oregon has changed its Medicaid rules. According to this, I now have to pay $100 a month to keep my health insurance run by the state, which I never had to up until now. The prior income ceiling was $2,000, but they have apparently divided that into 3 groups. This further proves my point. :(

I wonder if parents of children with disabilities have to pay for it based on their income…

EDIT (4/28): My case manager made a mistake. I don’t have to pay anything as long as I receive SSI!

I’m not sure what the hell is going on, but as of around 4:40PM today, my Google PR is 2! And according to this prediction tool, I can expect 5. :D I sure hope so!

Is Google finally hammering out a bug? Is this a temporary thing… or just a hiccup? Who knows…

I think I’ve been watching too much of Torchwood… :lol:

In this dream, I was laying down on an MRI bed with some people around wearing masks, square-looking hats and those gowns that technicians wear.  Anyhow, I think one of them gave me a shot to put me in an REM state.   I fell asleep feeling the bed moving into the machine, but I heard something very troubling right before I went under.  When I came to, I was already out of the machine, and the room appeared as if there was a major earthquake.  So I started looking around laying down scared, and suddenly, I glimpsed a white figure which appeared to be small cat running to the back of the machine in the corner of my eyes.  Without wasting any time, it jumped out from the left and dug into my left thigh without leaving any injury to the skin as if it was absorbed.  Then I saw my hands turning into white paws! :eek:

The end.

I found this video fascinating…

It’s just a concept, though. I do hope it will happen in my lifetime.

coldI don’t know about where you are, but there’s a new type of cold virus going around here in SW Oregon. My boss was very wary of it for the last couple of weeks as most of her family members are sick with cold, and one of my co-workers was blowing her nose right in front of us throughout the entire 2-hour weekly meeting. Even my mother has been coughing her lungs out for a week now, and she ended up seeing a physician’s assistant for a prescription drug. She says most people at her gym are also sick.

I haven’t caught it yet, and I sure hope I never do! *knock on wood*

How about your area?

The plot of Vantage Point is nothing new, but the director did an excellent job showing different points of view of its important characters one at a time. And it has some bad-ass high-speed car chasing scenes.

I’ll rate it an B. :)