I had missed this (or, rather, Google Alerts had). AlphaVax had apparently given a presentation titled Flow-Cytometric Evaluation of T-Cell Responses Elicited by an Alphavirus Replicon Particle Vaccine for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Healthy Adults sometime in June.
Okay, enough is enough. Everywhere I read people discussing the iPhone 4 signal loss issue (by cradling the phone in the palm of the left hand), people imply it’s not objectively measurable, or it’s entirely nonexistent. It reminds me of the original MacBook Pro processor whine issue: “the only whine I hear is the people who think this is a real problem.” Right. We’re all morons.
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Sitting here drinking my Saturday morning coffee (it’s almost noon), my eyes focused on the back of a Whiskas Temptations cat treat bag. I had no idea how goddamn weird the Whiskas marketing team is.
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My recent announcement on Twitter about the release of SPICE 5.1 public beta prompted a few questions. I also get questions from the occasional interested developer, friend, or family member, so I thought I’d describe it a bit.
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I posted some source code (NonSelectingTokenField) in response to a StackOverflow question. It avoids the default behavior of selecting all tokens when becoming first responder or ending editing.
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Mikkel Svane ( @mikkelsvane ), CEO of Zendesk, made what must have been quite a difficult apology for the price increase fiasco two days ago. What are my thoughts? Well, I’m not quite sure.
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Awhile back, I wrote about the SaaS help desk company Zendesk and their “crazy girlfriend sales tactics.” Not only was the article a hit, but it prompted a very good response from Zendesk itself. As a result, I posted a fair-is-fair retraction and basically endorsed the company. Now it looks like I have to post a retraction.
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The SouthtownStar posted an article about “Google-itis,” which is a cutesy term for Internet-fueled hypochondria and/or self-diagnosis. It hit home a bit, as it made me think of a loved one going through the same thing. Hypochondria aside, “google-itis” can be dangerous.
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