I always carry a bottle of water with me so I should be good.

So as you should know, my brother loves to just sneeze and cough all over the place without covering his nose or mouth.

We went on vacation over the Christmas break and I had to sleep with him. He was coughing all night and it drove me crazy. The last night I started to get a sore throught and I knew it was starting. I acquired a minor cough then my nose started running.

I want to thank whoever made nasal spray. That stuff works like a charm. Just spray it in your nose and if you did it right then you should be good for the rest of the day. I was for the most part except when I stayed outside for awhile but when I went back inside it had stopped.

The bad thing is that once I get a cold it usually lasts around a month and Mebibyte could tell you the same for me. How many of you have bad colds that seem to last forever?

1 // You may need more sleep than you think.
Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person slumbered 10 hours a night.

2 // Night owls are more creative.
Artists, writers, and coders typically fire on all cylinders by crashing near dawn and awakening at the crack of noon. In one study, “evening people” almost universally slam-dunked a standardized creativity test. Their early-bird brethren struggled for passing scores.

3 // Rising early is stressful.
The stress hormone cortisol peaks in your blood around 7 am. So if you get up then, you may experience tension. Grab some extra Zs! You’ll wake up feeling less like Bert, more like Ernie.

Taken from http://www.wired.com/

No babies were harmed in the making of this film. At least I hope not…

I just got my iPod Touch for Christmas but I fell in love with it instantly. I had apps on it within the hour. So I’m gonna rundown my favorite apps of 2008.

5.  Flashlight- I don’t use it that often but when I do it is very useful. It has to be a standard to anyone who ever needs a light in a dark situation.

4.  Audi A4- It was a free game where you dive around a test driving course from overhead view. It’s quite fun once  you learn not to run into the cones.

3. Sol Free- It throws a different spin on the original Solitaire game with all these different types of games it has to choose from. They were weird to me at the beginning but after a hour of playing they became familiar. I’ve only won 1 game so I don’t play it that often.

2. iFart- It may cost something but it is just so fun to do! Some may call me immature but considering it’s the number 1 app on iTunes at the moment I think it’s pretty decent.

1. Tangram Pro- I have spent hours playing this game for the few days I’ve had it. It was a bit confusing at the beginning but after playing through all the levels I have learned the different positions and can finish them relatively fast.

The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. The Mythbusters made a video about it but it wasn’t as good as this one. That is the first time they have disappointed me.

This kitty really wanted what was on the other side of that mirror… oh wait…

Sneezing

How many of you have that sibling or family member that will sneeze all the time without covering their nose?

Well I do and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about it. When he does it I fuss at him then he will cover his nose for the one next time he does it in front of me. Of course by the next time he sneezes he doesn’t cover his nose. I was sitting in the living room on my laptop and he was on the desktop. I look over and see him sneeze all over the desk and mouse. Then I go to fuss at him and of course I end up getting in trouble. Apparently my parents don’t care about germs like I do. He caught the cold that my mom and I had for over two months and now I risk the chance of getting it back. There is never an end to colds in our household. If you have any ideas on what I can do to stop him please tell me about it.

Netbooks are underpowered. There is no denying that fact. But is it really the manufacturer’s fault? Not exactly. Because of Microsoft’s Ultra Low Cost PC (ulcpc) licensing program, manufacturers have to stick to Microsoft’s regulations. If they don’t, then they can’t purchase xp at a discount ($26-32), which is the only way to get xp since they no longer sell it. These rules are why you can’t buy a netbook with more that 1gb of ram. Thanks Microsoft.

I’m pretty sure that is not how they teach you to land in the training sessions…