The sticky state of sperm warfare

I remember many years ago a female friend told me that human ejaculate gets extra viscous upon release, and then 18 minutes later becomes more fluid. Stumbled across this and now I understand why she was right.

Code Charge Studio and helping hands for weary Web app developers.

So for the last two weeks I've been evaluating (aka trying to build something that works) a RAD tool for Web apps. Code Charge Studio 4 is a fine tool for rapidily spitting out pleasant looking Web sites for CRUD actions on database driven sites. It provides a very simple front-end for building the main structure of the app, but generates readily manipulatible code (I'm having it output C# ASP.NET but it also does PHP, Java, "classic" ASP). In between it provides a way to "reach through" the IDE tools and easily add custom code that won't get overwritten by the CCS code generator. That is about as much as I've gone behind the curtain, but I have found it much easier to learn for the fairly common features for a Web front-end for a database application than I have with MS Visual Studio. I suspect as I get more skilled with the CCS tool and C#/ASP.NET, I'll reach more often for the more advanced powers of VS2005/2008. But for now, CCS has helped me get some stuff off my to-do plate quicker than I could have with my current VS2005 skills AND it has helped me advance my C# skills from reverse engineering the code it outputs. Thumbs Up.

Andrew Lahde - So long and thanks for all the $$$$

Well here is one person who seems to have ethically made his millions in the recent sub-prime boom and bust. I wish I could meet this guy and say thank you for this goodbye letter.

No Obama/Biden gushing here...

Though my family is elated that THEIR candidates walked away with the election. I myself am once again scratching my head regarding the electoral college. I tend to be biased towards the founding fathers when the issue is debatable (e.g. the age requirements for President, US Senator) and idealistically libertarian when it isn't (e.g. slavery is NOT tolerable - period). With the popular vote for President much closer than the electoral college results - O=53% of the votes cast for O or M, and M = 47%, but, 349 to 147 electoral votes (0=70%, M=30%) - it just seems strange. Not as bad as 2000 with the popular vote and electoral college at odds, though. Nonetheless, I admit to being discomforted by yet another apples to oranges oddity but I'll go with the founding fathers' design...for now. Oh, and let's not forget the "third-party" candidates' votes. E.g. My candidate - Bob Barr with maybe 0.4% of the popular vote.