As reported on slashdot:

"Good news for those who like both coffee and alcohol. In a recent study of more than 125,000 people an Oakland, CA medical team found that consuming coffee seems to help protect against alcoholic cirrhosis. The study was done based on people enrolled in a private northern California health care plan between 1978 and 1985." From the article: "People drinking one cup of coffee per day were, on average, 20% less likely to develop alcoholic cirrhosis. For people drinking two or three cups the reduction was 40%, and for those drinking four or more cups of coffee a day the reduction in risk was 80%."

See the full article on slashdot.org.

Here are some photos of some of the iron/steel work and other misc materials in the building that have to be cleared out. We're currently looking at some salvage companies that may be interested in taking this stuff off my hands:

Photos of Building Items.

Having not done any sendmail hacking in some years, I was puzzled to find that forwards via .forward files to programs no longer work. I figured it was some new security thing.

It turns out that in order for a forward to a program to be accepted you must symlink the executable in question to the /etc/smrsh directory.

I discovered this through this post.

I've put up photos of my trip with Ian down the Blue Ridge Parkway and through Deal's Gap.

Photos are here.