Still Ill

Ever since we got back from Singapore, I've been ill. Heather was actually ill before we left. She's much better now, but she's having a hard time breathing particularly in the morning. As for me, I've had a fever for the last four days and I've been coughing up a lot, but I'm confident that I'm starting to get better. Nevertheless I think I'm going to skip work and we're going to go to the doctor to snag some antibiotics.

Anyway, this will be the first time that I stayed home from work because of illness. I feel guilty for some reason doing it, because I feel like my coworkers wouldn't let a mere illness stop them from going to work. Also, I just took a vacation, and on top of that Thursday is a national holiday. But on the other hand I have seen them take sick days; it's just the hype that creates that myth. That and the fact that there are some people who never fail to go to work. Poor Kaneko-san has had a fever patch and a mask on for the last three weeks. Nevertheless, our health is important to me and I have allowed myself to be convinced to go to the doctor by Heather.

Google, hot on the heels of its Google Map and Google Earth applications, has released a lunar counterpart. moon.google.com - the detail on the highest resolution is amazing.

reader.google.com is another cool new Google application that centralizes reading of RSS feeds on the web. It facilitates subscriptions and bookmarks. I'm excited to see how far Google will extend it.