It’s that time of the year again. (Happy Memorial Day, by the way!) Nope, not to clean out the pantry! It’s that time of the year to change my layout to something a little more modern looking.
You’ll notice that my template has been updated rather significantly. I did borrow some things from the old template (namely comments, content, and the likes), so there are a few things that should be cleaned up since they don’t look all that great. But, for the time being I’d like to take a little break. This was a project I started Sunday afternoon and finished this evening, so it’s not too bad for two day’s work.
Anyway, have a look around. I haven’t tested it under IE 6, and I’m not sure I really expect it to work. Also, this design includes a few tricks that will be the subject of my next GiMP tutorial!
Stay tuned.
After much “verbal torture,” Josh finally got around to putting WordPress up on his domain. Ain’t that spiffy?
My evil ideas are almost complete. First Will, now this. Bwahah!
I was reading a rather surprising article related to soft drinks and root beer. In it, the article claims that root beer (the real kind, not artificial!) “are non-carbonated and do not contain the acids that harm teeth.” Out of curiosity, I decided to take a look at a list of pH values for various types of drinks that I enjoy:
| Drink |
pH Value |
| Sprite |
3.42 |
| Flordia Orange Juice |
3.30-4.15 |
| Tea (brewed) |
7.2 |
| Brewed/Instant Coffee |
5.51 |
| Water |
7.0 |
| Milk |
6.4-6.8 |
Data source.
What’s interesting is that the article from Science Daily states that “Researchers concluded that non-colas cause a greater amount of erosion than colas” because of the citric acid they contain. They don’t vilify orange juice, and it has a pH very similar to Sprite. (They are correct that most colas are pretty close to battery acid!)
In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, they do point out that sports drinks could be worse for your teeth than soda. Oh, what a cruel world!
So there’s your curio for the day. If you’re going to pick a soda to drink, choose Sprite!
Update: I know I’ve linked to this before, but I think it’s important to point out again. Stephan of wholehealthsource.blogspot.com has a couple of articles on preventing and potentially reversing tooth decay. The latter article was posted on April 1st and was not intended as an April Fool’s joke (that’s addressed in the comments).
