Recently I have had issues with my mighty mouse scroll wheel (which would be the same as any apple mouse), where it would stop scrolling back up. By pushing down hard on the nodule would help it work again, but gradually that stopped working. You can actually feel and hear the feedback, and rather than a little click it was smooth.

The most obvious reason for this is that it was dirty, or there was something stuck in there… much like the old mice with the scroll ball on the bottom, you would need to take out and clean the rollers with your finger nails, removing mostly deadskin I pressume!

Naturally did was to try and take the mouse apart, but due to apple engineering, I would end up breaking the mouse, so I needed to clean some other way.

At first I just blew hard, nothing much happen… then I licked the nodule and rolled it, a little happened… then I got a cotten bud and some metho and applied it to the nodule, pushing down and continuously rolling. I noticed a discolouration of the metho, as it was dissolving some of the muck. 10-15mins later after the metho had completely dried the mouse is back to normal, and the feedback is much more noticable.. so if you have issues with your apple mouse scroller I recommend metho and a cotton bud.

fluMRSA - Pandemic?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is fear that a deadly combination of the flu and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is to blame for the deaths of many American children and could lead to a pandemic.

Reports state that out of the 74 children who died in the U.S. in 2006 and 2007, 22 of them also has staph infections - many being MRSA.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with researchers to try and figure out how to monitor and track fluMRSA cases.

Health officials believe that flu prevention also leads to the prevention of staph infection, MRSA..

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• If Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama really wants you to believe he’s outraged by Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s latest comments about him - and that the Rev is undermining his campaign - then Obama needs to step away from Trinity United Church of Christ. The charge from Obama that Rev. Wright’s opinions do not reflect the perspective of the black church begs the question “then why is he associated with it?” You will remember that one is judged by one’s associations.

• Baxter’s CEO, Robert Parkinson, just came out today with the news that it’s believed their blood-thinner Heparin was deliberately contaminated. You will recall that the drug is being manufactured in Chi-nah - the same Chi-nah that was bent on killing our beloved fur-kids? When is Congress going to get serious about firing the head of FDA? He’s proven he can not run the department on a daily basis AND testify to Congress on the department’s inadequacy on a weekly basis! Check out FDA’s website for all the safety alerts and recalls. Just make sure you’ve already eaten.

• Soldiers who need special waivers to get into the Army because they’re “loose canons” face court-martial more often. Gee, does that make sense? Bad behavior = court martial? (/sarcasm) BUT - they also get promoted more often than the good guys. Hmm.. does that make sense? DAMN STRAIGHT IT DOES!! You need these bad apples. Who else is willing to break our laws and carry out the damning no-no’s forbidden by Geneva Convention and other higher commissions on human rights? The Army’s New Thinking Apparatchik apparently thinks the lowest common denominator of squzzballs who have criminal records should serve our country - AND MAKE US PROUD OF OUR ARMY AGAIN! BTW, this information hasn’t been released to the public - you ought to send a thank-you note to AP who obtained a copy of this study. You should have gotten a clue about the direction the Army was taking with their lame-ass slogan ‘AN ARMY OF ONE’. I have this image of the “enemy” thinking they’re up against one dude, all decked out with the newest weaponry - a helicopter strapped to his back - heading in their general direction eager to jitzu them into the evening stew. Hey! Someone’s responsible for turning our young men into Arnie (sounds like Army..get it?) Terminators.