Notes:

The yen is taking a hit on financial markets. It is understandable. Japan has trouble meeting obligations on a country wide scale. Instead of taking advantage, most countries and companies are being quite flexible. I suppose no one is interested in Japan taking any more of a hit. The whole world has skin in the game in Japan. They actually make things and many people all over the world use those things, unlike the U. S.. If something like this happened in the U.S. I fear that the rest of the world might realize the we don't really do that much and they can get along without our interference just fine.

It turns out that Ubuntu has a commercial repo that contains things like UltraEdit and Skype. This keeps even those packages up to date. How cool is this?

Someone is working on a mini pump that people can swallow. It will sit in the gut and pump out medication until it simply dissolves and goes away. This might work very well for people who have things like Tuberculosis and such where they must complete a six month treatment and continue taking the drugs even after they start feeling much better. I suppose you may have to take six horse pills in one day. They would all dissolve or pump at different times. The treatment would complete on its own.