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I read another article about vitamins the other day. (I was thinking about the fact that we don't get enough vitamin D because we're not supposed to be out in the sun, and vitamin D helps prevent cancer, while the sun helps cause it.) This one was in Scientific American. It was an article addressing the question of whether the average person needs vitamins.

Some of you will have heard about SETI@Home, which uses your computer's spare CPU cycles to help search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, but fewer are aware that the same technology is being applied to help find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.

It's easy to do, and won't cost you anything, except maybe a few cents' worth of electricity. Just go to Folding@home (folding.stanford.edu) and download and install the software.

This is an excerpt from the RSIBreak.org website:

Repetitive Strain Injury is an illness which can occur as a result of working with a mouse and keyboard. This utility can be used to remind you to take a break now and then. It will show you a random picture from a collection you can configure yourself for a configurable duration at a configurable interval.