Raphael Mun http://www.raphaelmun.com The Official Website Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Day 172 – All Day On The Same Problem http://www.raphaelmun.com/2012/04/17/day-172-all-day-on-the-same-problem/ http://www.raphaelmun.com/2012/04/17/day-172-all-day-on-the-same-problem/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:06:10 +0000 Raphael http://www.raphaelmun.com/?p=1459 It took me all day to figure out that an issue on the website for a company I'm currently working for was being caused by its cache. Sometimes you take so long figuring out the source of the problem that you don't even want to learn what the cause is. Well, it's fixed now. Yay.

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Work day + music + cooking... What a day. :)

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Side note: customer service is frustrating.

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By the way, have you thought about the term "milestone"? It literally means a stone used to mark intervals of every mile along a road/path.

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Time is something you can never have enough of except when you're waiting for something. Here's my advice: Stop waiting! :D

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Here's a few from brand names that you might be familiar with:

  • diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
  • fexofenadine (Allegra)
  • loratadine (Claritin, Alavert)
  • chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton)
  • brompheniramine (Dimetane)
  • certirizine (Zyrtec)
  • clemastine (Tavist)

Typically, these drugs are known to be drowsy but the reason more recent antihistamines are non-drowsy is because they are more selective (hence physically larger) in how they prevent those particles from affecting your body and do not cross the blood-brain barrier to your nervous system. And as you take more antihistamines, your body starts to develop an immunity towards it and your body will naturally respond to some antihistamines better than others, which is why certain brands seem to be more effective than others for people.

May the pollen never be in your favor.

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