MemeFlux

…since I knew nothing about this until just now, chances are that you also could be in the dark when someone slips in “I am developing object-oriented databases” during the next cocktail party.

In an object oriented database, information is represented in the form of objects as used in Object-Oriented Programming. When database capabilities are combined with object programming language capabilities, the result is an object database management system (ODBMS). An ODBMS makes database objects appear as programming language objects in one or more object programming languages. An ODBMS extends the programming language with transparently persistent data, concurrency control, data recovery, associative queries, and other capabilities.

A good primer on the advantages on OODBs versus traditional relational DBs can be found here.

Hat tip to Pia

As recently reported, overweight has been listed as a top cancer risk, the news today is that being a bit on the chubby side actually might not increase your risk of cancer and in fact protect you better from pneumonia, emphysemia and various other infections. The abstract to the article in JAMA also pries into the future:

…reductions in activities of daily living (ADL) impairment observed for nonobese older individuals did not occur in those who were obese. Over time, declines in obesity-related mortality, along with a younger age at onset of obesity, could lead to an increased burden of disability within the obese older population.

Via Reason