MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'computers&software'. Tue, 04 May 2010 18:48:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316692&cid=t_168945_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F254914970%2Foh_internet_gurus_whats_your_a.php Believe it or not, there is the remote possibility that I may get to have some influence in getting a web application built, that I can use in teaching, that will do something that I want. Unfortunately, I know very little about the relative merits of AJAX/JavaScript vs. Flash vs. a custom C++ plug-in, that does something with WX Windows or QT. What do you think? Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316692 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:10:56 +0100 1316692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303304&cid=t_168945_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F251556258%2Fexploring_open_office_part_ii.php I've been writing quite a bit this week about my search for a cross platform spread sheet program that would support pivot tables and make pie graphs correctly. This all started because of a bug that my students encountered in Microsoft Excel, on Windows. I'm not personally motivated to look for something new, since Office 2004 on Mac OS 10.5 doesn't seem to have the same bugs that appear on Windows. However, I would like things to work for my students. Since I don't want to have to write instructions for every software system on the planet, Google Docs would be my ideal answer, if it supported pivot tables, since it runs over the web and presents a consistent interface on all systems. Anyway, I heard from many enthusiastic Open Office fans and I asked if they could show me if OO has t... Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303304 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:31:43 +0100 1303304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1297805&cid=t_168945_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F250237768%2Fopenoffice_oh_my.php Okay OpenOffice fans, show me what you can do. Earlier this week, I wrote about my challenges with a bug in Microsoft Excel that only appears on Windows computers. Since I use a Mac, I didn't know about the bug when I wrote the assignment and I only found out about it after all but one of my students turned in assignment results with nonsensical pie graphs. So, I asked what other instructors do with software that behaves differently on different computing platforms. I never did hear from any other instructors, but I did hear from lots of Linux fans. And, lots of other people kindly informed me that I could use OpenOffice and that it runs and behaves exactly the same on Macs, Linux, Windows XP, and VISTA. One commenter, Chris Miller even went the extra mile and made a very nice screenc... Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1297805 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:50:49 +0100 1297805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1222360&cid=t_168945_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F233157210%2Fits_almost_valentines_day_and.php One of my chief joys in life, often to dismay of others, is working with data. Some members of my family (who shall remain nameless) would characterize this fixation as bordering on obsessive, others just call me a "geek" and leave it at that. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1222360 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:54:31 +0100 1222360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1220686&cid=t_168945_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F232362178%2Fwhere_do_you_go_to_learn_sql_i.php A long standing debate in my field is whether or not biologists, who work with computers, need to learn how to program. I usually say "no." Let the programmers program, the biologists interpret the results, and let everyone can benefit from each other's expertise. Well, I've changed my mind in one respect. Most biologists need to work with some kind of database these days and I've discovered that it's really helpful to know something about SQL. Even a tiny bit of SQL, like "SELECT * from table" goes a long, long way. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Discovering Biology in a Digital World) Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1220686 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:55:59 +0100 1220686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1002272&cid=t_168945_140_f&fid=35479&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarhousewife.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fantidote-to-computer-withdrawal.html Anyone? Because I had the worst case of computer withdrawal this week! This machine got some kind of virus that completely killed it, and left me computer-less. Then after re-formatting the drive, it came back! That took so much time and effort, just to get to that point, that I was utterly devastated. My husband, resident computer whiz, managed to do something that I couldn't do, and resuscitated the computer back to life, so now it's in the computer equivalent of physical therapy, learning to walk again. Personally, I'd love to just throw this thing out the window! Well, maybe off the roof, since I have a single story house and there are bushes and shrubs outside . . . But you get the idea! For one thing, this machine became part of our family in 2003, and the software is now horribly ou... The Bipolar Housewife Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1002272 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:36:00 +0100 1002272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=692586&cid=t_168945_82_f&fid=34665&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wakingupcosts.net%2F600 I made a tab on my iGoogle page for just my anesthesiology-specific widgets. Take a look... (Source: Waking Up Costs) Waking Up Costs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=692586 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:56:54 +0100 692586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=674087&cid=t_168945_82_f&fid=34665&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wakingupcosts.net%2F591 With only three weeks to go until the release of the iPhone the frenzy is peaking. What features will it have? What is the twelfth icon? Will it have a SIM tray? Where will be the best place to buy one? I decided to today that I don't care. Let me explain why I won't be buying Apple's iPhone. I've learned not to buy the first of anything Apple puts out. Though I love the company and have been buying their computers and other devices since the beginning, I think that (especially recently) there's good reason to be patient and let other people help Apple work out the kinks. I ordered the MacBook on the day it was announced....and had the heat-sink problem. I ordered the 24" iMac the day it was announced...and had it up and die on day four of owning it. There are other examples of released ha... Waking Up Costs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=674087 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:46:34 +0100 674087