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'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:48:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158968&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=38113&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.consumerreports.org%2Fhealth%2F2011%2F08%2Fgoogle-to-pay-500-million-for-running-pharmacy-ads.html As part of a settlement with the federal government, Google will pay $500 million for running ads by online Canadian pharmacies in the U.S. that the government says were illegal. The Canadian pharmacies do not require a prescription, and also sell counterfeit drugs. The $500 million settlement covers the estimated amount that Google collected in advertising fees, as well as revenue that the Canadian pharmacies received from people in the U.S. who purchased their products. According to New York Times Bitz Blog, when Google became aware of the governments investigation in 2010, it started requiring that online Canadian pharmacy advertisers be certified by the Canadian International Pharmacy Association. Google also stipulated that the Canadian pharmacies were only to advertise to Canadian... Consumer Reports Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158968 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:00:00 +0100 5158968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158972&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=38113&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.consumerreports.org%2Felectronics%2F2011%2F08%2Fstudy-surfing-the-web-at-work-can-pay-off-in-productivity.html Workers, rejoice! Scientists have evidence that browsing the Internet while sitting at your office desk may actually be beneficial to your job performance. The Wall Street Journal reports that Don J.Q. Chen and Vivien K.G Lim of the National University of Singapore have conducted research that suggests workers who surf the Web during work breaks may actually be more refreshed than those who spend their time making personal calls or answering e-mail. The study, "Impact of Cyberloafing on Psychological Engagement," was composed of two similar groups. In each, participants were divided into three smaller groups but given the same simple 20-minute task: Highlight as many instances of the letter E as possible in a sample piece of text. Each group was then assigned a different task for the nex... Consumer Reports Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158972 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:30:00 +0100 5158972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876419&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F29%2F7-good-reasons-to-cry-the-healing-property-of-tears%2F New York Times reporter Benedict Carey referred to tears in a piece as “emotional perspiration.” Given that I sweat a lot and hate deodorant, I suppose it makes sense that I weep often. But I’m not going to apologize for that, because after a good cry, I always feel cleansed, like my heart and mind just rubbed each other’s backs in a warm bath. In his intriguing article, “The Miracle of Tears”, from which I’ve borrowed some of the research for this post, author Jerry Bergman writes: “Tears are just one of many miracles which work so well that we taken them for granted every day.” Here, then, are seven ways tears and the phenomenon we call “crying” heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually. 1. Tears help us ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876419 Sun, 29 May 2011 10:58:25 +0100 4876419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820921&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F13%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-13-2011%2F Marketers are so good at making it sound like your problems will disappear with a sweep of their magic wand. It could be a pill, the perfect exercise machine, skin cream, a juicer or the latest gadget to cure whatever ails you. And we want to buy into the magic. It’s so easy to want to believe that life’s greatest issues can be cured with a single product or belief. But in most cases, real change takes hard work-deep in the trenches kind of hard. Sometimes we’re not ready to face that change. Believing in easy solutions can feel like an easy remedy when the truth of what we need to do is too great. Are you going through this now? Is there something you have been denying that needs your attention? Hope you’ll take some time this weekend to revisit the things in your ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820921 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:01 +0100 4820921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794898&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-6-2011%2F I took a few days off last week basking in the glow of a rare and beautiful sunny sky in Portland, Oregon. It felt like heaven. I almost forgot what it felt like to really live, to have the kind of day I think Leonardo da Vinci is talking about when he said, “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.” And it didn’t take much to make me feel that way. Just a bike ride near the water, dinner with friends, a trip to the zoo with my nephew. But in comparison to the daily grind, the to-do lists that never get finished, the endless amount of tasks that pile one atop the other, the feeling of just being for the sake of being was pure bliss. I realized that what was so sublime about the experience was that I was completely living in the moment.... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794898 Fri, 06 May 2011 10:45:55 +0100 4794898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4771054&cid=t_96083_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2Fk8BtoY49zhk%2Fdid_12_year_olds_make_my_iphon.php Last night we went to see "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" by Mike Daisey. Two hours vanished as we sat riveted and listened to interspersed stories of Apple and Shenzhen. Mike spoke of Apple and computers as a lover, familiar with the details, and knowledgeable in the special language of geeks and engineers. He was hysterically funny. And we all understood. After all, the night at the play was organized as a spring celebration by the Washington Technology Industry Association, a group intimately familiar with the ways of tech. From the music preceeding the show, to Mike's stories of dabbling with the "heretical Linux" platform and even sleeping around with Windows, now and then in the late 90's, we laughed, having been there ourselves and lived those moments. But once place ... Discovering Biology in a Digital World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4771054 Sun, 01 May 2011 15:26:21 +0100 4771054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684298&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=38113&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.consumerreports.org%2Fbaby%2F2011%2F04%2Fgetting-your-baby-to-sleep-can-an-internet-tool-help.html Sleep deprivation seems to go with the territory for new parents. But what happens when your baby doesn’t outgrow disrupted sleep patterns after two or three months? What if you’re still pacing the halls at 3 A.M., trying to figure out how to soothe your sobbing 11-month old, get her back to bed and be ready to face the world again at 7 A.M.? You might want to try the Customized Sleep Profile, an online tool that asks about the baby or toddler’s age, frequency of nighttime waking, what the parent usually does to help the child, and even whether a child snores. Based on the answers, the profile provides specific recommendations and routines parents can use to help achieve better sleep habits in their child, based on research-based methods rather than anecdotal remedies. ... Consumer Reports Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684298 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:30:00 +0100 4684298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642675&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F28%2Fdelusions-keep-up-with-the-times%2F Would you imagine the content of people’s delusions would change with the changing times? Well, according to Vaughan Bell writing over at Mind Hacks, they do. Research that analyzed the content of people’s delusions over the past few decades found that people’s delusions do indeed change. They recorded the content of the delusions for every patient with psychosis and while they didn’t find that the level of delusions changed, they did find that they tended to relate to the social concerns of the time. …more patients after 1950 believe they are being spied upon is consistent with the development of related technology and the advent of the Cold War. Delusional content tended to reflect the culture at the time, with focus on syphilis in the early 1900s, on Germans during... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642675 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:55:28 +0100 4642675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4552045&cid=t_96083_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F05%2Fa-series-of-personal-and-bloggy-updates%2F I just realized last night that I haven’t actually posted anything here since last Sunday’s round-up. In usual blogger style, I’m going to say how busy I’ve been. This week has been pretty packed at work, including work related to another women’s health topic comparative effectiveness review that might get done. I also found out that I get to go to the IHA health literacy conference this year, which I’m really excited about – but that of course took some unexpected time making arrangements and working with colleagues on a poster abstract. At home, I’m currently reading “The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex,” which I’m finding pretty compelling, and which talks about the ways in which d... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4552045 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:09:28 +0100 4552045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532211&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdr-watson-and-the-7-human-qualities-of-an-ideal-physician%2F2011.02.28 After the computer known as Watson easily dispatched of the best two human Jeopardy! contestants in history, IBM announced that one of the first applications of their artificial intelligence technology would be in the medical field. We should soon expect virtual physician assistants in the exam room. At least one of my friends even speculated that the days of human doctors are numbered. Is it possible that machines will replace humans in the doctor-patient relationship? I doubt it. According to a study done by the Mayo Clinic in 2006, the most important characteristics patients feel a good doctor must possess are entirely human. According to the study, the ideal physician is confident, empathetic, humane, personal, forthright, respectful, and thorough. Watson may have proved his cognitive ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532211 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:00:27 +0100 4532211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372090&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F23650516%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EComputers-As-People-Happy-Customers-and-Automation.htm Forget the Turing Test! (That test, proposed in 1950, was a measure of machine intelligence that required a machine to interact with a person so effectively that the person could not distinguish it from a human.) But you don’t have to try to fool people – research shows well-designed automation can make people feel like [...] CommentsCommentsRelated StoriesRivalry MarketingTop Neuromarketing Posts of 2010Most Immersive Outdoor Ad Ever (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372090 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:00:27 +0100 4372090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294786&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Fpost-apocalyptic-tokyo-scenery.html fantastic photo manipulations by Tokyogenso. See more here (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294786 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:30:34 +0100 4294786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294787&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Fzilok-peer-to-peer-renting.html From Mauro Cherubini's MoleskineZilok is a startup that offers an interesting service: peer to peer renting.How it works? Users post possessions they are willing to rent out, along with a price. The web site processes the fee, track the reputation of your renting partner and issues insurance for the item.. (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294787 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:23:00 +0100 4294787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4164530&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F11%2Fcloud-computing%2F Cloud computing has a lot of benefits. By having your information stored on someone else’s servers and accessible online, you have access to that information anywhere that you have an internet connection. We are currently using Google Calendar for the scheduling of our group. It comes in handy because putting information onto the calendar is relatively simple and because we don’t have to send the schedule and all of the updates to everyone every time there is a schedule change. Updates are instantaneous and everyone in the group in addition to the hospital administrators have the address to the calendar, so all anyone has to do is check online to see the most recent version of the calendar. If you use Google Calendar for your personal events, you can easily integrate your home ... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4164530 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:46:07 +0100 4164530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098514&cid=t_96083_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FglZQHbrzx10%2F I had an issue with my design website: FancyBox was broken on FireFox and Internet Explorer. It worked fine on Chrome, my daily browser. It turned out there was a conflict with the venerable Download Counter plugin for real-time web analytics package Mint running on the main domain. Download Counter rewrites the anchor HREF to redirect through a PHP script, which breaks Fancybox’s (and prettyPhoto’s) attempts to load the image. Quickie solution: configure Download Counter to ignore image files. Then cuss a lot until you feel better :-) I used Firefox’s “inspect element” command, which revealed the otherwise-invisible HREF voodoo. (Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment) David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098514 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:43:56 +0100 4098514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065377&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F10%2Fweb-site-blocking%2F Some time yesterday morning, EP Monthly was labeled by Google as a site that could be spreading malicious software to its visitors. Those who visit this site may get a message something like that contained below. From what I can tell, it seems to happen more often with Mozilla Firefox than it does with Internet Explorer. I haven’t been able to recreate the problem with Opera’s browser, either. Thanks to everyone for e-mailing me about the problems. All I can say is that our programmer is on the case looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. As you can tell from this link, sometimes hidden code can be difficult to detect. To be safe, please make sure that all of your antivirus programs are up to date. If you don’t have an antivirus product installed on your com... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065377 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:48:53 +0100 4065377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3961968&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fthis-and-that.html Well, it is safe to say that most of you think anonymous comments are a bad idea. I will leave them off for most likely permanently. If you want to comment, then sign up for a Google account. Stacey asked me to help her get out of debt last night. I was overjoyed to help – often worrying about her tendency to frivolously charge items on her many credit cards. She loves to shop for clothes and jewelry online. I told her it is going to take probably a year, but we could do it. Mom called me last night complaining about dad’s obsessive football watching habits. I smiled. I don’t much care for watching the games, but I will keep up with the scores on ESPN.com.  Dad and my brother are just fanatical about it, though. I cooked mom’s spaghetti last night and it was delicious. I mad... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3961968 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:41:00 +0100 3961968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3959936&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F09%2Fyou-dont-own-your-software%2F An article I read in Wired Magazine kind of ticked me off, although technically I should be ticked at myself for not reading the fine print of the software I purchase. A recent ruling by the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals says that software you purchase is subject to the license agreements contained with the software. Nothing new there. But if the license states that you may not resell or otherwise redistribute the software that you purchased, then you’re stuck with it. Up until this time, there was something called the “First Sale Doctrine” which states that one who purchases a copyrighted work may sell that copy without the copyright owner’s permission. Autodesk is a software manufacturer that produces a program called AutoCAD. The license agreement for Auto... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3959936 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:02:59 +0100 3959936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907672&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2010%2F08%2F26%2Fheart-chamber-orchestra.html The Heart Chamber Orchestra consists of classical musicians who use their heartbeats to control a computer composition and visualization environment. To my best knowledge, this is the first example of "group biofeedback". The musicians are equipped with ECG (electrocardiogram) sensors. A computer monitors and analyzes the state of these 12 hearts in real time. The acquired information is used to compose a musical score with the aid of computer software. It is a living score dependent on the state of the hearts. While the musicians are playing, their heartbeats influence and change the composition and vice versa. The musicians and the electronic composition are linked via the hearts in a circular motion, a feedback structure. The emerging music evolves entirely during the performance. The ... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907672 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:02:00 +0100 3907672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899361&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcomedian-takes-vacation-in-bathtub-no-electronics-allowed%2F photo via Daily Intel Comedian Mark Malkoff is taking a five-day-long vacation from technology – in his bathtub (which we think is a wise idea, because bathtubs and electronics don’t mix). He thinks he needs a break from all things electronic, so he’s got a list of things to do while he detoxes. It includes reading Gravity’s Rainbow, memorizing all of the U.S. presidents in order, and learning how to sew on a button — among other things. Thankfully, the tub isn’t filled with water, so Malkoff doesn’t need to worry about pruning during his vacation. If you took a break from your cell phone, TV, and computer, what the hell would you do instead? via Daily Intel Post from: BlissTree Comedian Takes Vacation In Bathtub: No Electronics Allowed (Source: Breastfeed... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899361 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:56:18 +0100 3899361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885389&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F19%2Fhow-many-scientists-does-it-take-to-rediscover-thoreau%2F If you haven’t heard of Henry David Thoreau, you might be forgiven for thinking he has nothing to teach us from his time on this planet 150 years ago. I think that perhaps the 5 scientists who thought they might learn something about the brain and attention by taking a little camping trip could have figured this out by revisiting Thoreau’s writings: I come home to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful. I have told many that I walk every day about half the daylight, but I think they do not believe it. I wish to get the Concord, the Massachusetts, the America, out of my head and be sane a part of every day. - Henry David Thoreau, Journal Even 150 years ago, Thoreau was writing about the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885389 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:15:39 +0100 3885389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876620&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Femail-and-the-environment-further-insights-into-data-storage%2F photo: Thinkstock Remember the article about how email attachments are bad for the environment from Mother Jones? It claimed that sending email attachments creates a lot of duplicate files, which mean that a lot more machines are needed to open and download the files, and a lot more server space is needed to keep the internet functioning. That article caused quite a stir over at Mother Jones, and it provoked a ton of comments — some outraged, some insightful. One commenter pointed out that opening up an email with attachments could actually save power consumption if, prior to opening the email, you were running a program that was using all of the computing power of the machine. The email would give your computer a break. Many commenters tried to dispute the idea that sending four email a... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876620 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:07:29 +0100 3876620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808671&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F08%2Fiphone-spyphone%2F I don’t use the iPhone and don’t want one, but for those who do use them … look at how much data it stores about you. This guy even teaches people how to recover information from the iPhone – including keystrokes, pictures, address book entries, call history, image maps, browser cache, and deleted voicemails. Moral of the story – if you plan to crank call the president, use a disposable phone. (Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room) WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808671 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:14:46 +0100 3808671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3795041&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fwonderful-beautiful-computer-hardware.html View Full Album (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3795041 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:12:00 +0100 3795041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3795040&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fthermal-matters.html I left work at nine and drove directly to Auburn to buy some thermal compound for my processor.  I thought I had a full tube of Arctic Silver, but it was empty.  I couldn’t install my processor without it.   I reluctantly came back to the Valley to start the job at my Benefactor’s house.  I really wanted to come home and play, but work beckoned.  Installing my processor would have to wait.  As I  had expected, it was a hot and sweaty job requiring lots of physical exertion.  I earned every bit of the $50 dollars my Benefactor paid me. “You work hard and very fast,” my Benefactor told me at one point as he stood in the backyard nosily surveying my efforts. “I can’t wait to get home,” I told him. “I have a new toy to play with. Com... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3795040 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:12:00 +0100 3795040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3787114&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fcomputer-in-pieces-being-cleaned.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3787114 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:26:00 +0100 3787114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767008&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FRiveW37X72s%2Ffoolish_jedi_dont_you_know_that_darth_jo.php The Force remains strong in Darth Jobs, even after antennagate. I actually love my iPhone 4 and haven't had any problems with it. Even so, I found the above video about Steve Jobs' infamous Reality Distortion Field to be hilarious, even though it comes from Taiwan and I can't understand a word of it. It doesn't surprise me in the least that Jobs' power derives from the dark side of the Force. ADDENDUM: Here's the same video with English subtitles. Well, it's not the greatest as far as English subtitles go, but you get the message I think. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767008 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0100 3767008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695509&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F2-psdzOydmg%2Fwhy_theres_no_new_logorrheic_insolence_t.php ...is because I lucked out and my iPhone 4 arrived a day early. Gadget geek that I am, I couldn't resist taking the time I'd normally spend blogging last night to set it up the way I like it. Yes, whenever I get a new smartphone, just as whenever I get a new computer, I like to start from scratch. What? Did you think it had something to do with something else, like a certain college student from Brandeis? Perish the thought! In fact, here's my response: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695509 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:30:09 +0100 3695509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3656839&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F13%2Four-brains-on-technology%2F Is technology taking over our lives? Or do some people just make choices with regard to choosing technology over interacting with their family and friends? I don’t believe that “technology” can take over our lives — unless we choose to let it. So it was with interest that I saw a lengthy article written over at the New York Times, “Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price.” I was going to comment earlier on the article, thinking it was going to be this thoughtful, in-depth look at how technology is impacting people’s lives for both the positive and negative. Instead, it appeared to be some sort of story revolving around a guy called Kord Campbell and his family. Kord apparently has a hard time prioritizing things in his life — to the poin... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3656839 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:21:44 +0100 3656839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610055&cid=t_96083_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fsleep-friendly-software-makes-your.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610055 Sat, 29 May 2010 13:24:00 +0100 3610055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563723&cid=t_96083_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fgreen-light-also-alters-sleep.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563723 Thu, 13 May 2010 19:24:00 +0100 3563723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480913&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Flegitimate-uses-for-bit-torrent.html Comcast just recently won a big and groundbreaking court case where they could start blocking bit torrent on their networks.  The courts basically said the FCC didn’t have any jurisdiction in the matter.  This was a terrible blow to Net Neutrality in my opinion.  I will agree that most kids, teenagers, and college kids are using bit torrent to download movies and music illegally.  But there are legitimate uses.  Just this morning, I wanted the startup sound for Windows Millennium/2000 and found it easily on bit torrent.  Searching Google for it was a quagmire of commercial crap I had to weed through and I still couldn’t find it.  I gave up on Google and found it within seconds on bit torrent.  Yesterday, I downloaded the latest free distribution ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480913 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:02:00 +0100 3480913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480918&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fyou-just-gotta-sigh-and-laugh-sometimes.html I just got a nasty virus on my computer. Nasty! I have a Streamlink subscription my sister gave me for Christmas with Coast to Coast AM so I can listen to last night’s 1am to 5am show the next day.  Sometimes, I am impatient and go to bit torrent as the show is available faster there than it can sometimes be downloaded through the own company’s website.  That’s what I did this afternoon and got a nasty virus.  It was in the guise of a virus scanning program and it was “trying to help me get rid of all the viruses on my computer”.   I knew something was bad wrong when I saw the Java prompt pop up which is notorious for security holes and then my browser would redirect after a few seconds to the virus scan website.  I couldn’t even browse the web.&nb... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480918 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:56:00 +0100 3480918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463828&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-blogging-day_13.html Back to Vista… Well, I can’t just leave well enough alone.  I was completely dissatisfied with Windows 7.  There were a lot of things I just didn’t like about it.  Mainly the file system.  I was also having lots of problems with Windows 7 64-bit and iTunes, and have just discovered podcasts so have been using iTunes a lot despite it being the most buggy and bloated piece of software I have ever used.  So, I put Vista back on my computer and it took literally hours overnight to download and install all the security updates and service packs 1 and 2.  I updated my drivers.  Then, I had to reinstall all my programs.  Luckily, I only use a few.  Then came the backup of my new install so I could always go back to this fresh and fast state over ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463828 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:15:00 +0100 3463828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460180&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fk8pU0nTC3dI%2Fliving_through_a_revolution.php Markos Moulitsas is the founder and publisher of DailyKos, the world's largest political blog. He travels quite a bit and is dependent on his laptop and the internet. So I read his first experience with the iPad with a great deal of interest. Go read it (like they need the traffic; on a quiet Sunday night they are running 35,000 visits an hour!). Bottom line: overwhelmingly positive for someone who has a few, routine but critical functions handled by email and Microsoft Office level programs. I've already written about my own plans to get one later in the year, after the kinks are worked out. It cost a tenth what my original Apple II+ costs in 1981 dollars but has 333,000 times as much memory, a color screen and is connected to the internet. Technology has obviously made strides in 30 year... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460180 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:54:22 +0100 3460180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460379&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fhow-i-make-attitude-of-gratitude-video.html I start out with my Canon camera on a tripod.  I usually just sit on the bed.  I am lucky that my view screen on my camera can be opened and swiveled forward so that I can see what is being recorded. I record the video making a daily fool of myself then upload it to my computer via a USB cable.           Next, I open Windows Live Movie Maker which can be downloaded for free.  The file size of the video is usually very large often 300 to 400 Mb.  I want to get this down to a small size so I “save as” for email or instant messaging.   This gets the file size down to around 10 to 15 Mb so as to be easily uploaded quickly to YouTube. I don’t have much patience.        Next, I open up Windows Live Wri... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460379 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:18:00 +0100 3460379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460380&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmicrosoft-security-essentials.html Someone emailed me a few weeks back wanting my advice on a free antivirus program.  I suggested Google’s free Spyware Doctor with antivirus.  Well, I was listening to Leo Laporte The Tech Guy this weekend and he suggested Microsoft’s Security Essential’s antivirus and malware protection.  I downloaded and installed it and it works perfectly and integrates into Windows Update as far as definitions are concerned.  It really works well, is free, and it works real-time unlike Google’s Spyware Doctor which you have to pay to upgrade for real-time virus protection.  Try it out and let me know what you think.  I am of the mind that Microsoft should know more than any other virus protection service what viruses their operating systems are vulnerable to. &... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460380 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:05:00 +0100 3460380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460207&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-three-shrinks-podcast-51-vegan.html For this podcast I brought some homemade vegan gingerbread cookies that I baked using a recipe from the Steph Davis blog. I'm also looking for a good sugar cookie recipe that doesn't use refined sugar or all-purpose flour. If you've got one, send it along.We discuss my post Is it malpractice to lie? which involves a surgeon sued for malpractice for allegedly lying to a patient regarding his professional background. We wonder how much, if any, information physicians may some day be obliged to disclose to their patients prior to treatment. There is a new type of research being done, called "in silica" research, in which people write computer programs to model behavior. We talked about computer models of suicide and how this can replicate suicide epidemics in real life. Roy is inspired to tal... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460207 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 3460207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443633&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2Fc6u4gVP_Heg%2Fthe_eternal_question_about_the_new_ipad.php Will it blend? Personally, I doubt I'll be getting in iPad. I have an iPhone, after all, and I don't see where I would use something like the iPad rather than my laptop. Most of the stuff I need to do with a computer that I can't do on my iPhone requires Microsoft Office and various graphics programs. There just doesn't seem to be a niche in my computing habits that isn't already filled by my laptop or iPhone. That could change as the iPad evolves, but for now this Apple fanboy is going to abstain. On the other hand, I wonder where you get a job like this guy's, where I'd get to blend things just for the hell of it. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443633 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3443633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440812&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FDlo-QyzDZLY%2Fon_sunday_i_indicated_id.php Add milk and ice cream: Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440812 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:47:09 +0100 3440812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437908&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-blogging-day_05.html Treating Symptoms, but not a Cure… I was thinking this morning how most of the medications we take treat symptoms and do not cure our ailments.   The only cures I could think of were vaccines for like polio.  I take Risperdal.  It controls the symptoms of my schizophrenia to a certain degree, but it doesn’t cure the disease.  Many people take medications to LOWER their cholesterol and not to cure what is causing the problem.  It was just food for thought and I don’t know what got me to thinking about this this morning. I thought is was interesting, though.  Big Pharma must love this – to keep us on medications.  They wouldn’t make much money if the ailment could just be cured.  (Oh, that sounded conspiratorial and paranoid schizophreni... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437908 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:46:00 +0100 3437908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437707&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FSnrWFeGUrnQ%2Fthe_ipad_and_the_more_things_c.php I haven't bought myself an iPad yet, but I'll probably do it before heading off on vacation in August. By that time it will have passed its shakedown phase and we'll know the best and worst. But from what I see and hear it looks pretty good, especially if you travel a lot. My trusty MacBook Pro weighs about 6 lbs with everything and this is less than 2 lbs (if I spring for the docking keyboard). One knock on it is price: $499 (and more if I go for the 3G version at $630. But it's all relative. Relative to what? Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437707 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:00:34 +0100 3437707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436392&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-blogging-day_04.html No Alcoholic’s Anonymous Last Night… George never called me back about the AA meeting so I assume he went to his poker game.  I stayed home and waited on Charlie to come.  I have taken a “live and let live” attitude towards George lately.  I don’t judge him knowing all too well the rigors of addiction.  My help is there for the asking, but I can’t babysit him either.  I guess I am not a very good friend it seems.  I should be nagging him to death about meetings.  Let Go and Let God? I haven’t slept much the past few nights and joined a midnight online AA meeting.  It was just your standard share meeting, but one poster caught my eye with what she wrote.  She said she was learning to “let go and let God”.   I was confu... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436392 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:58:00 +0100 3436392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436255&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F04%2Fvirtual-operating-systems%2F Suppose you want to try out a new Windows program but you don’t want to mess up your registry. Or suppose you need Windows XP to run a program, but you don’t want to install Windows XP on your computer. What if you want to leave absolutely no traces of your computer activity? Or maybe you want to use a program but aren’t sure if it has a virus. There are a lot of uses for “sandboxing” operating systems or programs. Here are three free programs you can use to protect your computer. Microsoft Virtual PC is an updated version of a product that was initially introduced by Connectix. Virtual PC is a program that runs virtual hard discs on your computer. You create a virtual hard disk, then you install an operating system just as if you were installing the operating... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436255 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:35:07 +0100 3436255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436397&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Flook-at-ubuntu-linux.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436397 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:32:00 +0100 3436397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435232&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-blogging-day.html Mental Illness Strikes Overnight... I was so disheartened when I woke up in the middle of the night with a severe anxiety attack.  I had never had that happen before.  My heart was racing wildly. I felt mentally discombobulated.  I was drenched wet in sweat.  My eyesight was all askew.  I lay in the bed scared to death and it took two hours to pass.  I don't know what I am going to do.  I am so scared of these attacks.  They are agony.  I wouldn't wish them upon my worst enemy. Charlie Arrives... Charlie arrived last night bearing lots of gifts.  He brought me two Big Macs, a large fry, a regular cup of Coke, and then six diet Cokes for tomorrow.  I took all my medications and we sat down to talk.  Charlie is Maggie's favorite pe... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435232 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:08:00 +0100 3435232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435233&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-end-of-blogging-day_02.html Online AA Meetings… A friend wrote to me today that an online AA meeting was just no substitute for a real world meeting – that you couldn't discern body language and also the inflections in someone's voice.  They sure are convenient, though, but I agreed with him.  They are certainly no substitute.  I find myself daydreaming about Heineken tonight much to my alarm.  Were there is a will, there is a way, and I could always find a drink if I wanted to.  I could always call George and say I needed some money for Cokes.  I attended an online meeting this afternoon.  We discussed how alcoholics have trouble with relationships.  At least, we tried to.  It was rather chaotic with many people trying to change the subject and talking out of turn.&nb... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435233 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:34:00 +0100 3435233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433143&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fmy-thoughts-for-day_02.html A Vacation… The next few days will be a vacation for me of sorts.  Mom and dad are off to Washington to see my brother.  This takes a LOT of pressure off me.  I won’t have to “prepare” and “perform” every night for dad to come with my medications.  I can let myself and the house go for a few days.  I don’t have to shave.  I don’t have to keep the den tidy.  I can just be an all around slob! lol  It makes me so nervous every night with dad coming and I don’t have to deal with that anxiety until next Tuesday. Computer Stuff… Charlie’s wife gave me her old laptop last night. Charlie bought her a brand new Dell Inspiron.  That was so kind of her, and I was surprised at what a nice laptop it was for being several years old.&nbsp... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433143 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:11:00 +0100 3433143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416055&cid=t_96083_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F03%2F28%2Freplaced-by-machines-outlook-not-so-good%2F Quick note: I’ve finally updated the CONTACT ME page so everyone can shoot me an email. This is the preferred form of contact as of now. (Because it logs use and filters spam) You can contact me for questions, off-topic comments, post topic requests, hate/love mail, and technical difficulties! The Angry Pharmacist shot down the idea. I concur. He had a particular pithy comment from some random assclown who called himself , Jim. Your post is typical of a technophobic Luddite. I’m sorry you don’t understand computers and fear them. The fact is, a computer program is far easier to fix and maintain than a mob of bad pharmacists. I would almost agree that the issues described above might occur during the first year after a deployment. These are called “bugs” in the software indus... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416055 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:10:22 +0100 3416055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3387037&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmy-thoughts-for-day_21.html Window’s Homegroups Stymied Me… I am enjoying my morning today.  I slept nonstop from between 11pm to 9am this morning.  I guess my body needed the rest.  Maggie is still sleeping – not getting quite enough of her beauty rest.  The National Weather Service has the possibility of snow in our forecast for tonight.  Strange.   I will believe it when I see it.  I currently have the air conditioner on it is so warm outside and inside. This morning, I have been fiddling with my computer trying to share files between the two of them.  Window’s 7 has what is called “homegroups” for sharing that you have your computers join.  Microsoft made this entirely too complicated with passwords and hoops through which you must jump to get it to w... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3387037 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0100 3387037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370470&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fsuicide-and-social-learning.html I found an interesting article on the Public Library of Science web site called The Cultural Dynamics of Copycat Suicide. (And thanks to the author for being willing to share his information under a Creative Commons license---this is how medical research should be!)The author, Alex Mesoudi, used a computer model to study the effects of social learning and mass media influence on suicide clusters. He used a statistical method to see if suicides were clustered in time and space at an unexpectedly high frequency. This method is called an agent-based similiation, and is commonly used to model transmission of infectious disease. I'm not going to pretend to understand the statistics behind this! If you're curious you can read that part of the article.He started by explaining the difference betwe... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370470 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3370470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366256&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdinahs-away-clink-will-play.html So Dinah has gone off on vacation and left Roy and I in charge of the blog. Doesn't she know what a really really bad idea that is??The day started off with her calling me to help with a computer problem. Dinah wanted to download a movie to watch on her iPod on the plane. No problem, except that she needed to upgrade iTunes to do this. She downloaded iTunes but for some reason it didn't install (she later asked me which password she was supposed to enter during the install process, that may have been part of the problem). So I talked her through the upgrade and told her how to open system preferences and get to the software upgrade control panel:"Go down to the bottom of the screen until the little launch bar pops up. Then click on the little picture that looks like a gear.""Deer??" Dinah ... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366256 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3366256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339798&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmy-thoughts-for-day.html More Signs of the Spiral Downwards… When my mental illness flares up, all aspects of my life get out of control, jumbled and confused.  Another area of my life that was glaringly telling on me about my mental illness was my food consumption.  I quickly ran out of food bingeing to satiate this empty feeling in me and I have no way of buying more.  I sheepishly asked dad for two loafs of bread and some sandwich meat yesterday.  Grocery day was a long way away still being next Wednesday.   “Your mother bought you fourteen Lean Cuisines!” dad exclaimed.  “Where did all that food go?” “I ate it all,” I replied, keenly embarrassed.  “Did you throw it all up?” he then asked. “You told Dr. Kern you were struggling with your bulimia.”... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339798 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:23:00 +0100 3339798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3314637&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FZc8dfNYIxf0%2Fthe_fifteen_years_that_shook_t.php Fifteen years isn't a long time. Most of us can remember what we were doing 15 years ago. Often it's the same thing we are doing now, job-wise. Sure our kids were just kids, not adults. But 15 years isn't a historical epoch. At least not when you are living through it. But the fact is we have gone through a revolution in that period that will seem as profound as the 50 years from 1450 to 1500, the half century after Gutenberg and the invention of moveable type. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3314637 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:44:31 +0100 3314637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298574&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthoughts-for-day_23.html With my erratic sleep schedules, I guess I can’t complain when I get seven hours of uninterrupted sleep like I did last night.  I feel so good this morning.  Have you noticed the lack of mental illness whining these past few weeks?  I’ve felt better than I have in literally years.  I have a few hiccups from time to time, but nothing of the severity I had just a year ago.  I try not to talk much about my mental illness on the blog.  I find it tiresome and depressing.  I read a lot of mental illness focused blogs and I have about given up on them.  Most of them are all so obsessive about medications as if it were all some big game of Russian roulette.  Maggie slept with me all night which is always a joy.  I sleep better with her in the ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298574 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:27:00 +0100 3298574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276064&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmy-world-today.html Today is my injection in the derriere.  Amazingly, I didn’t feel ill mentally last night like I normally do when my medication levels drop to it’s lowest level of the two weeks.  Dad asked me last night how I felt and I told him fine.  “You look good,” he said. “You look like you’re taking good care of yourself, Maggie, and the house.”  Injection day is a special day because I get to get three regular 20oz Coca-Colas from the pharmacy on top of my six I got at 4 AM this morning.  We also weigh me to see if I’ve gained weight or lost.   I hope I’ve gained above 185 pounds so dad will leave me alone about the bulimia.  I’ve done really well about that lately.  I’ve only purged once in two weeks when I got indigestion. Windo... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276064 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:26:00 +0100 3276064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258995&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FPabkRccbsVE%2Fa_scientific_ethics_of_code.php I'm a scientist and my research is supported by NIH, i.e., by American taxpayers. More importantly, the science I do is for anyone to use. I claim no proprietary rights. That's what science is all about. We make our computer code publicly available, not just by request, but posted on the internet, and it is usable code: commented and documented. We ask the scientists in our program to do the same with the reagents they develop. Reagents are things like genetic probes or antibodies directed against specific targets mentioned in the articles they publish. There is an list of the reagents on the internet and instructions on how to get them if you are another researcher. Since giving you the link would also reveal the identity of one of the reveres, you'll just have to trust me that this is tr... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258995 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:35:08 +0100 3258995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3244032&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2F242-gb-of-music-you-think-i-have-enough.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3244032 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:00 +0100 3244032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239795&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmedia-matters.html I have over 500 compact discs I bought and collected in the years before I become sick and when I still worked full time.  Along with reading again, I’ve been able to listen to music avidly again for the first time in years.  Well, I’ve spent hours tonight ripping all my CDs into MP3s.  I have about 100 left and I will be finished.  I am slowly filling up that 2 Terabyte harddrive.  It is going to be so neat today to listen to music I love and haven’t listened to in years.  I have a complicated matter to share with you all this morning.  A conundrum of sorts.  I am almost finished with reading Interview with the Vampire.  Well, the library didn’t have the second book in the series, The Vampire Lestat.  They said it was on loan to a... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239795 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3239795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239797&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmy-new-desktop-wallpaper-railroad-to.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239797 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:24:00 +0100 3239797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236070&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmy-amazing-overclocked-processor.html I managed to overclock my processor from 2.83 GHz to 3.61 Ghz.  And that is both cores!  I set the front side bus to 1700 MHz.  I’ve ran a stability test for over an hour with no problems.  (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236070 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:29:00 +0100 3236070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227986&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fchoices-and-ramifications.html I had been homeless for about six months when I called my mother from my deceased grandmother’s house.  I had a key from when I lived with her.  Mom, her usually fretting self, immediately went into action.  She turned on the heat and made me a bed. “You’re not going to be homeless,” she told me. My father wasn’t too pleased, but what could he do?  Cast his son aside despite all his faults and drunkenness? I had planned on going to Nashville to live.  From reading “The Homeless Guy” I knew I could get a place to sleep, three meals a day, and social worker help.  I would also have my full disability allotment to drink with.  I wouldn’t have any expenses other than cigarettes and beer.   It was sad, though, that my life had come t... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227986 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:25:00 +0100 3227986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227987&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Femotional-basket-case.html You may have noticed a lot of photos on the blog lately.  Well, mom and I went to the bookstore, and I got a Dummies for Digital Photography.  And a Dummies for Photoshop cs3.  It has reignited my zest for photography. Last night, I told dad I am emotionally fragile; that I couldn’t take any shit out of him.  I can be an emotional basket case around the time of my injection and it is Tuesday.  “I’m sorry,” he said. “I forgot.” All was forgiven and we are cool again.  He held my hand the whole time he was here to give me my nightly medications. George called me this morning and he is chomping at the bit for me to come and hook up his computer. “I got the nicest one Wal-Mart offered,” he said. Today, the cable company also comes to hook up his ... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227987 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 3227987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642966&cid=t_96083_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F30%2Femerging-threats%2F To humans— An identified emerging threat to mankind (in the United States at least) is the smallest bacteria, Mycoplasma genitalium. It is sexually transmitted. According to the University of Texas Medical Branch‘s (UTMB) Medical Discovery News, infection rate is up to 4% among young adults. To humans’ pockets— Chilly Saturday mornings such as today makes for a better appreciation of a warm cup of coffee and  re-swooning over the beautiful new machine from Steve Jobs’ garage of translated technology. I have read the bashing, it doesn’t matter. It still passes as a looming (and welcome?) threat to everyone’s pockets. If only all threats have benefits… (Source: the story of healing) the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642966 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:28:51 +0100 4642966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220469&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F8HX34Fuslk4%2Fhitler_doesnt_like_the_ipad.php You knew it was coming. You knew from many previous incidents that it was inevitable: Who knew Hitler was such a Mac geek? Personally, although I think the iPad looks like a really cool device, I'm really not sure where it would fit into my life. I already have an iPhone, which I love, and I already have a MacBook Pro, which I also love. Given that, I just don't see the need for the iPad, at least not for me. However, I also know that I'm not the sort of person for whom the iPad was designed. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220469 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3220469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220721&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcommand-center-grows-they-will-be.html (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220721 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:26:00 +0100 3220721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216819&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fto-porn-or-not-to-porn.html One day, George and I were sitting down at the shopping center drinking our beers hidden in paper sacks.  George said to me, “I want a computer.  I want to download pictures of black women with big butts!”  I died laughing.  I was already half drunk and he was three sheets to the wind.  He never said anything about computers ever again until today. “I want a computer,” he told me over here last hour. “I have the money now that I am not drinking.” “What are you going to use it for?” I asked warily, worried Mrs. Florene was going to walk in on him looking at obscene websites. “I heard you can play poker and gamble online, and other stuff,” George replied. I sighed with relief.  George gambling was the least of my worries.  I lectured Geo... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216819 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:44:00 +0100 3216819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212580&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwise-cracker.html Last night, dad and I were watching TV.  Dad compulsively changes the channel looking for something to watch.  It drives mom crazy and she will have to leave the room.  Well, dad stopped on a channel with a very Charismatic preacher preaching. “That’s Danny,” dad said. “I went to school with him.  Class of ‘64.” You could tell it was a local channel due to the poor quality of the picture.  It looked washed out and grainy.  Well, Danny was going at it; preaching hell fire and brimstone.  “I know he means well,” dad said. “But he comes across as kind of crazy!” I kindly laughed.  Dad did have a point.  He had got to preaching so hard and loudly that his hair had become disheveled.  “You ought to reunite with him and go... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212580 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:00 +0100 3212580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212581&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fpersistence-pays-off.html Well, dad gave me the HDTV.  Here it is hooked up as my main monitor on my computer.  What glory! (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212581 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:28:00 +0100 3212581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208661&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fya-gotta-watch-what-mom-will-say.html My and mom’s talks have become regular.  “Come over for awhile,” she told me over the phone last night.  I had a toothache and needed some Tylenol so I headed over.  Killed two birds with one stone as they say. “Get you some cokes out of the fridge,” mom said when I arrived. “But don’t tell your father.” I happily walked into the kitchen to get a Diet Coke to take my Tylenol.  It was the best tasting coke I had ever had and I told mom so. We talked for a long time mainly about dad and his peculiarities.  Mom was fretting again when I told her I had computer problems all day.  I worked on my computer for hours and hours and finally got it fixed.  My master boot record had become corrupted somehow and I had to format my drive and reinstall V... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208661 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:11:00 +0100 3208661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189076&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FHE544QThhFc%2Fthis_must_not_come_to_pass_quacks_winnin.php Although I have a Twitter account, I really don't use it all that often, other than having set up an automatic feed to Tweet all my new posts for the blog. True, I do from time to time have flurries of activity (usually when I'm trapped in a particularly boring conference) or am inspired to tweak J.B. Handley or other anti-vaccine kooks when they start Tweeting nonsense, but for the most part I remain a blogging kind of a guy. One could argue whether it's my tendency towards logorrhea on the blog rendering me incapable of hewing to the 140 character limit for Twitter, but whatever the reason I'm not that active there. Perhaps that's why I'm a bit late to the party and hadn't heard of the Shorty Awards, which are apparently being awarded to Twitterers in various categories. I'm also rather... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189076 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:00:33 +0100 3189076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175853&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FG6ERfjCc-hA%2F By Tad DeHavenOMB director Peter Orszag is blaming the inefficiencies of the federal government on outdated personal computers. That is hard to understand given that federal IT spending amounted to $200 million a day last year. A new GAO report on cost overruns at the Department of Energy undercuts Orszag’s argument that the solution to government incompetence is new computers. DOE cost overruns are nothing new. As far back as 1982 the GAO was reporting that “DOE lacked sufficient guidance to provide to its contractors for developing cost estimates.” A 2007 GAO report found that eight of 12 DOE projects it examined had exceeded their initial cost estimate by almost $14 billion due to “ineffective DOE project oversight and poor contractor management.” In 2008, GAO reported that ni... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175853 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:40:59 +0100 3175853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159725&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F01%2Fdouble-your-computers-speed-for-free%2F I used to like Norton Utilities for cleaning up my computer … until it became bloatware. I haven’t used Norton Utilities in several years. The ads on the radio touting a computer program that will “double your computer’s speed” … for only $39.98 per year … prompted me to write this post. There are three programs I use to clean up my computer. As you may have guessed from previous computer posts, the products are all free. CCleaner is a free product made by Piriform that does a good job at cleaning up rogue registry entries and junk files on your computer. I don’t think it scans as deeply as the other programs, but a plus is that it can be installed to run on thumb drives, so you don’t have to install it on your computer at all in order ... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159725 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:49:46 +0100 3159725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157659&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Flook-for-simplest-solution-first.html Charlie’s wife called me last night panicked that her computer wouldn’t boot up.  I had visions of fried motherboards and sketchy RAM.  “Charlie’s coming by to pick you up,” Janice said over the phone. Charlie pulled up just as I was hanging up the phone.  I guess they realize I am a home body and am always home. “Janice is about to drive me crazy about that computer!” Charlie hissed as I got in the car. “She wanted me to go to Wal-Mart and buy a new one.” When we arrived at Charlie’s house, I went back to the office and pushed the power button.  Nothing.  I took off the cover of the case to look for any wires and cables unplugged, or anything shorted.  Nothing.  I was stumped.  I sat in the desk chair and thought for a very lon... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157659 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:19:00 +0100 3157659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157660&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwindows-live-writer-now-supports-photo.html A new feature in the latest release of Windows Live Writer now allows you to upload photos to your Blogger blog via your Picasa account.  It is so simple.  You just pick the photo, format it, and click publish! Viola!  It is much easier than the cumbersome and clumsy Blogger interface and much, much quicker as well.   Almost as ten times as fast. Windows Live Writer Download (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues) The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157660 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:39:00 +0100 3157660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156654&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcomputer-stuff.html I haven’t had anti-virus protection on my computers in years.  I’ve just always been careful about what I download and what websites I visit.  Well, as luck would have it, after getting my new hard drive, I backed up my C: drive onto my new hard drive using Windows backup and restore.  The same day I got several Trojans downloading a program designed to help you back up your iPod.  I should have known a free program to do such a thing was too good to be true when all the others were going for $30 dollars.  Well, within minutes I had my computer back up and running using the restore DVD Windows 7 had made. Whew! Now, I have anti-virus running.  I gave in and relented despite most anti-virus programs being resource hogs.  The program I downloaded was fr... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156654 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:30:00 +0100 3156654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149295&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fsleep-wonderful-sleep.html “What’s worrying you?” my psychiatrist asked yesterday upon telling him I have terrible insomnia these days. I thought for a long second. “My computer,” I finally replied. “Dad ordered me a new 2 Terabyte hard drive and it still hasn’t come in.  I am very anxious about it.” My psychiatrist smiled telling me how much he loves to work on his home computers as well.  “A man of my own heart,” I thought. “I’m hesitant to prescribe any more medications,” he told me. “You are already on so many.  I am going to give you some relaxation CDs and I want you to listen to them before bed.” I was extremely dubious of these CDs.  I scoffed internally.  How can a mere compact disc of a lady talking and music help you sleep eight hours?  I was w... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149295 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:32:00 +0100 3149295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3139236&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fi-make-house-calls.html “Janice’s email has quit working,”  Charlie told me of his wife as he stood at my door a moment ago.  “She’s driving me crazy and told me to come get you.  I am so sorry to bother you.” Charlie could see from the couch and quiet house that I had been taking a nap.  Power napping as I like to say.  I wasn’t bothered, though.  I assured Charlie I would be overjoyed to help. The fix to Janice’s email problem was a simple solution.  I had it back up in just a few minutes.  When I finished, Charlie was talking on his cellphone to someone about Waterford crystal so I took a seat in the den to watch TV.  Soon, we were back on our way much to my relief.  I had started to feel anxiety as I sat there to the very loud din of the televi... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3139236 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:03:00 +0100 3139236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137494&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2010%2F01%2Fportable-apps%2F I have a “thumb drive” attached to my keychain. That way, I always have information with me and I don’t leave my drive behind when I leave (since I can’t go anywhere without my keys). I keep two sets of files included on the keychain. First is a set of personal files that are encrypted with TrueCrypt – a free encryption program. I can decrypt them on any computer I want just by running the Portable Mode of the program. The second set of files is my computer geek recommendation for the day: PortableApps.com With this platform, you can run a set of applications from your portable USB drive without ever installing the programs to a computer. When you surf the internet, all the cookies and site information stay on your USB drive. If you want to use a program and i... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137494 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:15:58 +0100 3137494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3115272&cid=t_96083_140_f&fid=35433&url=http%3A%2F%2F4thavenueblues.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Ffret-fret-fretting.html I was standing over at the Apple I-pod display case in Wal-Mart this afternoon looking at the display models.  "It is so tiny to be 160 gigs," I thought of my I-Pod to myself as mom approached me from behind.  We were shopping for a new battery for mom's remote entry remote for her car.  I also got some socks, t-shirts, and blue jeans. "Are you going to get an iTunes gift card?" she asked me as I turned to look for her coming.  "Don't get an expensive one.  And what if it doesn't work?  You know your father would never let you use his credit card to open an account." "30 bucks," I replied. "What?" mom asked. "I don't know what you mean." "A 30 buck gift card is what I want," I told her. &quo... The 4th Avenue Blues blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3115272 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:09:00 +0100 3115272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108429&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2Fhead-chaise-couching-one-s-thoughts-into-a-brain-wave-sofa.html From Scientific American Two European designers, Dries Verbruggen and Lucas Maassen used their alpha waves as a source of inspiration for their design work, which resulted in a piece of furniture, the Brain Wave Couch. “The process is a wink to a rather futuristic design process,” the couch creators wrote in a press release, “for which a designer merely has to close his or her eyes, or merely rest, to have the brain do all the work, and create the data needed to have the CNC machine cut the shape of the sofa.” The x-axis of the couch represents Maassen’s brain waves in hertz, while the y-axis shows the amount of alpha activity as a percentage, and the z-axis is the time in milliseconds. Once the foam core of the sofa was completed, the designers covered it by hand in soft gray fe... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108429 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:44:32 +0100 3108429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3063338&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F06%2Favatar-can-t-wait-any-longer.html I just can not wait for the new James Cameron's movie Avatar... (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3063338 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:40:00 +0100 3063338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3061461&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F12%2F06%2Fthe-iphone-orchestra.html The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO) is a new repertoire-based ensemble using mobile phones as musical instrument. MoPhO's interactive musical works take advantage of the unique technological capabilities of today's hardware and software, transforming multi-touch screens, built-in accelerometers, built-in microphones, GPS, data networks, and computation into powerful and yet mobile chamber meta-instruments. The researcher behind the idea, Ge Wang, believes cell phones are becoming so powerful that we “cannot ignore them anymore as platforms for creativity. . . . It levels the playing ground in some ways, because everyone has a cell phone.”   The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra’s performance on December 3 at Palo Alto (CA) used an Apple iPhones amplified by speakers attac... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3061461 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:34:00 +0100 3061461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3029902&cid=t_96083_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fhow-computers-can-help-doctors-in.html (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3029902 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:00 +0100 3029902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981079&cid=t_96083_88_f&fid=38959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epmonthly.com%2Fwhitecoat%2F2009%2F11%2Fwhy-i-dumped-microsoft-office%2F Its been a while since I did a computer-related post. For those of you who didn’t read my old blog, I’m kind of a computer geek. I used to try to put up something every week or so about computer-related topics. Kind of fell out of that routine for a while, but something that happened to me last week prompted this post. I purchased a computer from an online store several years ago and along with the purchase was included a copy of Microsoft Office 2003. I have since upgraded computers, but still continue to use Microsoft Office 2003 on my computer as it is a decent program and suits my needs for presentations and word processing. I was content with using Office 2003 until I got an updated message via Microsoft’s “validation” process telling me that, after six ... WhiteCoat's Call Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981079 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:06:53 +0100 2981079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977400&cid=t_96083_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fdesmoid-tumour-mri.html Desmoid tumors are classified as extra-abdominal, intra-abdominal, or located within the abdominal wall. Abdominal wall desmoid tumors arise most commonly from the aponeurosis of the rectus abdominus muscle with out without intraabdominal extension.. Extra-abdominal tumors typically occur in the shoulder, chest wall, thigh, inguinal region, and back. Clinical symptoms are masked by the slow growth of the tumor and depend on the site to tumor involvement.Desmoid tumors have a similar attenuation to muscle on contrast-enhanced CT images. However, CT cannot distinguish a desmoid tumor from similar soft tissue tumors, making histological diagnosis necessary. MRI enables better tissue characterization of desmoid tumors by demonstrating intratumoral areas of low signal intensity on all pulse seq... Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977400 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:00 +0100 2977400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879492&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F10%2F10%2Fnokia-n900-hacks.html Enjoy   (Source: Positive Technology Journal) Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879492 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:22:00 +0100 2879492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865811&cid=t_96083_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fis-your-data-safe-5-tips-for-data-security-in-your-dental-practice%25e2%2580%25a6%2F Protecting patient data is a critical part of the modern dental practice – especially in light of HIPAA requirements. How does this translate into daily operations at your practice? Tom Terronez of Medix Dental has put together some tips to make sure you are doing all you can to protect your patient’s data… 1. Are you emailing patient information and digital x-rays to other doctors? Make sure that your office and the receiving office utilize encrypted email services. If you don’t, your data can easily be read on its path from your practice to theirs. HIPAA states that you are responsible for making a reasonable attempt at protecting your data. 2. Do you have a wireless router in your office? If you are using wireless Internet for internal purposes, make sure your router is a curren... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865811 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:42:53 +0100 2865811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842599&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fbrain-training-for-elderly-better-on-paper-or-computer%2F This study employs a 2 by 2 mixed factorial design (age group: young and old by game form: paper and Nintendo DS) to investigate effects of age and game form on usability, self-assessment, and gameplay experience in a supervised field study. Effectiveness was evaluated in task completion time, efficiency as error rate, together with self-assessment measures (arousal, pleasure, dominance) and game experience (challenge, flow, competence, tension, positive and negative affect). Nacke, L., Nacke, A., & Lindley, C. (2009). Brain Training for Silver Gamers: Effects of Age and Game Form on Effectiveness, Efficiency, Self-Assessment, and Gameplay Experience CyberPsychology & Behavior DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2009.0013 Related posts:Video Games Affect The Brain, Good or Bad? This is from an e... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842599 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:35:45 +0100 2842599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828160&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fvirtual-surgery-for-new-surgeons%2F Here’s something you might not want to know. Most surgeons learn how to perform surgery on real live patients. Sure, they start off as students practicing on cadavers but mostly, they learn by performing actual surgical procedures under the guidance of senior surgeons. However, researchers are looking to technology to change this learning pattern and have created virtual patient simulators for residents to practice on before using a scalpel on real patients. Clinical trials are currently being held at the Stanford University School of Medicine to test the effectiveness of this virtual reality training. They are integrating data from patient’s pre-op CT scans into a virtual patient simulator. The simulator consists of a endoscopic camera and mannequin head that is attached to a touch-fe... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828160 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:48:02 +0100 2828160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790260&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fdoes-twitter-make-you-dumber%2F Does Twitter make you dumber? According to one psychologist, yes it does. Dr. Tracy Alloway from University of Stirling in Scotland, who studies working memory, recently told an audience at the British Science Festival that some social-media behaviors are much more conducive to developing working memory than others. In her opinion Facebook is good while twitter is not. In fact, she sees microblogging activities such as twitter as reducing a person’s attention span. On the other hand, Alloway sees participating in facebook as enhancing intelligence. Interesting but I’m not buying it. To me, both social media behaviours can be as intelligence enhancing or intelligence numbing as you choose. It all depends on what you do with them and who you are following. What do you think? (image sourc... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790260 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:29:58 +0100 2790260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768619&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Flocate-diseases-with-outbreaks-near-me%2F Interested in finding out where the latest salmonella or H1N1 Flu outbreak is? Want to know what diseases are bugging your hometown or favorite vacation spot before you get there? Now you can do so not only in the internet with the user friendly HealthMap website but also with the recently released Outbreaks Near Me iPhone App. The iPhone app is hooked into the HealthMap site and every time you search of information, the HealthMap database is searched and the info is downloaded to your phone in map form. While the H1N1 flu takes center stage, in all, there are nearly 100 diseases listed on the database and all you need to do is select the disease you are interested in finding out about. It’s as easy as the push of a button, either via computer or via iPhone. The Outbreaks Near Me App wil... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768619 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:38:54 +0100 2768619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765944&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FFgh7Q2Ej7uI%2Fprecision_thieves.php As wrong and illegal as "smash and grab" theft is, I have to admit to a grudging respect for the skill and precision with which these thieves managed to despoil a sanctum sanctorum of computing, an Apple Store in New Jersey: Yikes. All in all, they took they took 23 Macbook Pros, 14 iPhones and nine iPod Touches, all in 31 seconds flat. If only these thieves hadn't put their ambition and skills to such an illegal and immoral use... Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765944 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:30:14 +0100 2765944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2762138&cid=t_96083_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2FOopsNBgNcO4%2F Prof. Delmar Larsen is an recent recent professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of California at Davis. Delmar’s current “labor of love” is developing a new online teaching resource to augment chemistry education while reducing excessive out of pocket costs for students.  We recently consolidated The Chem Wiki as a component of his larger project.  His current project is outlined below and I am working with him in a limited capacity to bring this to the attention to the masses. Delmar has sent me the following in the hopes that you might be interested  in this project, too. Currently at American universities, chemistry departments require introductory chemistry textbooks at an average cost of $190 per book. When combined with the accompanied study guid... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2762138 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:18:25 +0100 2762138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2745478&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthe-swine-flu-pandemic-game%2F Move Over Cluedo…Fluedo has arrived Trust the British to come up with a unique, even bizarre, way to combat Swine H1N1 flu. Most governments are focusing on helplines, information on anti-viral drugs, and specialized clinics. But British health chiefs have looked outside the square and created The Flu Pandemic Game. It’s a role-playing game that simulates ‘the effects of a flu pandemic on staffing in an imaginary group of small businesses’ through the role of the dice and chance cards. The players (3 to 60) assume staff identities at imaginary workplaces. The game has 15 rounds that represent 15 weeks of work. The players learn whether or not they will go down with the flu through the roll of the dice, with certain sets of numbers indicating their fates. As the rounds progress,... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2745478 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:54:51 +0100 2745478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741371&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fexoskeletons-on-the-move%2F Japanese scientists, always at the forefront of robotic innovation, created a robot suit that they say improves mobility and also allow the wearer to carry more. The hybrid assistance limb, otherwise known as HAL, was developed with the goal of helping the injured and the weak get around. Made by Japanese robotics company Cyberdyne, the exoskeleton is a 10 kilogram (22 pound) machine that belts at the waist and has a battery and computer system at the back. HAL’s bio-electrical sensors, which are attached to the body, are able to capture electromyogram signals on the person’s skin control the way someone walks. As a result, a HAL suited individual will be able to walk up to speeds of 1.8 kilometres an hour. Interested? Well, you can rent your own suit from Cyberdyne for  220,000 yen... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741371 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:17:17 +0100 2741371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730146&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fto-be-or-not-to-be-my-kids-friend-on-facebook%2F Or… Whether ’tis nobler to be an invasive parent or trust your teenager? That is the question. The fastest growing segment of people on Facebook (FB) are those over thirty-five years old. A lot of them are parents. It won’t be long before some very clever hacker will produce Facebook G2: ‘Where your mom can’t find you.’ Why? Because even in the Internet-cell phone- GPS age, a developing young adult wants his or her privacy. Is that so bad? This question came to my attention when I first joined Facebook about a year ago. Being a newbie, I did everything Facebook instructed me to do, including invite everyone in my email address book to be my ‘friend’. That included my teenage son, M. One day M. passed by me in the kitchen and we did a stop and chat. “Hey, you never... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730146 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:01:39 +0100 2730146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2727101&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2F1st-u-s-rehab-center-for-internet-addicts%2F Are you addicted to the internet? Not sure? Well, according to reSTART, the first US rehab center for Internet Addiction,  if you have  5 or more of the following signs and symptoms, the answer is probably yes So, go ahead and check it out. Think about your internet and computer use and then answer yes or no to the following:    Failed attempts to control behavior  Heightened sense of euphoria while involved in computer and internet activities Craving more time on the computer and internet Neglecting friends and family Feeling restless when not engaged in the activity Being dishonest with others Computer use interfering with job/school performance Feeling guilty, ashamed, anxious, or depressed as a result of behavior   Changes in sleep patterns Physical changes such as weight gain ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2727101 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:06:42 +0100 2727101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657599&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fchocolate-for-the-brain%2F Last month, over 350 medical professionals, computer experts and entrepreneurs gathered for the fifth annual Games for Health Conference in Boston and discussed out topics such as how computer games could boost patients’ health. There were even sessions that specifically focused on the relationship between gaming and cognitive health and whether games can help change behavior and/or improve balance for people with neurodegenerative diseases. Me - I’m all for the idea that games can help maintain cognitive health as well as possibly improve memory. And with that in mind, I’d like to introduce you to my latest find - Chocolatier: Decadence by Design. Seriously, what could be more fun than spending an hour or two pretending that you are a chocolatier building up a chocolate empire f... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657599 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:13 +0100 2657599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653696&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fever-dreamed-of-being-a-heart-surgeon%2F Well, here’s your chance… Have a go at Open Heart Surgery. Definitely not for the faint of heart. With a simulated heart monitor beeping away, the pressure is on to perform. There’s a choice of three levels - intern, surgeon, and specialist. I should have chosen intern but I wanted to be the top gun. Bad move. As a specialist, I killed the patient within seconds. I was advised to ‘call my lawyer’. Or maybe something a little less challenging - performing open heart surgery on a stuffed bunny . Easy you think! Think again! You have 60 seconds to shock the heart, make an incision, do some intraoperative tasks and then suture the poor bunny back up.  I tried but the poor bunny did not survive. Don’t know about you, but my dream of being a (successful) su... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653696 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:27 +0100 2653696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630111&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fa-cactus-for-your-computer%2F If you’re like me and spend way too much time in front of the computer, you might want to consider livening up the area surrounding the computer with a cactus or two. According to the daily green, some Swiss researchers in the mid-1980s did some tests and found that people ‘who used to suffer from headaches and tiredness felt better after working for two years with a cactus next to their monitors.’ Why? One theory is that the cacti, which grows in areas of extreme heat and dryness, is able to counter the effects of harsh solar radiation. My theory - the cactus simply reminds people of wide open spaces and helps their minds  escape from the confining office cubicle. A totally unscientific theory but it works for me. (image source) Post from: Healthbolt (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630111 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:17 +0100 2630111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2622032&cid=t_96083_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2Fvwj4RC4ugoc%2F I purchased a MacBook Pro.  It’s sexy, yes, but that’s not why I bought it.  Let me convince you why you should consider the same purchase. First of all, you have probably noticed a recent proliferation of polycarbonate and aluminum notebooks floating around the undergraduate masses.  If you’re a parent of a reasonably articulate child, they have undoubtedly asked of some type of brand name Apple accessory, if not the full Monte.  This sudden emergence of omnipresence is more than just a trick on your eyes or a sudden perception – it’s a monumental ground swell occurring under the feet of the Millennial Generation (which would be my generation, I suppose) as the personal computer is increasingly an item of both utility and luxury and those that can afford ... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2622032 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:28:38 +0100 2622032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2606265&cid=t_96083_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fcost-of-a-new-computer%2F4870%2F It is very easy to underestimate the cost of a new computer. The cost of purchasing a computer is relatively straightforward. You pay the price that on the sticker. However, there are two other areas of cost that are often overlooked. Let’s briefly look at each of them. Maintenance costs Computers are like cars. They have a finite life and at some point it is very likely that they will both need repair. The older they are, the more likely it is they will need repair. When people buy computers, they often focus on the sticker price and not the total lifetime cost. The one year warranty that comes with a computer automatically may be a lot cheaper than the three-year coverage, but how long do you expect to have that computer? If you expect to have it for three years, it usually makes ... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2606265 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:00:42 +0100 2606265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598478&cid=t_96083_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2FlPKHW7XL9Qw%2F For the last few days I have been trying to figure out how I can do a simple Monte Carlo simulation on my computer without much success. In the last few months I have become convinced that by doing my own computer modeling I could probably avoid making a lot of unnecessary molecules.  Indeed, I see no reason why the notion hasn’t struck me in the same way the concept of checking a sample after a reaction for purity why should I check the reaction before I do it to see how well it might work? Firstly, it’s become pretty obvious that computational chemistry is a giant f.ing black box.  There are lots of force fields and data sets and letters followed by ** and shit and not a goddamn easy way to deal with ANY of it.  Let’s say I want to model a transition state, what do I... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598478 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:04:56 +0100 2598478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2572994&cid=t_96083_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Ffamous-people-with-dyslexia-silicon.html "I invested a lot of hours disassembling door locks and things like that. My mother just called it mischief."- William Hewlett, co-founder Hewlett-PackardBill Hewlett was co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, currently the largest technology company in the world. Hewlett had a difficult early childhood because of his dyslexia and loss of his father in his teens. What started out as a few hundred dollars and space in a garage would soon grow into a high technology company with offices in nearly every country in the world. Hewlett's accomplishments were not limited to technology, however. Some believe his greatest accomplishment was in creating a model for creative corporations today..."...an egalitarian, decentralized system that came to be known as 'the HP Way'..."...one of the first all-company ... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2572994 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 +0100 2572994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570431&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fmixed-reality-humans-teach-med-students%2F It’s not all textbooks and anatomy labs for medical students these days. Advances in computer technology has opened up many new ways to help these future doctors. Take for example this pilot study by the University of Florida, the Medical School of Georgia, and a couple of other universities. They are using a ‘mixed reality human’ consisting of a life size computer avatar on a flat screen TV and a mannequin with a prosthetic breast. Her name is Amanda Jones and her job is to help teach students how to perform breast exams, an intimate procedure that once could only be learned ‘on the job’. But now, thanks to Amanda, students can not only learn the correct examination procedure in a laboratory setting. But it’s not all about the physical. Amanda talks - via a voice simulation sy... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570431 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:10:46 +0100 2570431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556392&cid=t_96083_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2F7-google-apps-every-health-professional-should-know-about%2F Today is my first guest post for this blog! I hope you enjoy it – and thanks to Lis from Perth for getting in touch with me! More and more web hosting providers, particularly the ones that are free, are powerfully persuading their clients to use Google Apps in order to manage their email more efficiently. This is typically due to the fact that the hosting provider wants to lower the overhead cost for processing that comes with operating POP accounts and saving disk space related to mail storage. In general, by using Google Apps, you get better performance and often better email support from your host. For example, if your host includes a single catch all type of email, you would probably still benefit from the use of Google Apps. You do have other options when it comes to email solut... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556392 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:47:19 +0100 2556392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2527922&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F06%2F26%2Freactable.html From the Reactable website: The Reactable is a revolutionary new electronic musical instrument designed to create and perform the music of today and tomorrow. It combines state of the art technologies with a simple and intuitive design, which enables musicians to experiment with sound, change its structure, control its parameters and be creative in a direct and refreshing way, unlike anything you have ever known before. The Reactable uses a so called tangible interface, where the musician controls the system by manipulating tangible objects. The instrument is based on a translucent and luminous round table, and by putting these pucks on the Reactable surface, by turning them and connecting them to each other, performers can combine different elements like synthesizers, effects, sample loop... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2527922 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:09:59 +0100 2527922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2507263&cid=t_96083_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fovercoming-jet-lag-with-help-of.html A new study published on June 19 shows that mathematical models can be used to design effective treatment schedules for jet lag. The tools were used to create optimal schedules for bright light therapy.The system was tested on a simulated 12-hour shift of a sleep-wake schedule. This is similar to what a person would experience when traveling from New York to Hong Kong. Simulation results show that the computer-generated treatment schedule produced faster performance recovery."This work shows how interventions can cut the number of days needed to adjust to a new time zone by half," study co-author Daniel Forger said in a prepared statement.Properly timed light exposure can reset the circadian body clock to align with a new time zone. But using bright light therapy at the wrong times can be ... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2507263 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:56:00 +0100 2507263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510384&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthis-virtual-heart-pumps-up-the-realism%2F It looks like a real heart. It acts like a real heart. But in reality, it’s only a  super-realistic computer model. Created by a team of doctors from the Heart Hospital in London, this virtual heart is perfect for medical students to get indepth knowledge of the heart’s anatomy. It sure beats staring at a dull anatomy textbook or static model. It can be viewed from both inside and out, rotated around any axis with a simple flick or click of the computer mouse or keyboard.  It can even be made to simulate irregular heart beats and mirror the effects of various conditions and diseases. (source and image) Post from: Healthbolt (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510384 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:48:40 +0100 2510384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510744&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FCxC6RbOzTHo%2Fwhen_your_computer_crashes_you.php No swine flu again today. At least no swine flu on this blog. There's a shit house full of swine flu in the world. But we are otherwise occupied and there is a bevy of terrific flu bloggers out there. And I was away from the keyboard all day yesterday, which causes serious withdrawal symptoms: anxiety and palpitations when I think of the email piling up and the posts not written. It could be worse. I could be around my computer and seriously injured: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510744 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:54:34 +0100 2510744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464220&cid=t_96083_113_f&fid=34637&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgaggio.blogspirit.com%2Farchive%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2Fgoogle-wave.html is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind t... Positive Technology Journal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464220 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:55:45 +0100 2464220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458164&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2F7-good-reasons-to-cry-your-eyes-out%2F New York Times reporter Benedict Carey referred to tears in a recent piece as “emotional perspiration.” Given that I sweat a lot and hate deodorant, I suppose it makes sense that I weep often. But I’m not going to apologize for that, because after a good cry, I always feel cleansed, like my heart and mind just rubbed each other’s backs in a warm bath. In his intriguing article, “The Miracle of Tears” , from which I’ve lifted some of the research for this post, author Jerry Bergman writes: “Tears are just one of many miracles which work so well that we taken them for granted every day.” Here, then, are seven ways tears and the phenomenon we call “crying” heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually. 1. Tears hel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458164 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:10:33 +0100 2458164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442902&cid=t_96083_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2F81-year-old-youtuber-over-5000-5-star.html Peter Zimmer, an 81 year old widower, of AskGeriatric.com has had over 2 million visitors to his youtube channel.He provides a huge variety of helpful information for senior citizens, as well as telling his life story on videos. Featured in many international magazines, such as Time Magazine, he is an incredible example of someone born during the "Paper Generation" who has joined the "Online Generation." (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442902 Sun, 24 May 2009 20:55:00 +0100 2442902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442732&cid=t_96083_149_f&fid=35784&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheChemBlog%2F%7E3%2FsbgWXIqIjG4%2F Here is a trick you can play if you want to get an Apple system for, all intents and purposes, the price of a comparably spec’ed PC:  Become a student Apple developer (you actually have to be a student.)  Here’s how - Buy a student membership to Apple’s “Cult of iTurds” developer connection by going here.  After a few hours they will send you an activation code, which you will input when you create yourself an account here.  Once you’ve done that, then you need to send them a copy of your student ID as well as your current course schedule to prove you’re a student.  I photoshopped mine, since I joined after I graduated.  (I know… bad me.  But f. Apple - srsly.)  Once you’ve done all that, purchase your computer at the developer ... The Chem Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442732 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:39:23 +0100 2442732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414880&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fwhen-keyboards-attack.html I am not certain why keyboards do not like me. I am not even sure why my keyboards do not like each other. One thing which I am quite positive about, however, is that I have far more problems with them than can be accounted for by chance. As I write this post, it is being done on a Dell Vostro 2510 which I bought, in part, because it is a business model laptop and this led me to believe that it might be built in a sturdier fashion than the models advertised for the general consumer market. This does not appear to be the case. Apparently, if I can touch it, I am likelier than most to break it. This upsets me dreadfully. I have long considered myself to be a person who takes good care of tools, electronics, vehicles, and even furniture. I clean and lubricate tools as necessary when I am fin... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414880 Sat, 16 May 2009 18:05:00 +0100 2414880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398723&cid=t_96083_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fleave-it-like-you-found-it%2F I’m sick and tired of coming in and finding things all clusterf.ed. Techs moving shit around. Floaters reorganizing things that they have no business touching. Staffers changing settings under the assumption that either: a)I won’t notice. b)I don’t care. or c)I will agree that their way is better. It’s pathetic, really. Now, I’m not being controlling here — at least not overly controlling. I mean, we have a community station that we occasionally use for internet searchers, but it’s main function is for accessing the online ordering program. The computer itself is quite finicky. If you log out of the program, it’s a bitch to get back on. I’ve taught every employee how to hit alt+tab to get out of the fullscreen ordering program to access... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398723 Sat, 09 May 2009 04:56:56 +0100 2398723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389715&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fhealthbolt-funtimes-how-to-make-a-baby%2F Think you know all about baby making? After all, you know all about the ‘birds and the bees’.  Unfortunately, for some people, baby making’s not that easy. They have to think outside the square and use such methods as fertility drugs, IVF, surrogacy, and maybe even adoption. But this couple seems to have come up with a unique way of baby making. It’s way out in left field. It will definitely make you laugh.   If only it was that easy for those who have trouble conceiving. Post from: Healthbolt (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389715 Tue, 05 May 2009 06:29:36 +0100 2389715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375935&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnitrolab.engr.wisc.edu%2Fmedia%2FP3Twitter.mov A University of Wisconsin biomedical engineering doctoral student posted a message on Twitter, a popular social media network, simply by thinking about it. His  message “using EEG to send tweet” was the result of using a brain-computer interface system that consisted of a electrode-studded cap which was wired to the computer. The student, Adam Wilson, wore the cap and then focused on the computer screen where the keyboard as displayed. (watch video) Justin Williams, a UW-Madison assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Wilson’s adviser, describes how it works… “The way this works is that all the letters come up, and each one of them flashes individually, And what your brain does is, if you’re looking at the ‘R’ on the screen and all the other l... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375935 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:50:41 +0100 2375935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349075&cid=t_96083_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Flistening-to-experts-inhibits-decision.html From Wired Science, college students given "expert opinions" before making choices in a financial decision-making paradigm, turned off executive function areas when decisions had to be made. The expert in this case was an Emory University economist who advises the Federal Reserve. "But students tended to follow his advice regardless of the situation, especially when it was bad. When thinking for themselves, students showed activity in their anterior cingulate cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex — brain regions associated with making decisions and calculating probabilities. When given advice from Noussair, activity in those regions flat lined."Certainly these days, its easy to point fingers at mistakes made by financial experts, but in Nicholas Kristof's Learning How to Think articl... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349075 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:03:00 +0100 2349075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348173&cid=t_96083_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FTqOUvanZs48%2Fdisinfecting_keyboards.php Fomites are inanimate objects that act as modes of transmission for infectious agents. You know. The doorknob or airplane armrest handled by someone who coughs on his hand or blows her nose. We know that some agents, like influenza viral particles, can remain viable (i.e., retain their ability to replicate in a host cell) for days or weeks. This doesn't automatically mean that fomites are an important mode of transmission, however. There is evidence those same viral particles lose their ability to replicate after only a few minutes on your hand. The apparent paradox is probably related to the fact that your hand is a biological environment, with many generic defense mechanisms. Door knobs are friendlier. Still, people worry about fomites and if you are reading this it is more than likely ... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348173 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:11:54 +0100 2348173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306909&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fblogging-fit%2F I admit it. I spend way too much time on the computer. If I’m not blogging about health issues here at Healthbolt, green issues at ecosalon, travel at Perceptive Travel, or travel writing at Write to Travel, I’m checking my emails, twitter and  RSS feeds. So I find articles like ‘10 Ways to get Fit WHILE Blogging’ a real help. It not only reminds me that I need to exercise but also provides interesting, unique, and fun ways to do so while chained to the computer. But knowing that I’m probably not the only one out there often chained to the computer, I thought I’d share their list of exercises with you… 1. Cyber Squats 2. RSS Raises 3. Move it! Break #1 4. Twitter Tummy Tone 5. Social Squeezes 6. 10 Minute Move it! Break #2 7. Inbox Incline 8. 10... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306909 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:11:32 +0100 2306909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2274547&cid=t_96083_132_f&fid=35024&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBlindscientist%2F%7E3%2F9jA2-x0PXc4%2F Despite rumors floating in the upper echelons on the interwebs, I must admit that I haven’t been approached, contacted, persuaded or forced to join Mendeley as a Community Liaison. I understand the rumours were founded on the statement from one of the company’s staff member that my role in the software development is “crucial” (not his exact words, but in the ballpark). I wish Gunn and Vidal all the luck. Related articles by Zemanta European Startups Put To The Plugg Test (uk.techcrunch.com) (Source: Blind.Scientist) Blind.Scientist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2274547 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:31:24 +0100 2274547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2272390&cid=t_96083_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F03%2Fpassword-jungle.html In these digital days, I find my mind crowded---no, littered---with passwords, usernames, and other detritus which seem to be the calling card of this cyber-centered culture. As addicted as I am to computing and informatics (an actual word, I'm told), the preponderance of passwords and PIN numbers which I must carry in my cerebral cortex is overwhelming. I'd love to see a study done of where in the brain such information is stored and whether those areas are hypertrophied in those of us who rely on them ad nauseum.Every week, it seems, I have to create yet another username and password for yet another website to which I need regular secure access. Although I try to use the same (or similar) password for everything, sometimes a new formation is required and my brain is further taxed in its ... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2272390 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:06:00 +0100 2272390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260638&cid=t_96083_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fyoung-restless-children-tv-bedtime.html The AP reports that there is some controversy over a bedtime TV program for children. “The Good Night Show” is a three-hour block of programs for children between the ages of 2 and 5. It airs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the PBS Kids Sprout network.A network executive says the show is a helpful tool in the “real world” where most homes have a TV on at night. It’s a better viewing option for children than other programs that are on at the same time.But critics say that parents should be interacting with their children instead of plopping them in front of the TV at night. They also say that TV viewing can make it harder for children to fall asleep. It stimulates them when they should be winding down.Research shows that there is good reason to be concerned. Studies indicate that watchin... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260638 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:03:00 +0100 2260638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2263874&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6369 Hospitals in Malaysia are in various stages of computerisation. Some are still very much pen and paper based whereas others are using state-of-the art “paper-less” systems. I say paper-less and not paperless which is a fallacy. Computerised systems do use paper- perhaps not as little as you might think since there’s still a fair bit of printing going on. Anyway I digress. I think computerisation will have its benefits in terms of increasing efficiency, after perhaps a difficult learning curve, but there might be some drawbacks when it comes to Electronic Medical Records . Will EMRs decrease health care spending in the long run? Actually at beginning it obviously will entail huge spending as the investment in software, equipment and training is considerable. Scott Haig in ... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2263874 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2263874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2255350&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FybrhB3_Q6G4%2Fin_case_youre_wondering_why_the_insolenc.php ...the reasons are threefold. Reason #1 is my iPhone. As I mentioned the other day, the microphone mysteriously stopped working while I was in Phoenix. At first I thought it was a network thing, as on less rare than I would like occasions I had had difficulty with AT&T in which I might have trouble making a phone call or people I called couldn't hear me even though I could hear them. But the problem persisted after I got home. (In restrospect, I wonder if the occasional problems I had had when people couldn't hear me after I connected were the canary in the coal mine for this total meltdown.) It was all very frustrating, as everything else about the phone appeared to work fine. So yesterday evening after work I made a stop at the nearest Apple Store, which, unfortunately, is not nearly a... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2255350 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0100 2255350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2172884&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fgotgigs-how-many-gigs-are-in-your.html It occurred to me recently that most of us carry a fair about of memory devices around in our pockets, purses, and belts.  I pointed out to Dinah at dinner recently my new 16GB thumb drive (Buy.com, $25).  After making some sort of dirty crack, I realized that I typically carry around over 40GB of memory on my person (new 16gig thumb drive, old 8gig thumb drive, 1GB thumb drive on keychain, 16GB iPhone 3G, and my Treo has a 500MB flash memory card in it).So, I want to know... How many gigs are in YOUR pocket?Let us know below.  Then post a picture of your gigs to Flickr, using the tag "gotgigs".  I'll put the pics here (as soon as I figure out how to do a flickr gadget).----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Shrink Rap) Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2172884 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:00:00 +0100 2172884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169845&cid=t_96083_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Finto-game-children-adults-process.html Using a virtual reality paradigm, Swiss researchers showed striking differences between how adults and children processed a realistic virtual reality environment. Whereas adults were able to activate prefrontal areas associated with self-reflection, regulation of emotions, and stimulus-independent thoughts, children appeared more reactive and subcortical in their responses, and unlike adults, they could not inhibit or downregulate their visual responses to the game The researchers conclude: "These findings highlight the relative susceptibility of children to the experience of presence in simulated environments and may have important consequences for pedagogical and educational interventions. One consequence might be that one should be more reluctant to expose children to emotional virtual ... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169845 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:01:00 +0100 2169845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2131298&cid=t_96083_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FGEemo5JbdBc%2Fpresident_obama_and_technology.php It's no secret that I'm a Mac geek, at least not to any of my readers, family, or friends. Neither is it a secret at my job that I'm a Mac geek, mainly because, although the university where I'm faculty is perfectly fine with Macs, the cancer center where my laboratory, clinic, and office are housed is not. Indeed, one might even say it goes beyond that in that it borders on being Mac-hostile. Oh, the IT department doesn't actually forbid Macs (although until a recent change in organization it was clear to me that they would clearly very much like to do so), but, until the recent hire of one woman who actually uses and likes Macs, it didn't really support them (although it did and does deign to let us hook them up to the network and Internet). Moreover, even now, its personnel still seem ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2131298 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0100 2131298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2089937&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F01%2F08%2Fis-playing-tetris-the-answer-to-dealing-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder%2F  A recent UK study has found that playing the computer based puzzle game Tetris soon after witnessing a traumatic event might just help erase memories of the events witnessed. In the study, forty participants between the ages of 18 and 47 were subjected to a 12 minute video that featured horrific images of physical injury and death. After watching the video, all the participants were then kept busy for the next half hour filling out forms. Then 20 of the participants were installed in front of computers screens and instructed to play Tetris for 10 minutes. The other 20 participants were left to sit quietly with nothing to do. The results: Those playing Tetris apparently reported less flashbacks to the images of injury and death they had witnessed in the video than those who had simply... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2089937 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:38:33 +0100 2089937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2078716&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F01%2F04%2Flooks-like-im-going-to-be-wii-fit-this-year%2F Well, it’s finally happened. A Nintendo Wii and it’s companions, Wii Sports and Wii Fit, arrived at the house today. And they’ve been the center of everyone’s attention ever since After the initial set up, all Wii Sports and many of the Wii Fit exercises have been tried out by one and all.     And I can’t see it stopping any time soon. So far, I’ve discovered that my Wii Fit age is way older that my real age, that my balance is non-existant, and that I’ve got a lot of work to do. But I’m not complaining - Wii Fit and Wii Sports make it look like improving my fitness is going to be nothing but fun. Well, got to go. I’m booked to play tennis in 10 minutes.   Tags: Exercise, Fitness, fitness video games, getting fit, nintendo wii, ni... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2078716 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:34:23 +0100 2078716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021413&cid=t_96083_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fprogrammed-prescriptions.html Today a computer told me that I couldn't use Prozac. More specifically, it said that the use of Prozac was contraindicated in people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This experience led me to conclude that the only thing worse than having an insurance company tell you how to treat your patient is having a computer tell you how to treat him.I'm required to use an electronic medical record. I don't generally mind this. The constant typing and the amount of time required for data entry is a pain in the rear, but I know it's the best way to ensure continuity of care between prisons. The problem is that the system also has preprogrammed treatment algorithms. I have no idea where they came from, who decided them and what data they're based on, but they exist. Episodically the computer tries to t... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021413 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:23:00 +0100 2021413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021555&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F477809466%2F10-gift-ideas-for-your-favorite.html 1. Motivational (or de-motivational, if you want to apply the precautionary principle) poster, to keep your priorities straight.2. Motivational mug (akin to the poster, the pessimistic's mug, fashioned by the perpetually miserable) 3. Fingerless Gloves, for your favorite bloggers or technophiles.4. A power tie, to keep you connected, or a Bio-scarf, that features your favorite doomsday scenario.5. From medical tourism abroad to cultural diversity, a Travel book (on the Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)6. Computer accessories to make your desk more, umm, interesting?7. Genome family pack from 23andme.com (who could resist that?)8. If you were a fan of Indecision 2008, you might enjoy a Colbert Christmas Yule log. 9. More computer accessories, courtesy of your favorite IVF... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021555 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:34:34 +0100 2021555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1991037&cid=t_96083_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fhp-g50-104nr-laptop-canon-pixma-all-in-one-printer%2F As the Christmas days are coming, people are flocking to stores, choosing for perfect gifts for their loved ones. Of course, searching for the best and cheap deals are always part of Christmas shopping. That’s the reason why bazaars always click on Christmas seasons. Online bargains and shopping are also hot during these days. They say that online shopping is way convenient and cheaper than “offline” shopping. This should be expected because people tend to get more practical nowadays. One of the best deals that could be given to your loved one is the HP G50 104NR Laptop with a Canon 3-in-1 printer at Bestbuy.com. The deal consists of the following: - Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core mobile processor T3200, 2GB DDR2 memory, 120GB hard drive and high-speed wireless networking (... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1991037 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:30:20 +0100 1991037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984935&cid=t_96083_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F463455432%2Fmanipulating_molecules_on_my_n.php Some people, like Imelda Marcos and our new Dr. Isis, have a thing for fancy shoes. I go crazy for gadgets. technorati tags: iphone, DNA, molecules, molecular structure, molecular modeling, Science education For my birthday this year, my family bought me a new iPhone! Yeah! So, I've been killing several hours today filling it with cute little iPhone apps. Who knew one little phone could be so much fun? One app, I enjoy, is called Molecules. Molecules lets you download structure files from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and play with the structures on your phone! 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=1984935 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:26:17 +0100 1984935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984897&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5372 Three London hospitals had their networks taken down due to a computer virus. Cnet reports “Emergency procedures have been activated to ensure that key clinical systems continue while network access is being established. We have maintained a safe environment for our patients throughout the incident,” a statement on the site for Barts and The London NHS Trust hospital system said. “Manual backup systems are in use and we are in the process of restoring the computer systems with priority being given to the most important areas for maintaining patients services,” the statement said. The hospitals affected are St. Bartholomew’s, the Royal London Hospital, and The London Chest Hospital. The BBC quotes a spokesman for Barts and The London as saying the virus was &#8... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1984897 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1984897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955212&cid=t_96083_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F11%2F12%2Fgoogle-flu-trend-tool-a-public-health-service-or-an-invasion-of-privacy%2F Hands up anyone who, when they are feeling unwell or concerned about a health issue, does a google search? If you put your hand up, you are in the majority. Seems that these days, instead of heading to the doctor or the local pharmacist, we all head to the internet. It’s quick, convenient, helpful, and apparently, also trackable as a new google tracking tool proves. Google debuted the Google Flu Trend Tool on Tuesday. Working on the theory that it’s more likely to be a flu outbreak in places where flu-related search terms are currently popular, this tracking tool follows any increased flu-related search terms to determine where in the U.S. flu outbreaks may be occurring. This information is given to the federal government’s  CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Preven... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955212 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:37:25 +0100 1955212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1947244&cid=t_96083_107_f&fid=35041&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fdigitalbio%2F%7E3%2F448681823%2Fworldmapper_viewing_the_world.php Worldmapper is a web site with 366 maps of the world. These maps however, are not the kinds of maps you've seen in school, with every country shown by size. These maps are cartograms. It's a bit like seeing a cartoon version of a Thomas Friedman book. These maps present a whole new way of visualizing information about the world. 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=1947244 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:21:41 +0100 1947244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939295&cid=t_96083_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Flearn-how-to-do-data-recovery-choice-learn-these-tips%2F How to identify data recovery software for your needs. Data recovery software can be used to recover data that has been lost or files that have been deleted from your computer’s hard disk or a CD or DVD. Since there are several data recovery programs available in the market, you need to select the one that suits you most. This will ofcourse depending on your computer system, whether it is just a personal computer or a large network systems. There are different data recovery softwares in the market that caters to your exact needs. It makes sense to make the right choice as you maybe buying something that you don’t really need. 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If you already have a prebuilt computer, do the same. Sorry, you WILL have to reinstall Windows XP. BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST. ONCE THE OS IS INSTALLED, YOU CANNOT GO BACK AND INSTALL RAID DRIVES. THE RAID INSTALL MUST OCCUR PRIOR TO AND DURING OS INSTALLATION. You will also need a REGULAR (NO USB) FLOPPY DRIVE... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1876106 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:00:43 +0100 1876106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853541&cid=t_96083_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fsupraspinatus-calcific-tendonitis-ct.html "Painter described calcification in the shoulder in 1907. Codman established that the calcification was within the tendons of the rotator cuff. Calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder is characterized by the presence of macroscopic deposits of hydroxyapatite (a crystalline calcium phosphate) in any tendon of the rotator cuffEven supraspinatus tendons that are macroscopically normal contain minute amounts of calcium deposits. Degenerative tendons that have ruptured contain more calcium deposits, but it is not always in the form of calcium phosphate. The increase in calcium deposits is due to degenerative calcification.In contrast, the calcium in tendons with radiographically visible calcification is in the form of crystalline hydroxyapatite. Calcifying tendinitis is a different condition from... Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853541 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:13:00 +0100 1853541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1834780&cid=t_96083_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fwebsite-marketing-and-optimization%2F Website marketing is comprehensive, integrated that focuses on where your market prospects “hang out” online. It makes an organization successful by creating or directing an effective website. Marketing in website is an ongoing process, in which you can learn about your visitors and sites. It has come a long way since 1997 when the search engine optimization industry was in its infancy. Marketing is focused on creating new business leads; a sale is focused on closing the most promising of those leads. It’s my belief that a new and separate function is now required to extract unrealized revenue growth from marginalized, overlooked and neglected business opportunities Websites nowadays works like brochure and can actively promote its services by small law firm technique. It was d... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1834780 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:02:13 +0100 1834780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833325&cid=t_96083_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fseecrets-on-google-almost-everything-you-want-to-know-about-google%2F Google News The stories are not fact-checked. Its reporters are not journalists [words from CNN’s Global Edition]. Available in Australia English, Canada English, Hong Kong English, India English, Singapore English, United Kingdom English, Sanskrit, Tang Dynasty Chinese and Esperanto. For real news, see MSN News or Yahoo News. Google Do-No-Evil This mantra is well enshrined in Google’s philosophy. Perhaps, they are considering using the same logic as President Clinton during the Lewinsky episode. “We don’t do evil, maybe we’ve done a few bad things – nosirree, we’re not evil. Killing 20 million Native Americans is evil. Trampling on one billion individuals privacy is not evil, a wee bad perhaps”. Google Collective Consciousness in Real-time [Below are extracts from ... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833325 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:33:07 +0100 1833325