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 'geekery'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477986&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Florib%2F%7E3%2FOE1YuYMXcC8%2F WoW! What a great video written and performed by Brunhila on YouTube! An exceptionally well done video showing and describing the WoW world after Cataclysm to the tune of “Mad World” by Tears for Fears. Mad World of Cataclysm Lyrics: All around me are the brand-new races, Messed up places, forlorn faces. Deathwing broke the world I knew in pieces, Flooded cities, unveiled new species. Suddenly I’ve got a crappy gearscore, No one invites me, pugs don’t like me. Back to griding rep and max professions, New achievements, quest progression. And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, Disenchanting all these epics after wanting them so bad. It’s so humiliating, I’m upgrading with greens, Hearthing back to Stormwind in a very, very, Mad world. Yesterd... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477986 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:31:06 +0100 4477986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477987&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Florib%2F%7E3%2Fu285IVx_7pI%2F The best version of Minesweeper I have played so far on the mac. Favorite minesweeper app for iPhone : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minesweeper-classic-free/id306937222?mt=8 Both of these apps are free. Related posts:Review: iPhone 1.0 Macworld 2008 Mac Freeware (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477987 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:51:49 +0100 4477987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477988&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Florib%2F%7E3%2FiJ26BLbRoe8%2F Even though we are only 9 days in to 2011, this year has been pretty crazy so far. So crazy, that 2010 is already kind of a blur. Karen and I are trying to get ready to move to Baltimore in April and there are so many things to do, it boggles my mind. We are both crazy busy with work, cats, packing, cleaning, and about a million other things. I have not had much time or energy to post here on LBnuke other than the ‘Please vote for AWN’ series. Thank you so much to everyone who voted! We came very close a few times, but did not win. As it turned out, we made lots of good connections and will be able to do many of the things we wanted to do with the contest money. I think 2011 will be a great year for the Autism Women’s Network 2010 was the best year ever for BeeDragon,... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477988 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:22:49 +0100 4477988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477991&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Florib%2F%7E3%2FfhI1l_ewdmQ%2F AWESOME cinematic trailer for Cataclysm! Related posts:Mad World of Warcraft Cataclysm All Drupal All The Time – Too Bad I Can’t Breathe Video: Do You Wanna Date My Avatar by The Guild (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477991 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:19:19 +0100 4477991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477992&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Florib%2F%7E3%2FioNZS48Phjw%2F Lori B. says, “Truly awesome! I laughed, I cried, I didn’t really cry.” Credits: Directed by: Jed Whedon Music by: Jed Whedon Lyrics by: Felicia Day Main Vocal: Felicia Day Rap: Jeff Lewis and Sandeep Parikh Backup Vocals: Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon Director of Photography: Omer Ganai Choreography: Chantal Robeson Edited by: Jeff Yorkes Produced by: Christian Agypt, Felicia Day Costumes: Sarah Trost Weapons: Greg Aranowitz Production Design: Tyler Robinson Starring: Vincent Caso Felicia Day Jeff Lewis Amy Okuda Sandeep Parikh Robin Thorsen Dancers: Bijoya Das Jul Kohler Maurissa Tancharoen English Subtitles: Daniela Figueiredo Portuguese – Jonathan Iury and Dani Figueiredo Spanish – Pablo Lopez Vila and Carles Soler Sala Related posts:Poetic Prophet... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477992 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:20:14 +0100 4477992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4249186&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2010%2F09%2F03%2Fbeedragon-com-2010%2F 2010 has been the most successful year yet for my business, BeeDragon Web Services. I have been getting a lot of work from other web developers and designers. It is very exciting getting to work with talented people who do similar work. When each person combines their unique skills, we make each other’s work shine. With the growing popularity of open source software, I have been able to focus on building sites with WordPress and Drupal, and to greatly increase my skills in taking these platforms to the next level for my clients. Once again, my business site has become outdated. The web development business is incredibly fast moving. One of my favorite things about this job is that I am continually learning new technologies. 2010 has been an especially exciting year for web developm... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4249186 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:29:17 +0100 4249186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813052&cid=t_104212_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FYzcdoqXFWFE%2F Do not read this unless you are a some kind of geek. People often ask me after a vigorous workout down the gym how to do ‘technical things’. As we soap one another down they ask how to find stuff on the Internet thingy, how to download movies and what the best selection of software for a blogging nurse is. Here I intend to answer some of the third question. For this post I would like to thank Microsoft for turning me into a criminal without me knowing about it. Here, here and here. My ten pound copy of Office is now worthless. Even now I suspect the Microsoft licensing team are tracking me down with some kind of badly written Internet worm. The first piece of software I would like to suggest, in honour of Microsoft, is: Openoffice OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source of... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813052 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:36:07 +0100 3813052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404071&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2F1RvGozgW2eE%2F I have been very distracted lately! Too many things going on and I can not focus on any of them. Luckily, I have had no problem focusing on distractions. I would like to give recognition to the distractions that have proven to be most entertaining in the ‘First (and possibly last) Annual Distraction Awards’. Or should they be called the Distracto Awards? Best Web Standards Video to a Bob Dylan Tune More info and lyrics @ Molly. Best YouTube Distraction for Geeks The TechKnowledgey Show by Devir Kahan Completely entertaining geekery and possibly my inner child come to life. Most Distracting iPhone App Bejeweled 2 Awesome for clearing your brain of anything except shiny jewels! $2.99 at the App Store and worth every penny. Most Educational Distraction This is my favorite dis... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404071 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:19:24 +0100 3404071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327224&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2010%2F01%2F30%2Fcomputer-history-museum%2F I have been at the She’s Geeky conference this weekend at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Got to go on a tour of the museum today. There are lots of old computers, some restorations, handheld video games, abaci, calculators, adding machines, and software. The conference has been very fun. It is well named. Definitely have never been around that many girl geeks before! Tomorrow is the last day. There is a session about asperger’s which I would never have expected, but it was subtitled “the geek syndrome”, so guessing that is the connection. I am very curious. There is also one about Drupal called ‘Show me your back end’. Hopefully they are not both at the same time. Drupal will win. Some pix from the museum: (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327224 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:51:42 +0100 3327224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159763&cid=t_104212_105_f&fid=36199&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorz.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fcan-you-catch-hpv-and-cervical-cancer-without-going-near-a-penis%2F Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papilloma Virus, HPV is caught through sexual intercourse. So if you haven’t had sex you’re unlikely to get cervical cancer. But does the sex need to be with a man? A recent article in the BMJ revealed that it didn’t, and that you could catch HPV through sex between women. This was actually a report of a systematic review of the literature performed by Julie Fish. The report itself was prepared for the NHS cervical cancer screening service, and wasn’t published. But there’s a link to the PDF. Now most of this document is about the barriers found by lesbians who wish to have a cervical smear, and how embarrassing it is to be assumed to be heterosexual. The other barrier that is mentioned in the report is the fact that women ar... FtM Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159763 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:58:11 +0100 3159763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149256&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2FlHXAAHxBlLM%2F After 3 months of complete immersion, the Autism Women’s Network site is live and open to the public. I am still adding features and fixing the occasional bug here and there, but for the most part, it is done. Autism Women's Network Website Building this site has been an amazing experience for me. I am happy to get to contribute something to the AWN, which is an awesome organization that “provides effective supports to autistic females of all ages through a sense of community, advocacy and resources”. This site is open to all supporters including men and non-autistic people. The response has been amazing! After just 3 days, we have more than 150 registered users and over 1000 forum posts! I would like to extend a big thank you to all the beta testers and other people ... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149256 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:10:54 +0100 3149256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039961&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2FE_kl0axNwKU%2F This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: Related posts:BeeDragon on Facebook (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039961 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:29:37 +0100 3039961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048292&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2009%2F11%2F06%2Fall-drupal-all-the-time-too-bad-i-cant-breathe%2F Writing on the iPhone. Hard to breathe. Shaky. Strangely okay besides that. Sometimes writing helps. Been very busy lately. All Drupal all the time. Besides from the insane learning curve and non-intuitive UI, I am in awe of its power and flexibility. After more than 15 hours of video tutorials and reading tons of docs, I am finally understanding how it works and how the code is organized. I am learning while building a site for an awesome organization. Will link to it when it is done. If all goes according to plan, it will launch around Jan. 1st, 2010. Not mentioning the org. because there is a board and I don’t know if things like that have to be decided about, but if someone who knows the answer and wants to post it in the comments, go for it I haven’t used Drupal to build ... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048292 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:46:48 +0100 3048292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2812533&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2009%2F09%2F03%2Ftech-support-cheat-sheet%2F Tech Support Secrets (click to enlarge) From xkcd. Thanks to Joni Mueller for the link Related posts:BeeDragon on Facebook (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2812533 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:57:57 +0100 2812533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757666&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FveicCWiTcrk%2F Welcome to another installment of Web Geekery in Recent Literature, where we point out recent articles in the indexed literature of potential interest to the Geeky and Web-obsessed. Plagiarism of online material may be proven using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (archive.org). PMID: 19716663 Many writers and researchers are reluctant to publish online for fear that their work will be plagiarized and used without attribution elsewhere. For example, junior or freelance researchers may worry that their ideas will be ’stolen’ and published under the name of professional or senior researchers; and that then it could be hard to convince people that in fact the idea had originated elsewhere. However, if this happens, plagiarism may be objectively proven by a service called the I... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757666 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:35:48 +0100 2757666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667385&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FRw8Bl1ud734%2F The objectives of the present study were to explore the role of Facebook in the experience of jealousy and to determine if increased Facebook exposure predicts jealousy above and beyond personal and relationship factors. Three hundred eight undergraduate students completed an online survey that assessed demographic and personality factors and explored respondents’ Facebook use. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis, controlling for individual, personality, and relationship factors, revealed that increased Facebook use significantly predicts Facebook-related jealousy. We argue that this effect may be the result of a feedback loop whereby using Facebook exposes people to often ambiguous information about their partner that they may not otherwise have access to and that this new i... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667385 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:30:06 +0100 2667385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2663917&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FKCFPKntilrY%2F Learned about MedlineRanker through this recent article: The biomedical literature is represented by millions of abstracts available in the Medline database. These abstracts can be queried with the PubMed interface, which provides a keyword-based Boolean search engine. This approach shows limitations in the retrieval of abstracts related to very specific topics, as it is difficult for a non-expert user to find all of the most relevant keywords related to a biomedical topic. Additionally, when searching for more general topics, the same approach may return hundreds of unranked references. To address these issues, text mining tools have been developed to help scientists focus on relevant abstracts. We have implemented the MedlineRanker webserver, which allows a flexible ranking of Medline fo... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2663917 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:02:18 +0100 2663917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695561&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2FRFp108gS5fQ%2F Update (8/3/09): Added SuperDuper! to list and changed title. World of Goo Just got my aluminum imac replaced by Apple. The old one was kind of possessed by gremlins or some such thing. After several failed repair attempts, part replacements, and countless hours of phone support, Apple agreed to give me a shiny new computer. Loving it The specs are not all that much different from the first one, but the parts are better, so it is faster and the graphics are extra kick ass. While restoring my data, I was having an appreciation of all the great mac software out there. Much of it is free, donationware, or relatively low cost. Here are some of my current favorites (in no particular order): Caffeine (Free) – A one trick wonder. Puts a coffee cup icon in the menu bar that, when clicked, ... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695561 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:32:58 +0100 2695561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657845&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2009%2F07%2F18%2F20-favorite-mac-apps-of-the-moment%2F World of Goo Just got my aluminum imac replaced by Apple. The old one was kind of possessed by gremlins or some such thing. After several failed repair attempts, part replacements, and countless hours of phone support, Apple agreed to give me a shiny new computer. Loving it The specs are not all that much different from the first one, but the parts are better, so it is faster and the graphics are extra kick ass. While restoring my data, I was having an appreciation of all the great mac software out there. Much of it is free, donationware, or relatively low cost. Here are some of my current favorites (in no particular order): Caffeine (Free) – A one trick wonder. Puts a coffee cup icon in the menu bar that, when clicked, prevents your computer from automatically going to sleep, dimm... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657845 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:32:58 +0100 2657845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657847&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2009%2F06%2F26%2Fprofessional-frontend-engineering-video%2F This video, Nate Koechley: "Professional Frontend Engineering" from Yahoo! Video, is a great presentation about the current state of frontend web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). I was completely captivated for the full hour and a half that the presentation lasted. Nate started out with a history of website development starting with a 1994 version of the Yahoo! website and continuing until the present. He also spoke about the evolution of technologies and trends over the years. It was interesting to hear about how table based design became popular and why it was necessary at the time. Next up was an overview of current beliefs and principles of front end engineering, which covered progressive enhancement, unobtrusive javascript, and the importance of making the website avai... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657847 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:33:57 +0100 2657847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657849&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2009%2F05%2F28%2Fif-clients-treated-others-like-they-do-freelancers%2F Welcome to my world… No related posts. (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657849 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:42:06 +0100 2657849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2571075&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2FNXF2JnE7S5I%2F Komodo Edit PHP Sample Komodo Edit 5 has been my default code editor for the past week or so. It is much faster and nicer to look at than previous versions that I have tried. I switch default code editors almost as often as I switch default browsers. There are so many good ones out there, but none feels exactly right. Considering I spend most of my days switching between browsers and editor, I like to keep up with the latest that is available for mac. One of the things I am most picky about in an editor is the color scheme. It is very hard for me to find schemes that I can stand to stare at for long periods of time. Schemes with white/light backgrounds and colored text are usually too bright for me and dark schemes are usually either too high or too low contrast. For this reason, I usually... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2571075 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:20:16 +0100 2571075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260239&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2FNXF2JnE7S5I%2F Komodo Edit PHP Sample Komodo Edit 5 has been my default code editor for the past week or so. It is much faster and nicer to look at than previous versions that I have tried. I switch default code editors almost as often as I switch default browsers. There are so many good ones out there, but none feels exactly right. Considering I spend most of my days switching between browsers and editor, I like to keep up with the latest that is available for mac. One of the things I am most picky about in an editor is the color scheme. It is very hard for me to find schemes that I can stand to stare at for long periods of time. Schemes with white/light backgrounds and colored text are usually too bright for me and dark schemes are usually either too high or too low contrast. For this reason, I usually... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260239 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:20:16 +0100 2260239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2260240&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2F7EKbFXtwJJQ%2F I have been doing a lot of research into freelance networking. My favorite source of information is Freelance Radio, the FreelanceSwitch podcast. It is by far the best of the freelance podcasts I have listened to. The panel is excellent. The host, John Brougher, does a great job of keeping the podcast on topic while still allowing room for tangential discussions about issues relating to freelancers. John and the other panel members, Kristen Fischer, Von Glitschka, and Dickie Adams, share tips and information based on their years of experience as successful freelancers. The other day, I was listening to a ‘Super Mailbag’ episode where they answer questions sent in by listeners. One question was about ways to do marketing and the topic of having a Facebook page came up. There wer... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2260240 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:03:30 +0100 2260240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094753&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F12%2F30%2Fwordpress-ecommerce-plugins-shopp-vs-wp-ecommerce%2F Conclusion Shopp wins. Do not use WPeC if you value your time and/or sanity. Up until now, WPeC has been the only game in town, but not any longer. Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Shopp after finishing the beta testing. Other than that, I have no affiliation with Shopp and do not receive commissions on sales. Since I have been using Shopp for a shorter period than WPeC, I will update this article if any undiscovered bugs pop up. I am also currently biased against WP e-Commerce due to the weeks of irritation, frustration, and annoyance that it has caused me. It would really be a great plugin if it wasn’t so buggy and had better support. (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094753 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:37:15 +0100 2094753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2046917&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbIsqSGMhVes%2F Ping, ping, ping. There’s nothing quite like it—those rhythmic twirpings that say, “The food is microwaved.” Charlie having become quite proficient at making his own afterschool snacks thanks to this modern technological innovation (and the phenomenon of frozen food), it’s a sound heard often at out place around 3pm, every weekday. Imagine the response to hearing 49 microwaves set to play Jingle Bells—-now that’s some holiday cheer. Tags: asd, asperger syndrome, autism, christmas, frozen food, geekery, gizmo, Holidays, jingle bells, microwave, pdd-nos, snack, TechnologyShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2046917 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:00:09 +0100 2046917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094756&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F12%2F11%2Fpoetic-prophet-design-coding%2F Stumbled across this while reading about browsers at molly.com. I am not completely sure if it will appeal as much to the non-web designer/developer crowd as it did to me. By Poetic Prophet - SEO Rapper (aka Chuck Lewis) Lyrics: Design Coding Your site design is the first thing people see it should be reflective of you and the industry easy to look at with a nice navigation when you can’t find what you want it causes frustration a clear Call to action to increase the temptation use appealing graphics they create motivation if you have animation use with moderation cause search engines can’t index the information display the logos of all your associations highlight your contact info that’s an obligation create a clean design you can use some decoration but to try to prevent any clien... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094756 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:37:39 +0100 2094756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094757&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F12%2F08%2Fwordpress-27%2F Earlier today, I updated this site to WordPress 2.7. It was a completely smooth upgrade, even though I forgot to disable my plugins and 2.7 is only a release candidate. I have been using the beta version, and now RC1 on a website I have been building for the past couple of months. It has been amazingly stable since even before it was in beta. The administration section is completely overhauled for the way better, in my opinion. The main admin links are moved from the top to a sidebar with dropdown panels for each section. Here is a screenshot of the ‘Add New Post’ page as it appears while I am writing this: WordPress 2.7 Add Post Screen One of the most exciting new features is the automatic core upgrade. Amazing! Better than that. For someone with a single site, it is amazing. ... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094757 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:02:28 +0100 2094757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094759&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F11%2F28%2Fpictures-without-words%2F Today I found FFFFOUND! FFFFOUND! is an invitation-only web image-bookmarking service that also dynamically suggests other images that may be of interest to the user based on their tastes and interests. It was hard to get away from it even long enough to post this. Image credit: Design You Trust There were a few things that made FFFFOUND! stand out from other image-bookmarking services. The first was the quality and interestingness of the images. I am pretty sure this is due to the invitation-only nature of the site. My favorite thing about the site is that there is no text other than the linked title of the page containing the original image and the usernames of other folks who have also bookmarked the image. When viewing an image, thumbnails of other images that may be of interest are... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094759 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:10:42 +0100 2094759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1535236&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F315933860%2F Conclusion – UpToDate and BMJ Clinical Evidence were both rated as easy to use and informative. However, neither product generally includes levels of evidence, so it would be prudent for the practitioner to critically appraise information from these sources before using it in a patient care setting. ACP Pier eliminates the critical appraisal stage, thus reducing the time it takes to go from forming a clinical question to implementing the answer, but survey respondents did not rate it as high in terms of usability. There remains a need for user-friendly, comprehensive resources that provide evidence summaries relying on levels of evidence to support their conclusions. Full text (PDF) (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1535236 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:02:24 +0100 1535236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352694&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F264708494%2F If you’re looking for an excellent introduction to Nature’s social bookmarking service for scientists, check out Melissa Rethlefsen’s review in the April 2008 JMLA. [HTML] [PDF] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352694 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:46:37 +0100 1352694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1347141&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F263087062%2F CONCLUSION: The data suggest that patients are often armed with very incomplete information from Web sites on CTC. Web sites were often found to be outdated, to contain conflicting information, and were lacking descriptions of patient risk factors for colorectal cancer. Several suggestions are made to improve the dissemination of comprehensive, current, and accurate information. PMID: 18359448 _____________________________ Hum Reprod. 2008 Mar 27 [Epub ahead of print] Infertility information on the World Wide Web: a cross-sectional survey of quality of infertility information on the internet in the UK. Marriott JV, Stec P, El-Toukhy T, Khalaf Y, Braude P, Coomarasamy A. Assisted Conception Unit, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Thomas Guy House, Guys Hospita... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1347141 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:15:40 +0100 1347141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323060&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F257154887%2F CONCLUSIONS: Potential hazards posed by dietary supplements may not be accurately, if at all, represented on Internet websites selling these products. Since consumers may not approach their physicians or pharmacists for information regarding use of dietary supplements in weight loss, it becomes necessary for health care providers to actively engage their patients in open discussion regarding the use, benefits, and hazards of dietary supplements. PMID: 18047451 So…the potential hazards of dietary supplements are often not well explained by the Web sites selling them? I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked. ____________________________________ Imagine trying to conduct user needs assessments for the NIH/NLM Web sites J Med Internet Res. 2008 Feb 15;10(1):e4. [Free full text] Web evaluation ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323060 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:30:45 +0100 1323060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1259739&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F241896599%2F Conclusions: The findings inform current technology-based teaching and learning activities and shed light on potential areas of educational technology development. PMID: 18278643 David wonders: Does “Net Generation” = “Digital Natives” = “GenX/GenY”? ________ Support Care Cancer. 2008 Feb 22 Internet use by cancer survivors: current use and future wishes. van de Poll-Franse LV, van Eenbergen MC. Comprehensive Cancer Centre South (IKZ), Eindhoven Cancer Registry, P.O. box 231, 5600 AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, l.vd.poll@ikz.nl. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of internet access and use and patient characteristics associated with internet use. We also aimed to study when and at which sites cancer patients search for inf... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1259739 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:02:19 +0100 1259739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256166&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F241289652%2F Graham L Poulter, Daniel L Rubin, Russ B Altman and Cathal Seoighe BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:108doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-108 Published: 19 February 2008 Free full text: [PDF] Article is about a third-party PubMed/MEDLINE tool that I have not been able to make work, MScanner. [Other posts about third-party PubMed/MEDLINE tools] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256166 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:08:09 +0100 1256166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1397593&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Flbnuke%2F%7E3%2F241123009%2F Shikibee dinged level 70 yesterday The ding: Shikibee and Riverstar celebrate: Translation: Shikibee is my main character in an online game called World of Warcraft. 70 is currently the highest level. It is a rite of passage for a game geek and unlocks a new level of gameplay. It is customary to say ‘ding!’ in the chat window when reaching a new level. (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1397593 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:00:12 +0100 1397593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1237381&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F236347174%2F This report reviews this literature, summarizing the current state of internet health resources available to the cancer patient and identifying areas for future research. Studies indicate that there are considerable internet resources available to cancer patients and that patients are using these resources as secondary information sources. Specifically, studies indicate that 16-64% of patients are using the internet to obtain health information. For the most part, patients perceive the online information to be reliable but maintain a healthy degree of skepticism. Studies objectively evaluating cancer information on the internet indicate that there is reasonable quality, although the language level of many sites is higher than that of the average American, which may limit the utility of the... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1237381 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:02:40 +0100 1237381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1233026&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F235357613%2F CONCLUSIONS: Most breast cancer information that consumers are likely to encounter online is accurate. However, commonly cited quality criteria do not identify inaccurate information. Webpages that contain information about CAM are relatively likely to contain inaccurate statements. Consumers searching for health information online should still consult a clinician before taking action. Cancer 2008. (c) 2008 American Cancer Society. PMID: 18266210 (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1233026 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:02:40 +0100 1233026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1234572&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F02%2F08%2Faspie-handbook%2F From Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook Your nerd might come off as not liking people. Small talk. Those first awkward five minutes when two people are forced to interact. Small talk is the bane of the nerd’s existence because small talk is a combination of aspects of the world that your nerd hates. When your nerd is staring at a stranger, all he’s thinking is, “I have no system for understanding this messy person in front of me”. I know that not all aspies are computer nerds, but if this article were to be more generalized so that computers could be replaced with any special interest/obsession, I think parts of it could function as a an aspie handbook too. All standard disclaimers about gross generalizations apply. (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234572 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:35:06 +0100 1234572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1211891&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F230464916%2F CONCLUSIONS: Comparing the content of websites against a gold standard is time consuming and only feasible for very specific advice. Evaluation instruments offer gateway providers a method to assess websites. The checklist approach has face validity when results are compared to the actual content of “good” and “bad” websites. Although instruments differed in the range of items assessed, there was fair agreement between most available instruments. Some were easier to use than others, but these were not necessarily the instruments most widely used to date. Combining some of the better features of instruments to provide fewer, easy-to-use methods would be beneficial to gateway providers. Publication Types: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t PMID: 18244894 _________... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1211891 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:23:34 +0100 1211891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1189874&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F226317476%2F I didn’t seek to have a theme for this installment of WGiRL, it just happened. Geez, what an odd choice of metaphor for the title. I mean, if one kept one’s arrow in one’s quiver in the first place… ____ Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Feb;35(2):117-8. Internet partner notification: another arrow in the quiver. Hogben M, Kachur R. Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. PMID: 18216724 I read this abstract and kept having a mental image of an author clicking away at his mouse while his wife calls from another room: Wife: Whatcha’ doing on the computer, honey? Author: Ummmm….research for my article! ____ Qual Health Res. 2008 Feb;18(2):268-79. Online dating and mating: the use of the internet to meet sexual partners... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1189874 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:27:18 +0100 1189874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1177535&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F223015089%2F Big day for me. My Electronic Resources Review of BioWizard was published in the JMLA. BioWizard David L. Rothman J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1): 74. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.1.74. | Full Text | PDF–988K Of course, I just realized that BioWizard has significantly changed its interface since I wrote the review. Dangit. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1177535 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:51:26 +0100 1177535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217863&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F01%2F18%2Fmacworld-2008%2F Today was the last day of Macworld. It makes me sad, but there really wasn’t anything left to do there. I saw everything on the expo floor about 5 times, the user conference was over, and I sat in on as many classes and demos at the expo as I could stand. I am fried as always, but can’t wait for next year either. Macworld makes me happy. I got here at 6:30am on tuesday morning to pick up my badge and wait on line for the keynote. It was already wrapped around the block. 9am came and the keynote started and but we were still outside. Hundreds of frozen lemmings. I got into an overflow room at 9:30. The Keynote: An Outline (more…) (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217863 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:48:35 +0100 1217863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217865&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2008%2F01%2F04%2Fdragthing%2F I was browsing Macworld online this morning and watched Jason Snell’s video about DragThing, a utility that replaces the mac OS X dock. It can also be used in addition to the standard dock. Half way through watching the video, I could barely wait to try it. I downloaded it before the video was over and installed it right away. It took me a little while to get it all configured, but so far it totally rocks. I like the mac dock but I have so many things on it that they are hard to find. I run my cursor back and forth all the time trying to remember what I was looking for. Drag thing organizes dock items in several ways. There are options to create multiple docks, each with the option of tabbed sections. Many themes are included and the docks can be moved around. I chose the blueprin... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217865 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:26:58 +0100 1217865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1129324&cid=t_104212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F210920670%2F Conclusions: Physicians should focus on pain relief and counsel on visual loss including its impact on career or livelihood needs. Patients seen in emergency situations need early referral. Cool…an article on HealthMap, a really cool mashup previously mentioned here). - HealthMap: Global infectious disease monitoring through automated classification and visualization of Internet media reports. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Dec 20; Authors: Freifeld CC, Mandl KD, Reis BY, Brownstein JS PMID: 18096908 OBJECTIVE Unstructured electronic information sources, such as news reports, are proving to be valuable inputs for public health surveillance. However, staying abreast of current disease outbreaks requires scouring a continually growing number of disparate news sources and alert services... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1129324 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:02:26 +0100 1129324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217866&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F12%2F01%2Fif-brain-fried-ramble-code%2F I am too busy. I suck at being busy. It is my worst thing and it always ends badly. I am not sure how to not be busy. It is a vicious cycle. As soon as I start feeling better, I want to do things. All the things that I can’t do when I am sick. I want to work. I want to play. Sometimes, I even want to see people. I was sick for so long. First a year of bad meds and then cat scratch fever. I was lucky that the meds thing got straightened out before the CSF, but it is only very recently that I can enjoy it. Suddenly, I find myself feeling great! I still get tired and confused, but that is ok. It is part of how I am. After such a long time of not being able to do things that I wanted to, I feel like it is a race for time to do them now that I am feeling good. I would love to think it wi... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217866 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:29:08 +0100 1217866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=741428&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F18%2Fgraceful-rebooting%2F When things go wrong, there are more options than the hard reboot. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=741428 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:11:21 +0100 741428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=687080&cid=t_104212_140_f&fid=35469&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolardaily.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fmicrosoft-haiku.html The Web site you seekCannot be located, butCountless more exist.Windows NT crashed.I am the Blue Screen of Death.No one hears your screams.Your file was so big.It might have been useful.But now it is gone.Chaos reigns within.Reflect, repent, and reboot.Order shall return.Yesterday it worked.Today it is not working.Windows is like that.Stay the patient course.Of little worth is your ire.The network is down (Source: BiPolar Daily(ish)) BiPolar Daily(ish) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=687080 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:41:00 +0100 687080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=637914&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F24%2Fmaths-for-biologists%2F I’ll break radio silence briefly to catch a meme wave from Neil (via RPM, Deepak and Keith). I’ve disguised my rant as answers to Sandra’s questions (evil chuckle). Usual grain of salt provisos apply… (more…) (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=637914 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:53:49 +0100 637914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623909&cid=t_104212_140_f&fid=35469&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolardaily.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ftweeting-on-twitter.html I succumbed. I swore that I already spent too much of my life online, and that joining Twitter would be a bad, bad idea.But in the meantime I've been following all the hype. Steve Ruebel, author of one of my favourite RSS feeds can't get enough of Twitter.And then I heard Ev, the genuis behind Twitter, been interviewed by Amber Mac and Leo Laporte on my favourite tech podcast. It turns out that Ev was the guy who originally started Blogger. And then sold it to the big G. And what he had to say was very interesting:When people first look at Twitter, their reaction is: "who the fck would want to do that? Post little one-liners to a website all day long?" But Ev was also there at the beginning of blogging. And you know what: when blogging first started everybody said: "who the fck would want ... BiPolar Daily(ish) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623909 Fri, 18 May 2007 06:02:00 +0100 623909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=558175&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F04%2F18%2Fweb-20-expo-boring%2F I was very disappointed in the Web 2.0 Expo yesterday at Moscone Center in SF. I wasn’t expecting much since everything I was interested in was part of the conference and not the expo, but I thought it would at least be fun and interesting. It was not. I was glad I left late for the city. I stayed home in the morning to work on the big site upgrade that I am doing. I reached about hour 25 of what will most likely be a 30 hour project that I will get paid $300 for. I suppose $10/hr. is a big improvement over the $2/hr. I was making last year. I am happy about the job. It is for a long time client who has sent me many referrals, and the updated site will make it much more usable for us both. I digress. Back to the expo. So many of the things that I consider to be the future (and presen... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=558175 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:10:09 +0100 558175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552148&cid=t_104212_140_f&fid=35469&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolardaily.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fwidgets-widgets-widgets.html Man, I love widgets. They're bringing out my inner geek. Soon I'll be closer identified to the geek camp than the bipolar camp.So in my right bar I've now added my del.icio.us tag cloud. And the biggest cloud, you'll notice, is blog-buddies. Yeah, I suppose this is my weak attempt at a blogroll. I've been feeling guilty about not having a blogroll for a while now, and just haven't gotten around to it. So this is it - and so very easy to manage (once set up!).And if you're thinking sheesh, BPG has so few bookmarks, that is an untruth. It took considerable geekery to put a firewall up between all my bookmarks (934) , and the bookmarks suitable for BiPolar Daily (23). What I had to do is set up another delicious account (BiPolar Guy), and add that to the network of my existing "Master account... BiPolar Daily(ish) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552148 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:50:00 +0100 552148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540927&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F04%2F09%2Fdedicated-server%2F My new meds are still working much better than the last ones. It is still hard to concentrate, work, play, and read, but for the most part, I am feeling about a million times better than I was just a short time ago It is easier to be with people. I had a really good weekend that turned out to be very social and I didn’t even hate it at all. On Friday, I met D at the White Horse for a little while. It was very nice to see her. She is one of the very few people that I can ‘talk geek’ with. It is a rare and beautiful thing. We have other things in common too that make it easier for me to hang with her than it sometimes is to hang other people. She came over and had dinner with me and K. After dinner, we all went to Velvet to meet Lorena and Tess. It was a good night. We pl... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540927 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:56:15 +0100 540927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540928&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F03%2F26%2Fserver-load-share-this-and-no-trip%2F Earlier today my site started loading crazily slow. I checked other sites on the server, and they were all like that. I called LiquidWeb and they told me that it was because of having a really high server load and using more memory than I am allocated. Hard to pinpoint the exact cause because it depends on everything that is happening on all of my sites. The guy said that if it keeps happening, I will have to move to a dedicated server (on a VPS now). I really hope that doesn’t happen! It will cost at least twice as much per month as the VPS. Not sure what to do, especially since my next client site will be using tons of bandwidth for playing huge mp3 files and I already agreed on a hosting price of $100/year because I had no idea about the server resource problem. I also didn’... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540928 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:20:08 +0100 540928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540930&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F03%2F22%2Fmore-wordpress-plugins%2F The first plugin of today is not actually a wordpress plugin at all, but it works like one (at least one that has a slightly complicated installation). It is called iBox. Installation is relatively simple if you are comfortable with uploading and modifying files. Kind of a pain if you’re not. There is some code that needs to be added to the header.php file of your theme, an image that needs to go in the root images directory, and two files that need to go into your theme’s main directory. (more…) plugins, wordpress (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540930 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:55:16 +0100 540930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540931&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F03%2F20%2Fplugin-update%2F I have given up on the Share This plugin for now. No time to mess with it anymore. I am back to using the social bookmarks plugin, but I like the way Share This works and looks much better. When I have more time, I will try again. Yesterday, I added the WP-chgFontSize plugin, which is pretty cool. I wish it used ems or percentages instead of pixels for the font-sizes, but can see how that might get tricky with the javascript. I added some code to include a link to return to the default font size. It was bugging me that the only way I could return to the default size was to delete the cookie from my computer. I like to have an ‘undo’ option whenever possible. If anyone else is interested in having this option, here is the code: In the wp-chgfontsize.js file, right after this el... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540931 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:38:39 +0100 540931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540932&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F03%2F19%2Fgood-things%2F I am finally feeling better! It’s only been a few days, but I am hoping it will last. So far, I haven’t had any trouble breathing at all with the new old meds. It has been easier to think, easier to work, easier to play. Still can’t read, but maybe that will come later. Last night, I did something that I haven’t done in a really long time. I actually called people to see if they wanted to go out. K and A and R were going to see AC/Dshe in the city (San Francisco). I didn’t want to go because the show didn’t start until 11pm and I thought I probably wouldn’t want to be out in the city that late. (more…) life, meds (Source: LBnuke) LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540932 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:39:16 +0100 540932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485229&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F15%2Faggregation-and-meta-blogging%2F The food world is at it, too. Of course, we’ve been doing it for a while. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485229 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:28:03 +0100 485229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485231&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F14%2Fmind-mapping-and-outlining-tools%2F I like the idea of mind mapping: a graphical, non-linear representation of connected stuff appeals to me (perhaps I’ve been looking at biochemical pathways for too long?). As an on-again/off-again google search, I’ve stumbled across several implementations of this concept: bubble.us vym kdissert gjots2 (my favourite outliner atm) gnome-think (outliner) notecase (outliner) See a more comprehensive article. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485231 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:37:17 +0100 485231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485232&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F14%2Fa-helpful-bsd-login-tip%2F Welcome to FreeBSD! If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon (:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. $ All you need to know about vi. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485232 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:50 +0100 485232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485233&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F14%2Frecent-r-version-on-ubuntu-64bit%2F Something that’s been bugging me lately is that CRAN doesn’t seem to have recent (ie v2.4+) versions of R ubuntu packages for 64 bit architectures. So I finally bit the bullet and added the debian/ stable/ source path to my sources.list, and voila! Instant goodness. You’re not really supposed to cross-contaminate like this, but I haven’t even broken anything - yet. Trivial, but annoying. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485233 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:46:40 +0100 485233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485235&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F11%2Flife-organisation-and-the-war-against-entropy%2F I hate the second law of thermodynamics. The one that trashes my desk, dirties my apartment, and reduces my life to a disorganised mess. Barring a complete breakdown in standards of hygiene and work, I am doomed by the universe’s freakish sense of humour to constantly enter energy into aspects of my life that should Just Work. Unlike Sisyphus however, I have two choices: I can either wait until “stuff” accumulates until I have to do something about it, or I can try to rework my habits to keep everything going on a day-to-day basis. So far, I’ve taken the first approach, and although periodic spring cleans of mind and space are good, they really don’t seem to cut it any more. I’m lost in my workload, depressed by my apartment, and bemused by my life. I&#8... Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485235 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:41:38 +0100 485235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485238&cid=t_104212_132_f&fid=35010&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffourthfloorstudio.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F02%2F24%2Fenabling-firefox-plugins-on-amd64%2F It appears that proprietary plugins (Adobe Flashplayer, RealPlayer, JRE etc) are generally built against 32-bit architectures. So, you have to cheat and run a 32 bit version of FF. Details on the Ubuntu fora. (Source: Fourth Floor Studio) Fourth Floor Studio blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485238 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:46:22 +0100 485238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=540935&cid=t_104212_133_f&fid=35108&url=http%3A%2F%2Flbnuke.com%2F2007%2F02%2F08%2Fweb-20-the-video%2F The term Web 2.0 has been overused to the point of barely having any meaning. Some people use the term to refer to the way in which the web is changing into a more personal and interactive environment where anyone with access can participate without having to be a computer geek. Other people use the term to refer to the individual technologies that are bringing these changes about. I have no idea what it actually means. While I am not a big fan of the actual term Web 2.0, I am very excited about the trend of providing people with easy access to cool technology and letting them run wild with it. The best explanation of Web 2.0 I’ve seen yet is this video that I stumbled across on youtube today and watched 4 times in a row. I think non-geeky types might enjoy watching it too. The Machi... LBnuke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=540935 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:54:08 +0100 540935