Author Archives: Andy

Text and Quote Wrapping

If any of you find yourself using webmail you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re at all like me, you like to be able to follow the replies in an email thread. Using webmail the quoting and wrapping get screwed up quite easily.

I was looking for a simple way to rewrap, unwrap, increase the […]

Forwarding Email in Leopard Server, part 2

I’ve previously written about problems with Leopard server and forwarding of virtual hosted domain email. My solution was somewhat inelegant and errors were written into the mail.log. Since that time I’ve found a solution that works and generates no errors. It also has the added benefit of being entirely within Server Admin.

Here’s what to do.

In […]

Mean People Suck

Mean people suck. It has always seemed to me that it’s much easier to be nice to people than to be mean.

It takes more effort to exclude someone than to include them. It’s easier to smile than to frown. It’s easier to tell the truth than to lie.

Unfortunately hurt feelings last a long time and saying your […]

AT&T WiFi

It’s real. I’m here in McDonalds and I decided for the fun of it to see what WiFi was around. I saw attwifi and selected. I opened up a web page it redirected me to an iPhone AT&T page where I entered my phone number and viola. High speed access.

QuickClot

Boy I’d really like to try some of this QuickClot stuff in the OR. I think it would be great to use for a planned second look.

Ambulance Chaser

Yes Virginia, they really do exist.

So here’s the story. The family of a trauma victim, a motor vehicle collision, is met outside the ICU by a lawyer saying that the particular vehicle in which they were traveling has a defect and he and his firm would be happy to represent them. The family never contacted […]

Never Events

In October, 2007 CMS (Medicare) proposed a list of eight preventable conditions that result in a prolongation and increase in cost of care to the hospitalized patient. These are what CMS terms **never events**. CMS is trying to couch this in terms of patient safety but if you look at the list, there are only […]

iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix

As any Mac user who deals with Microsoft Exchange invites will tell you Exchange screws up the time zone information. What this means is that you will likely miss your meetings. Not a good thing.

Justin Hartman has recently given you his solution to this problem. I haven’t tested it but in looking at it I’m […]

Immediate Breast Reconstruction and CMS

OK, first off this part of my practice is over and I’ve moved on. But let me relay a story of how CMS (that’s Medicare for the uninitiated) works.

I was asked by one of my local breast surgeons if I would see a patient for immediate breast reconstruction with implants. The patient was to undergo […]

Ivory Towers

An Ivory Tower is supposed to be the tertiary referral center where they know everything and can take care of all difficult patients. So why is it when I have a specific need for a higher level of care that one of my local Level 1 trauma centers, University of California, San Diego, balked.

I had […]