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Election Postmortem

Barack Obama is the POTUS-Elect. Congrats. I’m so glad it was decisive and isn’t going to have lawyers involved. I have to say I called this in November, 2007 and wrote about Obama four years ago. I wish him all … Continue reading

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Washington Priorities

The current financial meltdown is the news of the day and the politicos in Washington are trying to fix/solve the problem. Why is it then that the solution is 400+ pages long and contains crap like money for wooden arrow … Continue reading

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McCain Campain on Hold??

This is joke right? Who advises these people. On the other hand, my congratulations go out to President Obama. Addendum: This political stunt only works for McCain if he blows up any existing plan supported by the Dems (done) and … Continue reading

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Biden VEEP??

Joe Biden the 6-term Senator from Delware is Obama’s choice for VEEP. I’m wondering how this old guard Washington insider adds to Obama’s message of change. Personally I think Bill Richardson would have been a better choice. Adds the foreign … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Here’s wishing you and your’s a happy and healthy New Year. I know my own transition to the Desert Trauma Surgeons will be a good one for both my family and I.

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No more white coats?!

End for traditional doctor’s coat The traditional doctor’s white coat is to be changed as part of government plans to tackle hospital infections. The new style clothing will have short sleeves under guidance to come into effect at the start … Continue reading

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Acorn

Gus Mueller of VoodooPad fame has just released a new image editor, Acorn. Acorn is a new image editor built with one goal in mind - simplicity. Fast, easy, and fluid, Acorn provides the options you’ll need without any overhead. … Continue reading

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iPhone needs

I really want an iPhone. It’s not that I can’t go out and buy one, especially since Steve just lowered the price by $200, it’s just that the iPhone doesn’t fulfill one of my critical needs. I’m a doctor. I … Continue reading

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Cell phones and hospitals, round 2

From Reuters: “Critical care equipment is vulnerable to electromagnetic interference by new-generation wireless telecommunication technologies with median distances of about 3 centimeters.” Wow, 3 whole centimeters. Color me unimpressed.

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unmount.sh Part 3

With some urging I’ve made the unmount.sh script work for samba shares. It works in preliminary testing. I also re-wrote the script to make it quite a bit simpler to add or change the search strings and thus the types … Continue reading

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