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June Wrap-Up

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:04:34 -0600

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…

National Blog Posting Month

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:44:34 -0600

National Blog Posting Month:

Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…

SocialVibe

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:47:50 -0600

SocialVibe:

You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.

We’ve teamed up with…

May Wrap-Up

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:47:22 -0600

May Wrap-Up:

Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.

May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…

Irony

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:04:33 -0600

Irony:

“according to General Motors’ director of community health initiatives, Sam Shalaby, “If [GM] ran an auto plant like they run hospitals, we’d be out of business.”

from 11/2006 article in MD Net…

Nano Reef Tank

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:56:29 -0600

Nano Reef Tank:

The tank continues to progress slowly but steadily as I hope my skills are as well.

The cyanobacteria has all but disappeared completely and I’m not sure why. I was aggressively removing…

Nano Reef Tank

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:56:29 -0600

Nano Reef Tank:

The tank continues to progress slowly but steadily as I hope my skills are as well.

The cyanobacteria has all but disappeared completely and I’m not sure why. I was aggressively removing…

Just another manic…

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:55:48 -0600

Just another manic…:

Monday.

Woke up a bit later than normal, but I’d stayed up too late last night watching 88 Minutes. Pacino always seems to be playing himself in each role, but I’m note sure I’d want it…

I like the Stride packaging, including that you can discard half of it as the package empties.

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:26:38 -0600

I like the Stride packaging, including that you can discard half of it as the package empties.

Free at last

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:02:18 -0600

Figured out how to remove the DRM from my Kindle’s ebooks.

BS

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:32:29 -0600

I’m sick of everything being blamed on the “economy” today. Now we’re charging people to park at the hospital because of the state of the economy. Seriously?!

The Next Generation

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:07:54 -0600

The Next Generation:

An email I received from a student today:

Hi, Mike:

This is K___ L__, M4. I know you see a lot of students, so I’m not sure if you’d remember me, but I spoke to you about going into Family…

Documents To Bring to Your Tax Preparer

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:24:13 -0600

Documents To Bring to Your Tax Preparer

The Price of Disability Law in Medicine

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:57:01 -0600

The Price of Disability Law in Medicine: A look at what happens when ADA law makes a business lose money to provide a service to someone with a disability.

Aesthetic

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:59:51 -0600

The 1st gen iPod Touch is much better looking than the second.

I love Obama, but in this case, he's simply wrong.

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:37:23 -0600

jayparkinsonmd:

Obama said he’s appropriating $20 Billion dollars to the health care industry to encourage widespread adoption of electronic medical records.

While this sounds like a phenomenal idea, it’s not.

This is about as good an idea as throwing money at advancing the technology found in the Commodore 64.

Like bailing out the Big Three automakers, an infusion of federal dollars into the current crop of programs will only stifle innovation that’s sorely needed to make electronic record systems truly useful.

Here are some screenshots from two popular electronic medical records:

Can you imagine Facebook, Amazon, eBay, Flickr, Tumblr or any other promising new “technology” building such awful interfaces and counterintuitive usability?

We should be investing in companies that build amazing web apps and sites that you don’t even realize you’re using…instead, these companies are going to get a monetary windfall and continue to develop total crap. And doctors are still going to find it more convenient to write on paper with a pen…and therein lies the reason why only 9% of office based primary care docs use computers. Because the only technology out there they can use looks and functions like nothing else they use in their everyday lives - gMail, gCal, Facebook, Flickr, and Amazon.

The hyperlink has revolutionized everything, except health care technology.

And Obama wants to throw money at a sinking ship. Hey Obama…I’ve got a Commodore 64 you can buy for $20 Billion.

Risotto with Mushrooms

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:14:01 -0600

Risotto with Mushrooms:

Since I’m on vacation, I decided to try my hand in the kitchen. I came across a recipe on Jamie Oliver’s site for risotto and was planning to try that but thankfully Ikuko told me about using the…

Hi, I'm the doctor, and I won't be taking your order today - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:35:56 -0600

Hi, I'm the doctor, and I won't be taking your order today - Los Angeles Times: In theory, an office visit should be a doctor-patient partnership. But both sides can pull attitude.

Songs for a MedPsych Unit

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:54:20 -0600

Songs for a MedPsych Unit:

Even if I say it’ll be alright still I hear you say you want to end your life.

Never too late - Three Days Grace

Orange County cop steals a man's Xbox 360

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:44:42 -0600

Orange County cop steals a man's Xbox 360: This is pretty low.