July 2010
38 posts
Hospice medical care for dying patients by Atul... →
Modern medicine is good at staving off death with aggressive interventions—and bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the days that terminal patients have left.
Jul 30th
Medical Specialties and Clinical Practice Topics:... →
Jul 29th
Slow motion lightning strike →
A lightning strike recorded at 9000 frames per second. The action across time scales displayed in this video is amazing. One strike hovers in the frame almost the entire time while other…
Jul 29th
Jul 29th
Uremic Frost: Social Media Helps Man Find Kidney Transplant http://bit.ly/aJjdB6
Jul 29th
Jul 29th
Plan for urine-powered fuel cells leaks out http://bit.ly/bRP1MS
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
Orchid Fever by Susan Orlean →
The inspiration for Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation.”
Jul 28th
Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever →
Jul 28th
The Neuroscience of Inception →
Jul 27th
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WatchWatch
‘Red’
Jul 23rd
Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown →
Jul 20th
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“Meanwhile I’m traveling in Southeast Asia in the hot season. Desperately,...”
– Paolo Bacigalupi Talks About The Windup Girl
Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
chillout song :: zefrank.com →
Jul 17th
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Love the @Audible_com iPhone app. Minor quibbles: no 2x play speed and no pausing with headphone controls.
Jul 15th
Improv Everywhere Brings “Star Wars” to NYC Subway... →
Jul 15th
iPhone 4 observations: The best GPS experience I’ve had was the Motion X GPS Drive app ($3!) and the Bracketron vent mount kit.
Jul 12th
iPhone 4 observations: The antenna signal thing is a non-issue.
Jul 12th
I’ve had so many friends ask about the iPhone 4, I figured I’d post some observations.
Jul 12th
AI Predicts Manhole Explosions In New York City →
Jul 9th
EpicWin, Turning A Todo List App Into a Role... →
Jul 9th
Blood Glucose Monitor with Native iPhone Support →
Jul 9th
Jul 9th
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Jul 3rd
★ Translation From Apple’s Unique Dialect of... →
Jul 2nd
@Balut: “Nothing keeps the CCU nurses on their toes like my death rattle ringtone.” And he’s not kidding: http://j.mp/dnT0mk
Jul 2nd
Jul 1st
Who’s Who in the Russian Spy Ring →
Jul 1st
June 2010
42 posts
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iPhone 4 review →
Andy Ihnatko’s detailed writeup.
Jun 29th
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“In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties,...”
– Nick Paumgarten: Up and Then Down. (via marco)
Jun 25th
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“Once an alcoholic starts drinking heavily, the mesolimbic pathway responds by...”
– Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works
Jun 25th
That’s 15 hours of battery life even using FaceTime — which, BTW: OMG.
Jun 25th
Revised iPhone 4 battery life estimate: with push notifications off, it’s lasting 15 hours.
Jun 25th
I can confirm frequent use of the iPhone 4 will require a midday recharge or a Mophie Juice Pack. (Per @mophielovesyou, one is pending.) (Addendum: Actually, with push syncing off, I’m getting 14 - 15 hours.)
Jun 24th
Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference →
Jun 23rd
Jun 22nd
The Anosognosic's Dilemma: Something's Wrong but... →
Jun 22nd