December 2008
45 posts
A single cube of dried liver = 20 blocks of dog training.
Let me advise against the ginger-flavored espresso.
10 Steps to a Better Practice (via Medical Economics) http://tinyurl.com/96xd22
Chamber Baroque and Crystal Method are battling it out on Pandora during the weekly review.
Just now realizing I told a patient yesterday, “Don’t worry, it’s okay if you puke on my iPhone.”
“You will need to divide your current possessions into four major categories. 1....”
– Bruce Sterling
Taking photos in Central Park. Fingers too numb to tweet.
My inboxes themselves contain inboxes, which contain inboxes. My workspace is like something from the Cat in the Hat.
Yet @intueri is convincing me to head out to Central Park in the snow with the Canon 50D.
RT @wilshipley: I’m tweeting from Safari on Windows XP on VMWare on Mac OS X. BECAUSE I CAN.
FYI: Skeletool’s blade? Razor-sharp.
Re: Blogging. Q: “Where the hell are you?” A: “Twitter. Writing. Working on lots of projects. Will check in intermittently. I promise.”
It’s eerily silent when the batteries die in your electronic stethoscope.
Thanks, @sandnsurf::”@shortyawards I nominate @kidneynotes for a Shorty Award in #health because of his health technology 2.0 advice.”
No water pressure at the hospital. Network is down. Mac reset time and date to 1969 for no apparent reason. Happy wednesday. (via @dporter)
I wrote 1026 words in 21 minutes with Write or Die! http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
Just overheard someone use the word “oedema” — and they pronounced the “o.” Oawesome.
Whose idea was it to have Lovenox come in every dose EXCEPT the one most appropriate for the average male?
The new Gmail SMS feature is great for communicating with front desk staff. (Mine all text message.)
RT @intueri: Unfortunate typo in a journal article: “Bonzodiazepine”
Introducing The Efficient MD Wiki http://tinyurl.com/6gofbw
Drug Advertising Has Gone Viral: Anti-Claritin Pro-Zyrtec Ad in NYC http://tinyurl.com/4njhna
Ordering a beta-carotene level in someone with yellow skin discoloration is not trivial, jeez.
Photographed a cheap disposable fountain pen with the iPhone Amazon mobile app, which recognized it in < 2 minutes, then bought a dozen.
Apparently lots of people have come up with the term “Ambienesia.”
In which @hotdogsladies convinces the internet to buy him a Canon 5D Mark II for Christmas: http://www.merlinmann.com/amazon/blog/ (NSFW)
RT @AllergyNotes: Question for medical tweets: What do you think of your *hospital * following you on Twitter?
Question for medical tweets: What do you think of your doctor following you on Twitter? (via @AllergyNotes)
Medical Applications in the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch http://tinyurl.com/6k4apm
Last espresso of the day. (Promise.)
I find I’m adding worlds more feeds to rssfwd.com than I am to Google Reader nowadays.
I am tempted to walk around the hospital with a Macbook Air and a 1 lb thermal printer and type my notes.
(Currently running up all kinds of experimental ideas on Twitter to see if anyone salutes.)
The apocryphal Gravity’s Rainbow audiobook actually exists (1 GB!), but unclear if it was formally released.
Tech Medicine Links for 12.5.8 http://tinyurl.com/6y3ywc
What makes more sense, upgrading from an Xti to a 50D or getting a 24-105 f/4 L IS lens?
(Swear to god I wrote those last tweets before seeing @hotdogsladies new web community: http://tinyurl.com/AmazonStoreBlog .)
I’m thinking of upgrading from a 400D (Xti) to a 50D. Wait, what?
Last quote prompted by 10 minutes wasted on the phone with Quest support, then being told “You need to use IE.” BUT I’M ON A MAC.
At dinner yesterday: 2 midwives, a psychiatrist, a rheumatologist, a podiatrist, many residents, & 2 internet-famous medical bloggers.
RT @pyknosis: Talked to a patient about his blog while injecting chemo into his spine today.
Tech Medicine Links for 11.23.8 http://tinyurl.com/6cu8m9
Physicians: I’m hosting a dinner lecture at Compass Restaurant in NYC on Chronic Kidney Disease on Thursday, Dec 4. Interested? Message me.