January 2010
32 posts
Jan 31st
“Run Pee suggests the best times during a movie to make a run to the bathroom without missing too much of the plot.” http://bit.ly/aAABIo
Jan 31st
RT @precordialthump: RT: @poisonreview: Cocktail Paralysis http://ow.ly/16sKkX Could a drink cause hypokalaemic paralysis? You betcha.
Jan 31st
RT @grandrounds: Get your best writing in to @doc_rob at http://bit.ly/70dQjY for Grand Rounds next week — deadline is Sunday high noon …
Jan 31st
“A human being is a union of vertebrate and virus.” http://ping.fm/4Ifkf
Jan 30th
How To Encrypt Evernote On The Mac. (Finally someone figured this out.) http://ping.fm/UEHyV
Jan 30th
Merlin, in a tribute to the iPad and David Foster...
merlin: My Initial Thoughts on Apple’s Announcement Regarding the Release of the iPad, Viz. the High Likelihood of Its Impact As a Paradigm-Shifting, Next-Generation Appliance Poised to Upend the Traditional Notion of Computers As Per Se Computers; Plus, Educated Commentary on the Complex and Sometimes Adversarial Relationships Between Humans and the Machines That They Build to Use and to —...
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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“Uric Acid, Fructose, and Hypertension” by Joel Topf. http://ping.fm/U4Gf7
Jan 30th
xkcd.com on the Mars Rover. http://ping.fm/K9erC
Jan 30th
Adding “renal infarct” to the list of kidney diseases: http://ping.fm/RPIk2 . (Did I miss any others?)
Jan 29th
Jan 29th
“The iPad Big Picture” (from Daring Fireball). http://ping.fm/SFvFV
Jan 28th
Nephrologists Using Social Media (from Nephrology Times). http://ping.fm/lWBEJ
Jan 25th
RT @kidney_boy: Hey @simonprince and @JoshuaSchwimmer I guess this: http://bit.ly/8YDXcU Makes us social media experts. Congratulations.
Jan 25th
RT @kidneynotes: Crush injuries can be deceptively dangerous http://bit.ly/8hmbRb
Jan 25th
Meteorite hits doctor’s office. http://ping.fm/o5imT
Jan 24th
Jan 23rd
Dr. Paul Auerbach in Haiti: “Today’s story is about our 5 year old survivor of a week beneath the rubble.” http://ping.fm/Gjaqr
Jan 23rd
RT @instapaper: Buy Instapaper Pro today and proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders (MSF): http://bit.ly/6Ehtuo [iTunes link]
Jan 20th
The Big Picture: Photos of the Earthquake in Haiti. http://ping.fm/Vp0by
Jan 13th
Cardiologists discuss how far myocardial infarction management has come. http://ping.fm/iourS
Jan 11th
Nil by mouth - Roger Ebert’s Journal http://ping.fm/heSAK
Jan 8th
RT @blogborygmi: this week’s @grandrounds is up at http://blogborygmi.com
Jan 5th
NYC offers tips for drug users to prevent overdoses. Example: “Use the Narcan in your OD rescue kit.” http://tinyurl.com/yc29qnh
Jan 5th
FDR’s blood pressure: 300/190. That is not a typo. http://ping.fm/wOL0O
Jan 5th
“For the eleventh time, Bruce Sterling [addresses] the State of the World and Things Various and Sundry.” http://ping.fm/yhr4q
Jan 4th
Bruce Sterling: The Hypersurface of this Decade http://ping.fm/y2iZm
Jan 3rd
Jan 2nd
“The Tablet” and gadget portability theory http://instapaper.com/zoxzh5oM
Jan 2nd
RT @grahamwalker: And that is why E is for exposure. (Incidentally found back STAB WOUND in a young drunk guy in the ED for a shiner to …
Jan 1st
Listening to “The Checklist Manifest” by Atul Gawande for the 2nd time. It’s his best work.
Jan 1st
Book worms, imperialist nostalgia and the “Stanford 25” - Abraham Verghese http://ping.fm/jaob6
Jan 1st