Encephalosponge » Soaking Up Life

Wordpress 2.3 “Dexter” was released today. Despite the appeal of its new features, I’m going to wait to upgrade for a week or two until the plug-ins to get their kinks worked out. This big upgrade is part of the reason I’ve been slow to start adding features to my new blog. [...]

I’m working on a custom design for this site at the moment. Hopefully it will be up and running and looking nice pretty soon. Until then, you’re stuck with the default Wordpress theme, which isn’t too bad on its own.

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Call me spoiled. Maybe I am. I don’t know, but Gmail gives me exactly what I want in a web-based email application. I mainly use Outlook only to force myself to consistently [...]

Overall, the first day went pretty well, I thought. One thing that turned me off was Rush’s apparent aversion to some technologies. These were mainly web-based technologies, although according to the computer gurus my Sandisk Cruzer jump drive is frowned upon due to its U3 software package. I can’t say that I [...]

Well tomorrow I start medical school. Well, not the “school” part of it so much, since actual classes don’t start until Monday Sept 10th, but orientation. I’m a mixture of nerves and excitement at the moment. I know this year is probably going to be hell, but I’m sticking to the adage [...]

My name is Jonathan and this is my med school blog. I am an M1 medical student at Rush Medical College, and this is my attempt to keep track of my life for the next 4 years.