Remembering January, 2009

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Making Mistakes | 25th Jan 2009

Making Mistakes | iface thoughts.  This was a great realization by Mr. Nadgouda.  Making mistakes (and learning from them) is the key to true innovation in any field.  Unfortunately, mistakes are not so “affordable” in medical treatment. What can we do to continue to advance our field without endangering the lives of patients?  Is the [...]

Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov | 20th Jan 2009

“One significant addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President: we will publish all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow the public to review and comment before the President signs it.” via EOP – Blog Post – Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov. Now that’s something I didn’t expect.  Sounds [...]

Ubuntu and Its Leader Set Sights on the Mainstream – NYTimes.com | 13th Jan 2009

Ubuntu and Its Leader Set Sights on the Mainstream – NYTimes.com.

Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL | 12th Jan 2009

Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL.  “The next steps in this line of research include determining how well this synthetic HDL transports cholesterol to the liver.”  I think that’ll be a key step.  But interesting, nonetheless.

My Back Pages | 8th Jan 2009

YouTube – My Back Pages – The 30th Bob Dylan Anniversary.  This is a great lyrical song by Bob Dylan as performed by Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and George Harrison.  Sadie and I saw a clip of this when we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [...]

The atheist bus campaign | 7th Jan 2009

Ariane Sherine: We did it! The atheist bus campaign is bigger and better then ever | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.  Check out the video for a brief interview with Richard Dawkins.  I think I could consider myself a Humanist.

GIVE [dive into mark] | 1st Jan 2009

GIVE [dive into mark] is a Gentle Introduction to Video Encoding by Mark Pilgrim.  It’s an on-going, really well-written set of articles on all parts of video and audio encoding.  Considering these topics took up a large part of my livelihood in the past, the articles definitely grabbed my attention.  So far they’ve all been [...]

Harrison Bergeron Review | 1st Jan 2009

The dystopian short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut is an interesting tale of life in the year 2081, when all humans have been made “equal.” They’re equal because anyone who is exceptional is given government-issued handicap devices: masks for the beautiful, constant weight for the strong, and mind-numbing noise for the intelligent. The premise [...]

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