Remembering February, 2009

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Updated Blogroll | 27th Feb 2009

It’s been a while since I updated my blogroll. A “blogroll” is a list of links to blogs that I read regularly. I took a few old ones out and added these: Aaron TenHarmsel’s photoblog: Aaron is a friend from Rush that takes amazing photos. I recently convinced him to start a WordPress-powered photoblog. He’s [...]

Strange Diseases, Oh My! | 25th Feb 2009

We were learning about a few strange diseases in Microbiology today. Sadie loves to read books on weird diseases like the ones we were talking about. Most of them are nonfiction, and they all sound pretty bizarre. I’ll add a short list of books she has read or reviewed and their corresponding diseases. The Hot [...]

M3 Clerkships Lottery | 23rd Feb 2009

Rush has a “lottery” to determine what order everyone’s M3 clerkships will be in. For those who don’t know, our M3 and M4 years are entirely clinical. We’re supposed to rank them from best to worst depending on our preferences, and a computer program will crunch the numbers and determine which order each student will [...]

Shiki-wood | 19th Feb 2009

I was playing around with a copy of Ubuntu 8.10 in VirtualBox the other day. I decided to try out the Shiki Colors theme. I had also been messing around with backgrounds and found that Shiki Colors looks very nice when paired with Hardwood Lights from zyklophon at Deviant Art. What do you think?

1234567890 Day | 13th Feb 2009

1234567890 Day is today at 1:30:31 5:30:31 PM CST (EDIT: Sorry I can’t do math).  The time represents the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (1/1/70) in UTC time.  The only one more exciting will be in 2038, when we get to 9999999999.  Check the link for a little more info on the day [...]

Copyright and the Internet: A Personal Example | 12th Feb 2009

I don’t normally watch SNL. Occasionally, Sadie and I will flip it on randomly and watch a skit, but I can’t tell you the last time I watched all (or even most) of an episode. I follow @davidsiegel (a software developer) on Twitter, and he tweeted a link to a YouTube video of a recent [...]

Dumbass, M.D. | 11th Feb 2009

You have Some Terminal Condition, which necessitates taking two pills a day: one Pill A and one Pill B. If you neglect to take either pill, you die; if you take more than one A or more than one B, you die. If you don’t take them at exactly the same time, you die. This [...]

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