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I’ve started a new research project this summer in Marcello Del Carlo’s lab. Dr. Del Carlo is a new faculty member at Rush in the Department of Biochemistry. Our lab is affiliated with a clinical urologist faculty and we’re researching a urological disease called Peyronie’s Disease (PD) [Warning: male nudity]. From a [...]

I began wondering how easy it would be to build an awesome HTPC these days. I then began to wonder about price and abilities of software. Here’s what I came up with. Would you add or change anything?

Tasks

Play DVDs
Copy full DVDs to HDD
Shrink DVDs
Burn Shrunk DVDs
Record TV
Watch recorded shows
Burn recorded TV to [...]

Has med school taught me to appreciate the complexity of the human body and the intricacy of human disease? Hell no! What has it taught me? That the human body is a freakin’ mine field. Every which way you turn there are 10 more ways stuff can go wrong with your [...]

I learned that a friend of mine at Rush, Peter Zavislak, has a few websites. The most notable is his current work, Medical Pastiche. I don’t encourage you to read it though, or you’ll quickly figure out how silly my blog is. (Just kidding, check it out even though it makes me [...]