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Score one for OO.o | 25th Feb 2008

Finally, someone has developed a plug-in for OpenOffice.org that will allow you to open Microsoft Office 2007 documents in .*x format (e.g. .docx, pptx, etc.). If you’re not familiar, OpenOffice.org is a free software office suite that operates similarly to Microsoft Office except that it’s available on all operating systems, you don’t have to [...]

The cost of medical education | 8th Feb 2008

Hi. I know most people think that doctors make a lot of money and therefore don’t need to worry about the cost of their education. However, in reality I (like most med students) am likely going to graduate over $200,000 in debt. Your reaction may be “yeah but you’ll be making the [...]

MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism | 6th Feb 2008

Finally, someone proved it. Now will all these people pipe down? Heh, probably not.

The Beatles in Space! | 2nd Feb 2008

NASA to broadcast across the universe.

Growing Organs? | 24th Jan 2008

Growing living organs in a lab?

Lily Photos | 21st Jan 2008

For those of you who did not get my email, I’ve uploaded 2 albums of photos of my niece, Lily, for viewing:
Lily’s 2nd Birthday
Lily at Lil’s House
Feel free to pass these links out to anyone you know who might be interested.
EDIT: If you’re only interested in photos of Lily, feel free to subscribe to [...]

Bobby Fischer Dies | 18th Jan 2008

Bobby Fischer dies at 64. I didn’t realize he was quite as eccentric as he was. Still, it makes me want to play some chess…

Open Source Education | 16th Jan 2008

This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. MIT is sponsoring a program to put their entire coursework online free for anyone to use (called OpenCourseWare). They include tests, lecture notes, videos, problem sets, and more. Everything is distributed under a Creative Commons Share-Alike License. [...]

UIUC website redesign | 14th Jan 2008

In their latest newsletter my alma mater UIUC announced that they’re redesigning their website. It looks like it’s very well designed and fairly functional. I’m hoping they offer a non-flash version for people who do not have flash-enabled browsers, but I assume they will. Why did they redesign it? Because [...]