When I was a kid, we used to play this game where we’d load up our NERF guns, shut off the lights and block the windows, and basically play a meatspace version of Counter-Strike.
I often seemed to have a competitive advantage against my friend. My eyes would adjust to the darkness more quickly than his. [...]

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The New Heartpod from Apple

Originally uploaded by locarbhiflavor

This week’s picture does not actually contain a heart, but it does contain a Holter Monitor. These devices are hooked up to patients to monitor their ECG over the course of a day (or some period of time). Doctors can then scan the records for abnormalities.

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This starts playing automatically so I put it below the fold.

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Per the SHERPA RoMEO project, it is permitted to self-publish or archive scientific articles from the Heart Rhythm Journal.
As such, I have completed the layout of the only HR article on which I am an author, and published it here. The final version of the article as laid out by Heart Rhythm is available here, [...]

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Like my Linkblog post from Monday, this post incorporates several small items that I’ve been meaning to write about, but that don’t really warrant their own posts.

Update on my e-mail diet: I’m definitely suffering from fewer interruptions due to my abandonment of automatic email checking and notifications. However, I still check my manually too often. [...]

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