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Entries from October 2007

Using Google Notebook as a Lab Notebook

October 18th, 2007 · 5 Comments

I love Moleskine notebooks, first of all. I have used them as lab notebooks for the last 2-3 years, and they are excellent all around. However, they suffer from the main drawbacks of hard copy anything:

They only exist in one place at a time.
They are not searchable in any modern sense of the word.
Sometimes [...]

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Tags: Lifehacks · Science · Tech

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543)

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

While reading I Am a Strange Loop, I was reminded of my love for the music of J.S. Bach. I haven’t listened to classical music much lately, but I used to listen to it all of the time. I’ve been listening to 80s music, Alternative and Indie rock, and smatterings of this and that pop [...]

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Tags: Music

Hearty Friday - Coffee

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

a melting heart in a take-away paper cup, poured by Rico

Originally uploaded by shanghaibarista

Mmmm.

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Tags: Other

PHPMyGTD “bug free” (ha!)

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

My pet project is coming along well. Tonight I made a bunch of UI improvements, and eliminated every single bug from my to-fix list.
There are still some more UI things that really should be fixed (like chiding the user for incorrect date input rather than simply adding an item with no due date), but [...]

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Tags: GTD · My Code · Tech · Tools of the Trade

Device handles chest compression part of CPR

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Thanks to my grandma Tice for sending me this article:

The Lucas system runs on high-pressure air from either a compressed air tank or an air wall outlet in a hospital. The device is indicated for treating adults who have acute circulatory arrest - meaning they lack spontaneous breathing and pulse - as well as loss [...]

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Tags: Biomedical Engineering · Cardiac Electrophysiology · Medicine · Science · Tech