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Entries from July 2008

SWPL - Facebook

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I avoided reading it for a long time — Stuff White People Like — I was above that. Sure everyone talked about it, but there are so many internet fads these days, one can’t just run after every one and try to understand it. That’s a good way to get shoop-da-whooped.
However, at some point Maryana’s [...]

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Tags: Tech

Chronic Heart Failure Simulator

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

AstraZeneca created a CHF simulator so that physicians can get a better idea of what it feels like, aiding their empathy and (hopefully) diagnostic accuracy. It runs on Macs, so Apple has a feature on it here.

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Tags: Biomedical Engineering · Cardiac Electrophysiology · Medicine · Science

College

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

So, this movie looks pretty stupid, but it’s clearly filmed at Tulane!
Hebert Hall in the background:

Sharp Hall in the background:

College

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Tags: New Orleans

Belated Hearty Friday - my love for you

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

my love for you

Originally uploaded by setsuntamew

With all of the moving shenanigans this past weekend, I missed Hearty Friday. Here you go — looks like the product of 4th of July festivities.

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Tags: Other

Old Habits Die Hard

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I’m back in Baltimore until tomorrow. I had a course on research ethics (8 hours to say “don’t abuse human subjects…”), and have been shipping, selling, and giving away the remnants of my stuff that didn’t make it to MN on the first trip.
Today, I’m working in the lab, borrowing an empty desk. It’s in [...]

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Tags: Travel