August 2009
24 posts
“More cow valve!” — Robin Williams, after his bovine aortic valve replacement.
Robin Williams talks about his aortic valve replacement: http://ping.fm/H9OHR (Thanks, to Dr. Wes at http://ping.fm/41AQU)
New favorite fountain pen, 77¢: http://ping.fm/keDdE
“We have contests in which we decide who is the most beautiful woman in the world… We should be able to have a World’s Most Perfect Kidney contest.” — David Cronenberg, in Aphrodites of the Operating Theater: La Specola Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, BoingBoing. http://ping.fm/IS4Kd
Dollhouse: Epitaph One, now on iTunes. http://ping.fm/4sKXC
Someone please prove me wrong: A table of the benefits of common medical therapies (aspirin, statins, etc.) DOESN’T EXIST.
A puzzle: an Orthodox Jewish patient with an allergy to shellfish.
Overheard: “You’ve got stones, bones, groans, and psychic overtones! You need to have your gland out!”
In the Future, Doing Science Is Like Blogging (by Bruce Sterling):
http://ping.fm/61Ild
(via Instapaper)
Paul Krugman and Charles Stross discuss SF and Economics: http://ping.fm/dbCgf
Health professionals: can anyone point me to a copy of the mysterious InterQual guidelines? Thanks.
Alas, @practicefusion still doesn’t print correctly on the Mac, which is my sole barrier to switching.
Lake (Autostitch)
Ben Franklin in the NYT Pursuit of Happiness Blog (http://ping.fm/pUvLu)
“How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes” (via Tim Ferriss) (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/)
Snow Leopard available for pre-order on Amazon: http://ping.fm/GPSZy
Amazon.com: The 99 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces for $2.99 (http://ping.fm/xyaiL)