May 2010
51 posts
Have we reached the point where detonating an underground nuke to contain the spill is now the best option?
Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes... →
Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data →
WebMD iPad App Is A Hypochondriac's Nightmare... →
The RIP: Brand vs Generic Drugs →
“That neuroradiologist you just spoke with? He’s the guy from The Unbearable Lightness of Being.”
Add @satellitelabs to the list of medical labs that REQUIRE Internet Explorer (firefox? safari? no.) YET inexplicably offer an iPhone app.
“Q: What diagnostic pitfalls are depicted on the show?
A: The most common...”
– Interview with Dr. Lisa Saunders, “House, M.D.” physician technical advisor
New Blood Pressure Targets
For blood pressure, based on recent trials, “130 is the new 120.”
ADDENDUM: These new recommendations, which will almost certainly appear in future blood pressure guidelines, are based upon results from the ACCORD and INVEST trials. (Thanks, Joel.)
What does it mean to be a human? →
Thoughts on Portal and "Still Alive" by Jonathan... →
“GLaDOS is actually the one who’s been helping you all along. She’s the one who arranged the scrawls on the wall that allowed you to find her. Why? Because she’s split into multiple competing personalities/programs/motivations, some of which you destroyed in the endgame. The last, snarling eyeball was her most malevolent personality. The good personalities have been helping...
“Today’s xkcd comic introduced an unusual word — malamanteau — by giving...”
– Wikipedia Is Not Amused By Entry For xkcd-Coined Word
Life is Beautiful – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents... →
Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke →
“The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico could be stopped with an underground nuclear blast, a Russian newspaper reports.”
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are an excellent way of identifying hidden paper cuts. (Ow.)
“Our saltshakers are responsible for just 11% of the sodium we consume. The rest...”
– Salt Epidemic: Why Americans, Chefs Love Excess Sodium - TIME
Studying the Placebo Effect →
“One audacious tack would be to tell the truth: to notify patients that they are about to be given a fake pill. The idea sounds absurd, and doctors have long assumed that would ruin the effect. But there’s almost no research on the question, and it may not be as unthinkable as it seems. One reason it could work involves “classical conditioning”—the notion that we can learn on a subconscious...
Charles Stross explains eBooks. →
Details’ 1996 Profile of David Foster Wallace →
Infinite Jest was just published. He was 34.
Well-caffeinated on complimentary @Nespresso.
Why Your Photos Look Lousy →
Syl Arena on Color Management Basics.
Apple's biometric heartbeat patent →
My first thought: “Smart. Apple wants to know if the user has died.”
Apple is actively recruiting health care providers... →
“In one of the most dizzying half-hours in stock market history, the Dow plunged...”
– Stocks Plunge as Investors Fear Spread of Greece Crisis - CNBC
Warren Ellis: The non-digital world →
On the set of Red, with John Malkovich and Bruce Willis.
This works great: save journal articles as PDFs to @dropbox then read them later on the iPhone or iPad.
