December 2011
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The @5by5 podcast network’s best of 2011. So good. Listen: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=361272236
Dec 31st
Get Snapseed in the iPhone app store. It’s free today, and it’s my favorite iPhone camera app. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“Interesting. I just tried to return something to Amazon, and they were all like...”
– @Veronica
Dec 30th
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“Do the Corinthians export anything other than architectural columns and leather?”
– @jasonpermenter
Dec 30th
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“Shorn. Took my hair from chemo before chemo took my hair from me....”
– @xeni
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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The Master Palindromist →
RE: NO GAS IN AGE? BEWARE. Warren, old as sin, am red. Lost—or reviled—a female. (No, a hag!) Elder, it passes old lot. Fossil. Lip sags, eh? Flesh sags. Poor devil! At one, nips. A store, cafe, zoo. “Pops.” No, is elder, has gas till it’s late. Menace. No bristle, few warts on nose. Hoots. Peels, eh? Park, late: talk, rap. He sleeps, too. (He’s on no straw.We felt, sir: Bone. Cane....
Dec 27th
Dec 27th
Inside the mind of the octopus →
When I stroked her soft head with my fingertips, she changed color beneath my touch, her ruby-flecked skin going white and smooth. This, I learned, is a sign of a relaxed octopus. An agitated giant Pacific octopus turns red, its skin gets pimply, and it erects two papillae over the eyes, which some divers say look like horns. One name for the species is “devil fish.” With sharp, parrotlike...
Dec 26th
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The GlowCaps wireless pill bottle →
AT&T and Vitality Inc. announced Tuesday at CES that they have teamed up on a new technology that helps patients take their medications regularly by sending reminder calls, weekly e-mail reports and monthly updates to patients and caregivers.
Dec 24th
Dec 24th
The 50 best Cleveland Clinic doctors. Ever. →
Sones was known as a stern taskmaster who wouldn’t hesitate to publicly criticize surgeons or nearly anyone else he encountered. Some nurses were said to hide in the bathroom when he appeared on their floor. He would frequently smoke cigarettes during procedures in the catheterization lab, using a sterile forceps to hold a lit cigarette that he’d lay on the edge of the instrument table.
Dec 23rd
“Why doesn’t Chrome show the iconic “http://” before web addresses any more?...”
– This Is Not The Net You Thought You Knew
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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MIT Offering Free Online Courses →
Hat tip to my wife, who loves them.
Dec 20th
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The Top 20 iPhone And iPad Apps of 2011 →
Some real gems.
Dec 20th
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“Diagnosed licorice toxicity. So. Awesome. (Potassium 2.0!)”
– @grahamwalker
Dec 19th
Dec 18th
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“RT @CNNMoney: U.S. teens exchange 7 text messages per waking hour....”
– @flipboardtech
Dec 18th
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“Me: “I dreamt I invented a new warship, mid-sized, half helicopter and...”
– @rascouet
Dec 17th
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“Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People...”
– @TheOnion
Dec 16th
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“My paper cuts want to know why they weren’t previously informed about...”
– @joshuaschwimmer
Dec 15th
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“After 10 days, my (fourth) Jawbone Up is still working.”
– @joshuaschwimmer
Dec 14th
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“Congrats! RT @Medgadget: [News] Medgadget Partners with The Atlantic...”
– @doctorwes
Dec 13th
How to talk to someone with cancer. →
Dec 13th
Bernie Madoff’s Lasting Shadow, 3 Years After His... →
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, nytimes.com Three years after his arrest, the mas­ter­mind of Ponzi schemes still haunts his vic­tims, his fam­i­ly and him­self.
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Grand Rounds, Vol. 8 No. 11: The Tumblr'd Edition →
blogborygmi: Hello and welcome to this collection of medical links from across the web, written by providers, patients and analysts that work on the frontlines of modern healthcare. Love the new format for grand rounds. The sole problem — which isn’t, really — is that you need to click the “next” button to advance to the next post.
Dec 7th
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WatchWatch
Sleep No More may be the most unusual, fantastical take on Macbeth ever produced. The London-based theater company Punchdrunk has transformed 100,000 square feet of New York City warehouse space into a meticulously detailed world — a kind of Macbeth theme park with no signage or maps or instructions. The result is part art installation, part dance performance, part giant maze: audience...
Dec 3rd
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If You Pick Us, Do We Not Bleed? →
Around 1900, Bose began his investigations into the secret world of plants. He found that all plants, and all parts of plants, have a sensitive nervous system not unlike that of animals, and that their responses to external stimuli could be measured and recorded. Some plant reactions can be seen easily in sensitive plants like the Mimosa, which, when irritated, will react with the sudden...
Dec 2nd