Data – The data set is so big that my computer crashed. That’s only because bloody Microsoft Windows decided it had to update while my analysis was running. But I set it to run again overnight and had something by morning.
Presentation – There was enough data analysed, and I could actually present it, [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Another Day in the Life …
Posted in Epidemiology, Personal, Research, Science on Tuesday, 31 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A Day in the Life …
Posted in Epidemiology, Personal, Research, Science on Monday, 30 October 2006 | 2 Comments »
Out of bed at 6:15. Out the door at 7:00. On the train at 7:13. Grab a latte. On to another train at 7:35. Onto the bus at 8:10. At work at 8:50. Read Dain Curse while on bus/train.
Talk with the programmer about why my data looks weird. [...]
Whoo! Hoo!
Posted in Epidemiology, Personal, Research, Science on Sunday, 29 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a big day!
I got word that the NIH gave a large chunk of money on my behalf to the folks who own my student loans. I got on the web site and confirmed it. I am now several thousand dollars less in debt! What a happy day!
Now to put this [...]
The Maltese Malcon, part IV
Posted in Fun, Reviews on Tuesday, 24 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I think my obsession with the The Maltese Falcon has run its course now.
I finished the book up last night. What a great novel! Hammett’s characters are very much 3-dimensional beings. Sam Spade is an extraordinarily complex character: good yet bad; greedy yet generous; always cagey; always smart; always looking [...]
More Maltese Falcon
Posted in Fun on Sunday, 22 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not calling this part 4 yet, but if you’ve looked at my sidebar you’ll see that watching three movie versions has commpelled me to re-read the book. It’s great. Full book report to follow in a few days.
And I’ll write about something to do with arthritis one day soon, promise.
I’m so unique!
Posted in Fun, Personal on Saturday, 21 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
HowManyOfMe.com
There are:
0
people with my name
in the U.S.A.
How many have your name?
That’s for my real name. I get the same results for my nom de plume. I wonder what it means …
The Maltese Falcon, part III
Posted in Fun, Reviews on Saturday, 21 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Satan Met a Lady was surprisingly good. The plot is still noticeably The Maltese Falcon, but it’s undergone major changes. Joel Cairo is now an Englishman, Gutman is now a woman, and Wilmer is now a cat-loving nephew. The names have all been changed of course, and this includes the falcon itself – it’s now [...]
My Political Compass
Posted in Fun, Personal, Politics on Tuesday, 17 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Link here.
Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00
I’m not sure I buy it. I think I’m further to the economic right than this though the libertarian/authoritarian axis is probably about right. Of course, trying to express complex political viewpoints on even two axes is vastly undersimplifying …
Republican Goblins
Posted in Fun, Humor, Politics on Tuesday, 17 October 2006 | Leave a Comment »
From today’s Boston Globe. Romney is the current Mass. governor, Healey the Republican candidate to be the next governor. Deval Patrick is the Democratic candidate; he was of course a defense lawyer.
Interesting ICD-9 codes
Posted in Fun, Humor, Medicine on Saturday, 14 October 2006 | 1 Comment »
I’m working in the ER right now, and while I was trying to find an ICD-9 diagnostic code for a patient, I came across the following code that I’d never seen before:
E845.8: Accident Involving Spacecraft Injuring Groundcrew, Employee
I wonder how often that one’s been used?
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