Archive for the 'internet' Category

Blogs: the bat-signal for nerds

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Yesterday I wrote a post highlighting a soon to be released service for getting measurements from photos. A few hours later I was delighted to discover that one of the companies founders had left a comment, confirming what I’d written. I was then able to e-mail him and find out some additional information about their [...]

Electronic medical records for all!!!

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I realize healthcare isn’t my area of expertise, but it’s a hot topic these days and as a a computer scientist I feel obliged to sing the praises of electronic medical records (EMRs).
Today Ezra Klein highlighted this recent study, which questions whether EMRs really improve patient care. The study looks at whether patients seeing private [...]

Congratulations on your recent internet-based achievement

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Last night my housemate Chris accepted a friend request on facebook from a girl who had just joined (and perhaps added him as a friend erroneously). While trying to figure out who she was, we saw that a number of her friends had congratulated her on joing. I’m still not on facebook, but it’s nice [...]

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