I decided to move my LiveJournal blog over to my own server, to have more control over my data.

You can find it here: http://words.tev.net

Maybe I will even update it now and then!

Often, random thoughts occur to me in the shower ( Read more... )

Dream last night ( Read more... )

Based on what's going on in the medical community, a series of consistent themes emerges that provides some insight into what the future of medicine will look like.

Here are some things rising to the top of the discussion of future medicine:

Digital Records
Currently, this is kind of a mess. Some hospitals and doctors can share patient records ( Read more... )

My birthday present to myself arrived yesterday: the new Barnes & Noble "nook" ebook reader.

As you probably know, ebooks and ebook readers have been a hobby of mine for a while now. I'm rather passionate about ebooks. So of course I had to get a nook to see how it stacks up.


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Why don't modern cars have more external sensors?

Sure, some minvans have backup sensors so it beeps if you're about to run over little Timmy, but it seems like sensor technology hasn't gone anywhere in a long time.


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Yesterday I sold some Apple stock I had purchased. It worked out well for me, I bought it when the economy was shaky and the stock market in shambles, it cost me $85 a share. Now, a year later, I sold it for $199 a share. So I made some money, not a huge sum, maybe $3K after taxes ( Read more... )

I Sell the Dead
8/7/2009
Grave robbers discover that selling the undead is very profitable.

How did I not hear of this? It looks Awesome!

District 9
8/14/2009
Aliens land in South Africa and become an oppressed minority.

Based on the short film Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp, which was awesome. Should be good.

Inglourious Basterds
8/21/ ( Read more... )

If anyone's curious, here's a look at the development tools I use, day-to-day.

I use a Mac, so these are Mac-based, but many are also available for Windows.

MAMP

Free all-in-one webserver package, instantly sets up Apache, MySQL and PHP. Great for developing locally without all the hassle of trying to build a server yourself.

Zend Studio ( ( Read more... )

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward ( Read more... )