Electronic health record are a very touchy subject, since these affect some of the most personal data. While a usable and reliable system for such electronic records would certainly save a lot of money and also prevent even more health-care…
Category: General
I just ran across this song (from 2006) called “Download this Song” by MC Lars. You can certainly debate the quality of the song itself (although I still very much like “The Passenger”), but the point he is trying to…
Just some Friday humor: tag: facebook, identity, humor
I usually try not to act as a sound board for marketing, but this seems quite interesting: “IBM and Sun announced that IBM will distribute the Solaris operating system (OS) and Solaris Subscriptions for select x86-based IBM System x servers…
… don’t try this at home: And here is what should happen to all mediocre audio equipment: tag: humor, apple, iPhone, iPod
This is the taping of the full lecture – highly recommended: tag: science, evolution
Ein phantastischer Bericht im DLF zu der Unsitte englische Begriffe ständig und oft sinnlos anstelle deutscher Begriffe zu verwenden. tag: Sprache, Denglisch
Totally unrelated to the usual topics, but still interesting (IMO): I have been really into multi-channel high-definition music for some time now and really enjoy SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. Chances are that you haven’t eve heard about these formats yet,…
I recently decided to join facebook (to be precise, right after reading Lauren’s blog). So far it seems like an interesting little social tool, that benefits hugely from it wide support in the academic community. What make facebook really interesting…
Germany recently changed their copyright and intellectual property laws, with a devastating effect on science and research: Going forward, libraries will only under very limited circumstances have the right to send out digital copies of a scientific article. There are…