Wednesday, September 30, 2015

History: the printer has passed

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First they came for the photo printer. Then they came for the ink jet. Now they’ve come for the rest. Amazon return package label printin...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Making of the modern pop song - fusion of the corporate and the anonymous individual

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was the apex of my popular music connection. In a weird adventure of late childhood I attended  Wint...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Vanguard voice biometric enrollment: the wrong way to do security

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This showed up in my email. What’s wrong with it? It tells me to click on a link to get started. How do I know this is really a Vanguard...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

If you want to take a nonagenarian for a six hour flight to San Francisco...

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If you want to take a mildly demented barely ambulatory nonagenarian out of his nursing home bed for a six hour flight to San Francisco you ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

American economy 2015: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Donald Trump lead to the same conclusion.

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Donald Trump as the voice of the non-college 50% . TNC on the mass (black) incarceration society - and reparations . Hundreds of colleges p...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Google Trends: Across my interests some confirmation and some big surprises.

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I knew Google Trends was “a thing”, but it had fallen off my radar. Until I wondered if Craigslist was going the way of Rich Text Format ....
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Repairing a 2010 RockShox Monarch RT3 - good luck getting parts

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My 2010 RockShox Monarch RT3 rear shock is on its deathbed. It needs a rebuild or replacement (much more expensive), but it’s hard to know i...
Monday, September 07, 2015

Tick bite causing meat allergy? (alpha-gal oligosaccharide allergy)

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When Emily saw repeated comments online about a tick bite causing allergies to red meat we first assumed it was a mass medical delusion. Tu...
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Sunday, September 06, 2015

On knee pain and the state of medical knowledge (updated)

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One of the interesting things about being old (45+, sorry to tell you that) and active and is that we develop conditions that we then get to...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Family medicine board examination 2015: One last time.

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I’m taking my family medicine board exams one last time . This is not entirely sensible. It’s been 21 years since I did family medicine, an...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Pectus Excavatum complications - beware neck strike during barbell Clean

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I am deformed … Current Management of Pectus Excavatum  [jf: depressed sternum associated upper chest] Pectus excavatum (PE) is one of t...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Mountain biking: A good sport for heavy kids?

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I help out with a High School mountain biking team; it’s a team #1 rode with last year. ( He might be first special needs student to compete...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Amazon reviews show a Shimano SPD pedal has a safety defect. Do Amazon and Shimano have a duty to report under US law?

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I’ve sent two sets of Amazon purchased SPD pedals to Shimano for warranty replacement in the past month. I’d used each set for 2-3 months wh...
Monday, August 17, 2015

And now for something somewhat different

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A somewhat wise traveler walks a path in deep desert. He comes across a turtle that has fallen on its back. Having some wisdom he carries t...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

2015 vs. 1910 - which era has more future shock?

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Remember Alvin Toffler ’s Future Shock (helps to be old)? Wikipedia, via this : "Toffler argues that society is undergoing an enorm...