Month: October 2014

  • Typical Blogging Experience

    I started writing a post about why I’ve started running and immediately wanted to drop in a pretty way to display a recent run. I use RunKeeper, so I searched if they have oEmbed support. I realized I asked them on Twitter about this almost a year ago when my tweet was the first result.…

  • Google’s Confusion

    Google is surprisingly knowledgeable on what to do when you have egg, dairy, et al allergies, thus a vegan that eats meat.

  • Control Eluded State Leaders in Ebola Crisis

    Had the state used its public health powers more robustly, health care workers who treated Duncan might not have been circulating in public, and much of the ensuing panic could have been stilled. Source: Control Eluded State Leaders in Ebola Crisis | The Texas Tribune I’m glad to hear reports that the first nurse is now…

  • Race Day

    Austin, Texas, United States of America

  • How A Coal Miner’s Autopsy Proved A Top Doctor Wrong

    When a coal miner’s lungs finally gave out, his autopsy proved a top doctor was wrong — giving hope to thousands of other miners. Source: How A Coal Miner’s Autopsy Proved A Top Doctor Wrong Continuing the topic of medical/public health stories, BuzzFeed—of all places—has this piece about a top doctor in determining if coal…

  • Spitballs into a War

    But I think we could, in retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, have sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands-on with the hospital from day one about exactly how this should be managed.” Source: Second Health Worker Tests Positive For Ebola At Dallas Hospital : The Two-Way : NPR This is incredible.…