THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

Hospital Workers in New Orleans Fight Back

17 August 2006

In a wonderful response to the accusations against one doctor and two nurses who are facing murder charges for staying with their patients in New Orleans, this nurse provides incredible insight into the situation. I strongly recommend you read this: http://projectdisaster.com/?p=743

A Fun Site

14 August 2006

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Go to http://www.oceangram.com/It is a virtual “Message In A Bottle” site. Dont’ get too hooked!

Yeast Rings?

13 August 2006

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I was at Walmart today, picking up some groceries, and found this in the store. OK… Hints: 1. It is in the bakery section2. It is a food people eat (some eat a lot of them)3. The stigma of police eating them is out there4. They are high calorie items Click on the image above [...]

Reading this? Thank the IBM PC

12 August 2006

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The IBM PC turns 25 today. On August 12, 1981, the world came to know the IBM PC, a new platform computer that was running a new operating system called PC-DOS. IBM had licensed this new operating system from a young upstart by the name of Bill Gates. The rest is computing history. Here’s some [...]

Trivia Time!

11 August 2006

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Back in the early 1980′s, I owned an 8088 based computer running CP/M. The ASCII monitor for this kluge (That I still remember fondly – The Jade Piggy, made by Jade Computers in Lawndale, CA) was a Soroc IQ 120. This sucker weighed A LOT. But it worked wonderfully for its time. Take a look [...]