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01-13-14, 12:04 PM
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I think I'm over-reaching a ton with goals I have for myself for the next year and a half, but one of the big ones right now is to learn to program in R. Learning to use a decent stats package will probably be life altering for me in the long run.
In there somewhere I want to play with some music software and get a bunch of studies published.
Oh on that last note, I'm going to be submitting a manuscript sometime in the next week or two where I'm listed as an author. Not the first author or last author, merely somewhere in the middle, but there are some good names in there and the paper will likely be cited for a good long while. I'm farking pumped. This is the kind of thing that makes me happy to pull long hours at work.
In there somewhere I want to play with some music software and get a bunch of studies published.
Oh on that last note, I'm going to be submitting a manuscript sometime in the next week or two where I'm listed as an author. Not the first author or last author, merely somewhere in the middle, but there are some good names in there and the paper will likely be cited for a good long while. I'm farking pumped. This is the kind of thing that makes me happy to pull long hours at work.
01-13-14, 12:08 PM
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Good weekend with the kids. We bought a cheap used wifi router, threw dd-wrt firmware on it and set it up as a wifi adapter for Thing 1's Xbox 360. Really cool -- pretty much turned it into a set of ports on our regular network.
Took Thing 2 and Thing 3 out for an MTB ride -- closed trail led to a mixed road/off-road ride, and they had a lot of fun.
Thing 1 and I installed a new cabinet for my mother-in-law, and I think he's absorbing some of this tool-wielding stuff.
Then, today I saw my 10-yo daughter playing a mini-game on Animal Jam, and told her -- come on, you can make that game yourself. She quit playing, fired up Scratch, and got to coding and drawing. She got stuck, and I pulled her off the computer to do some paper design. She coded to the design, and released her first video game tonight
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1649...omexplore=true
Scratch is freaking amazing for kids to learn to code. Amazing. I enjoy whipping up games with it myself.
Took Thing 2 and Thing 3 out for an MTB ride -- closed trail led to a mixed road/off-road ride, and they had a lot of fun.
Thing 1 and I installed a new cabinet for my mother-in-law, and I think he's absorbing some of this tool-wielding stuff.
Then, today I saw my 10-yo daughter playing a mini-game on Animal Jam, and told her -- come on, you can make that game yourself. She quit playing, fired up Scratch, and got to coding and drawing. She got stuck, and I pulled her off the computer to do some paper design. She coded to the design, and released her first video game tonight
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1649...omexplore=true
Scratch is freaking amazing for kids to learn to code. Amazing. I enjoy whipping up games with it myself.
01-13-14, 12:17 PM
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I work at a hospital in boston doing clinical research on orthopedic spine surgery and orthopedic oncology spine procedures. I have the chance to do some basic science research here too, but I've been out of the lab for too long and I'm not sure if it's worth the time investment since I'd have to do things over the weekend or late at night (if that was even possible).
This paper is on surgical vs. non surgical outcomes of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic deficit.
Thanks! This is the continuation to a study that was already published with much longer follow up, so I have a good feeling about it! It's also one of the only RCT's on the topic which certainly helps matters. Also a good thing that the doc running the study is known in the field for this stuff.
This paper is on surgical vs. non surgical outcomes of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic deficit.
Thanks! This is the continuation to a study that was already published with much longer follow up, so I have a good feeling about it! It's also one of the only RCT's on the topic which certainly helps matters. Also a good thing that the doc running the study is known in the field for this stuff.
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01-13-14, 12:27 PM
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I work at a hospital in boston doing clinical research on orthopedic spine surgery and orthopedic oncology spine procedures. I have the chance to do some basic science research here too, but I've been out of the lab for too long and I'm not sure if it's worth the time investment since I'd have to do things over the weekend or late at night (if that was even possible).
This paper is on surgical vs. non surgical outcomes of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic deficit.
Thanks! This is the continuation to a study that was already published with much longer follow up, so I have a good feeling about it! It's also one of the only RCT's on the topic which certainly helps matters. Also a good thing that the doc running the study is known in the field for this stuff.
This paper is on surgical vs. non surgical outcomes of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic deficit.
Thanks! This is the continuation to a study that was already published with much longer follow up, so I have a good feeling about it! It's also one of the only RCT's on the topic which certainly helps matters. Also a good thing that the doc running the study is known in the field for this stuff.
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01-13-14, 12:33 PM
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I'll be in Brooklyn this weekend and looking to do some riding. Suggestions? I've heard from some folks up here to make my way across the GW bridge and head north toward Nyack along River Rd. Apparently I'll see many people out and should be able to jump into something...? Are there designated group rides that start somewhere specific and head that way?
01-13-14, 12:45 PM
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Good weekend with the kids. We bought a cheap used wifi router, threw dd-wrt firmware on it and set it up as a wifi adapter for Thing 1's Xbox 360. Really cool -- pretty much turned it into a set of ports on our regular network.
Took Thing 2 and Thing 3 out for an MTB ride -- closed trail led to a mixed road/off-road ride, and they had a lot of fun.
Thing 1 and I installed a new cabinet for my mother-in-law, and I think he's absorbing some of this tool-wielding stuff.
Then, today I saw my 10-yo daughter playing a mini-game on Animal Jam, and told her -- come on, you can make that game yourself. She quit playing, fired up Scratch, and got to coding and drawing. She got stuck, and I pulled her off the computer to do some paper design. She coded to the design, and released her first video game tonight
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1649...omexplore=true
Scratch is freaking amazing for kids to learn to code. Amazing. I enjoy whipping up games with it myself.
Took Thing 2 and Thing 3 out for an MTB ride -- closed trail led to a mixed road/off-road ride, and they had a lot of fun.
Thing 1 and I installed a new cabinet for my mother-in-law, and I think he's absorbing some of this tool-wielding stuff.
Then, today I saw my 10-yo daughter playing a mini-game on Animal Jam, and told her -- come on, you can make that game yourself. She quit playing, fired up Scratch, and got to coding and drawing. She got stuck, and I pulled her off the computer to do some paper design. She coded to the design, and released her first video game tonight
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1649...omexplore=true
Scratch is freaking amazing for kids to learn to code. Amazing. I enjoy whipping up games with it myself.
01-13-14, 01:06 PM
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I think it'll be accepted with revisions as the first paper was published in the same journal. Thanks for the kind words!
01-13-14, 01:08 PM
Making a kilometer blurry
I'm going to meet with our elementary school administration to see if they'd let me run an Hour of Code there. Seems that in Austin, several middle schools got the Hour, but not elementary.
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01-13-14, 01:10 PM
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01-13-14, 08:09 PM
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This weekend, besides learning baristas need not wear pants, I learned that if the battery cover is stuck on the Quarq, applying more force is not a good solution.
RMA #2 .
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01-13-14, 08:28 PM
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Dell Data Safe online is as worthless as tits on a hog.
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01-13-14, 08:38 PM
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I tried the same to route from my cable modem to my TV, but running hard wire under the house worked so much better. No more buffering issues with Netflix, et al.
dd-wrt is the bomb, though. The weak link in most routers is the firmware and not the hardware and dd-wrt can fix a lot of problems.
01-13-14, 09:19 PM
Making a kilometer blurry
By "adapter" do you mean wireless bridge?
I tried the same to route from my cable modem to my TV, but running hard wire under the house worked so much better. No more buffering issues with Netflix, et al.
dd-wrt is the bomb, though. The weak link in most routers is the firmware and not the hardware and dd-wrt can fix a lot of problems.
I tried the same to route from my cable modem to my TV, but running hard wire under the house worked so much better. No more buffering issues with Netflix, et al.
dd-wrt is the bomb, though. The weak link in most routers is the firmware and not the hardware and dd-wrt can fix a lot of problems.
01-14-14, 05:11 AM
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01-14-14, 06:55 AM
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Dell is all my company uses computer wise. Laptops are heavy as hell and hot as hell too. Nice in the winter, but sucks in the summer!
01-14-14, 06:57 AM
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Really liking my new Samsung S4. Still can't believe that the thing is a phone. And, yes this is my first smart phone so I have nothing to compare too..
I was pretty impressed that in less then a day I was comfortable using it and am slowly learning about features by using my old friend Google
I was pretty impressed that in less then a day I was comfortable using it and am slowly learning about features by using my old friend Google
01-14-14, 08:06 AM
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Really liking my new Samsung S4. Still can't believe that the thing is a phone. And, yes this is my first smart phone so I have nothing to compare too..
I was pretty impressed that in less then a day I was comfortable using it and am slowly learning about features by using my old friend Google
I was pretty impressed that in less then a day I was comfortable using it and am slowly learning about features by using my old friend Google
On another random note, I have a team to put on my license when OCA opens for registration.
01-14-14, 10:09 AM
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Nice
01-14-14, 10:42 AM
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Do you guys ride with your smartphones?
I have a Nexus 4 coming via UPS today. I don't know if I'm going to use my old iPhone 4 or Nokia 920 on a 3rd line for cycling or just use the N4. The phones are getting nicer but they are also getting bulkier.
I've used all 3 Mobile OSes and to be honest, the best one is WinMo. The problem though its lacking in apps. Every major company makes sure to have an Android or iOS version but nothing for Windows; the biggest example being Garmin Livetrack / Connect.
I have a Nexus 4 coming via UPS today. I don't know if I'm going to use my old iPhone 4 or Nokia 920 on a 3rd line for cycling or just use the N4. The phones are getting nicer but they are also getting bulkier.
I've used all 3 Mobile OSes and to be honest, the best one is WinMo. The problem though its lacking in apps. Every major company makes sure to have an Android or iOS version but nothing for Windows; the biggest example being Garmin Livetrack / Connect.
01-14-14, 10:58 AM
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I use my Garmin on the bike.
01-14-14, 10:59 AM
Making a kilometer blurry
I ride with my Nexus 4 in my jersey. No issues. I always pack it with my tube because my old non-smart slider phone slid out of a pocket once. Tube friction keeps it in there.
01-14-14, 11:03 AM
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I carry my phone. Previously I had a Palm of some kind (it was a work phone) then a DroidX (tip: if you are riding and think you might drop your phone if you try to pull it out of your pocket without stopping then either stop or don't pull it out). Now I have a Samsung R2D2 (S2G2? I don't know but it's big). I have a case+holster thing for it and I put the whole shebang in my pocket. My wallet goes in the same pocket, for the same reason that WR states (although it's already pretty good about not coming out).
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01-14-14, 11:07 AM
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So do I finance a significant portion of a $10k trailer or buy a $5.2k trailer outright (at worst do a very short term loan)? Similar sizes, $10k is aluminum, $5k is steel frame. A few different features for both, but they both have Dexter brakes (apparently that's a brand name good enough to point out).
Also I'm thinking that I can install a lot of the stuff I want (lighting, 110v transfer switch for generator plus a couple plugs, etc) but is that realistic? I dunno trailers.
Also I'm thinking that I can install a lot of the stuff I want (lighting, 110v transfer switch for generator plus a couple plugs, etc) but is that realistic? I dunno trailers.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
01-14-14, 12:30 PM
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Yeah, my iPhone goes in a pocket along with the wallet/keys.
I'm surprised phones are getting bulkier, I like my "tiny" iPhone! Guess my hands just aren't big enough.
I'm surprised phones are getting bulkier, I like my "tiny" iPhone! Guess my hands just aren't big enough.
01-14-14, 12:54 PM
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