Moving back to medical imaging… I’m now working on cardiovascular OCT systems at Volcano in Billerica, MA.
October 25, 2010
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October 10, 2008
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What’s gone wrong with the GOP?
David Brooks, in one of his more reasonable moods, explains what has gone wrong with the Republican party, as exemplified by Sarah Palin. To summarize, the strategists and the party insiders have allowed the ends to justify the means to … Continue reading
January 7, 2008
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New Job!
New job! I have moved from medical devices into night vision systems at NoblePeak Vision.
December 1, 2007
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From the Upgrades are Never Easy department
After almost seven years, my old Athlon XP 1500/Asus A7V266-E PC finally died. Looks like either the power supply or the motherboard went bad and toasted several pins on the ATX power connector. So I bit the proverbial bullet and … Continue reading
March 15, 2007
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The supreme confidence of utter incompetence
According to a study published in 2000 by Dr. David A. Dunning of Cornell University, “most incompetent people do not know that they are incompetent… On the contrary. People who do things badly, Dr. Dunning has found in studies conducted … Continue reading
December 8, 2006
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Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge perform Janis Joplin
I’m a big fan of Janis Joplin, and this performance by Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge gave me the absolute shivers.
October 22, 2006
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Tie a yellow ribbon round the old GMC…
If you haven’t seen the ultimate hypocrisy—gaudy magnetic yellow ribbons on an SUV—then either you haven’t been paying attention, or you need to leave your basement.
October 14, 2006
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S.666
R.I.P. habeas corpus.
September 10, 2006
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Martin Amis on radical Islamic terrorism and the West
Martin Amis’ three-part column in the Guardian, The Age of Horrorism, is a brilliant analysis of the underpinnings and motivations of radical Islamism, the “War on Terror”, and the moral relativism that not only endangers the West but condemns women … Continue reading
August 26, 2006
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Three-color photography by Prokudin-Gorskii
The Library of Congress has an online exhibit of Prokudin-Gorskii’s three-color photography, an amazing collection of photographs made with color filters and panchromatic negatives before the invention of true color film. The Lumière brothers also made trichromatic photographs of the … Continue reading