November 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments
So I get this month’s issue of American Craft, just about tear off their new half page cover and remember that I need to keep it on as it is part of their new makeover. I’m thinking “Ho Hum …lipstick on a pig”. (OK, that was a bit harsh.)
But I find myself surprised. I find myself wondering if someone at the American Craft Council gets it. I find myself staring at a book review about knitting.
Why is that important?
There has been a new, alternative, craft movement in the US, at least, for a number of years, that has captured the imagination of a whole new generation of young (and old) minds. Knitting (note: not “fiber arts”) has been one of its vanguards.
I’ve been wondering about this for over 2 years. And some folks have been banging the drum longer and louder than I.
I think we are seeing the entry of this new, alternative, craft into the mainstream craft world. Should be interesting.
Thx Bob
Tags: Art
I’m starting to put up podcasts to the different Messier objects. It’ll take a while, and if it gets too popular, I’ll need to host em somewhere else.
They are going up at this page.
Actually all the files are on the sever, but the links are not set up…so you could change the URL to grab a file that is not linked yet.. .
Tags: Astronomy
If you are interested in healthcare in Second Life, here are a few tips to get you going:
I’m taking snapshots in Second Life of various medical venues. I think it is a quick way to get an overview of the variety that is out there, without actually logging into Second Life: www.sluniverse.com/pics/Default.aspx?Name=Knoh+Oh
The main mailing list for folks that are really involved in SL Medical stuff: lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/healthcare
There’s a nice wiki being put together at SLHealthy: slhealthy.wetpaint.com
If you are in-world (within Second Life) you would do well to check out these areas:
There are many more places to go, and things change so much in Second Life I hesitate even linking to these…but I know how it helps to have a bit of direction.
Finally, the reason I went into Second Life in the first place was to check out support groups for a medical informatics class I was taking. I found this BBC produced video about Support for Healing Island and that is what convinced me to give the whole thing a try.
Tags: Medical Informatics
I am doing a bit of research on diabetes education and wanted to quickly check in with some folks about their experiences. This isn’t what the research is about, but I thought they could offer a few pointers of what to look for.
My first thought was Second Life, so I went in-world. There was no sim that I could find where folks with this issue would be hanging out, although I did find the SL Diabetes Support group’s info pretty easily. I also stumbled upon some informational posters set up on Health Info Island. They were pretty simple, tho nicely done, and had info on the support group. However, I ended up not finding anyone that I could chat to live.
So back to the web, a bit of searching and I find Diabetic-Talk. I end up getting a lot of live help on good ol’ IRC.
Why? I’m guessing that IRC has been around for a long time, doesn’t take much PC resources, has a brief (but can be somewhat stiff) learning curve, simple/free to set up on a server, and just works. I’m guessing that in the future we’ll find this to be true in the virtual worlds, but not quite yet.
Tags: Medical Informatics
From 12/21/2005 re-posted from the old site for today
Holiday Radio Cone 11, Forced Air
Special Holiday Edition!
Just in time for the holidays, it’s a bit of Forced Air to keep you company as you pack, wrap, but hopefully not still firing!
This edition includes:
Carol of the Bells by Dilvie.
NOTE: I gave the wrong URL in the show. Please go to www.dilvie.com
Plastic Toys by the Ear Reverands
Holiday Handout Give Away - DIY Clay Whistles. (not available, yet 11/5.. JN)
The Latest News.
…and a special bonus track!
Best Wishes in the New Year!
Cone 11 (Forced Air) Number 4 [10:47m]:
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Tags: Art
From the old site to you. First posted on 11/30/2004
Radio Free Pottery-
A fresh edition of Cone
11, Forced Air, is up and ready!
“Whisper” and “Squeekers”
provided by _AA_.
Cone 11 (Forced aIR) NUMBER 3 [5:35m]:
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Tags: Art
From the old site. 11/24/2004
It’s No Fluke Edition
Cone 11 Forced Air
Just to prove it wasn’t a fluke-
Cone 11 (Forced Air) 5.4 Megs, mp3, and about 5.5 min long
Music featured on this edition was UR Rithum by Laurie Laptop.
Tags: Art
November 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments
I’ll be re-posting some “timeless favorites” from the old blog. Here’s the 1st podcast I did about pottery from Nov. 11th, 2004:
Clayart has a thread about radio, and I have been watching the explosion of podcasting content recently. I enjoy listening to these things while I work and thought potters would be a natural audience. So I decided to give it a go myself.
Futura Bold is the band featured in the background.
Here’s their Creative Common’s licensed music-
Here’s their website-
You gotta love that name.
Big thanks for allowing other’s to use their music.
No, I will not be quitting my day job!
Tags: Art
November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Like looking at deep sky objects in your scope, but can’t remember a thing about them? Tired of holding a flashlight in your teeth and fumbling with astronomical books?
I want my scope time to be better-
So I took some of the information that SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) publishes, ran it through spokentext.net and put the mp3 files up here as podcasts. Load em’ up and listen at your scope.
(Warning: These are, for the most part, unabridged. There are some tedious bits. If I took the time to edit, this would never get done! It does keep me at the eye piece longer!)
Tags: Astronomy
October 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The following is a paper I did for my first OHSU class, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics with Dr Hersh. I turned out pretty well, and I go back to it every now and then to grab a nice citation… so I’m putting it up for all to see.
Nothing much original here, just a good overview of the situation in 2006.
Abstract:
Reviewing 10 recent, highly cited papers, as well as other works, we note the issues surrounding asynchronous patient physician communication. While healthcare has dealt with this sort of communication in the past, new modes of asynchronous communication (the Internet) offer advantages.
Patients gain access to information, are empowered, and have alternative ways of expression and understanding that have not been available in the past. Clinicians have the opportunity to communicate more clearly, efficiently, and with greater convenience. All this is tempered by security, fiscal issues,
changes in workload, and possible loss of communication. While it is still too early to tell about the efficacy of this type of communication in general,(28) it is not too early to put begin to elucidate its issues and start to build that which has a promising future.
Asynchronous Patient Physician Communication pdf
