I keep a network-accessible calendar with Google Calendar. I also carry an iPhone. Here’s what I want: Instant sync of calendar data when I make changes to either the iPhone or Google Calendar. Waiting until I dock with iTunes is too long. Availability of calendar data when the iPhone is out of internet range. I [...]
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Switched! (to Google Chrome)
October 12th, 2008 No Comments
Matt Cutts recently wrote a nice piece listing the advantages of Google Chrome as a primary web browser. I’ve been using it for the last few weeks and I’m sold. Why? Chrome feels faster. There is less disk thrashing than when I use Firefox, especially when I leave the browser open for long periods. I [...]
Tags: chrome · firefox · javascript
How to Enroll in the Prescription Data Restriction Program
October 6th, 2008 No Comments
I noticed in this week’s AMNews that the AMA is running an ad encouraging physicians to enroll in the Prescription Data Restriction Program (PDRP) which sets a flag in the AMA’s Masterfile instructing licensees to not share your prescription data. The AMA itself does not collect prescription data, but other organizations get dumps from drugstores [...]
Tags: ama · masterfile · pdrp · prescription
Added Google Reader Feed
September 27th, 2008 No Comments
I use Google Reader to keep up with both technical and medical blogs. Sometimes I want to flag a post as worth reading, but don’t have the time to write a blog post about it. In this case the “Share” feature is great. I now have the Shared Items listed to the right. Setting this [...]
How To Compress HTTP Responses with mod_php
July 14th, 2008 3 Comments
For many years, I have been a fan of using compression for HTTP responses. Netscape (and I believe Internet Explorer) have supported the “Content-Encoding: gzip” header for over ten years. In the old days there was some concern over the CPU demand of streaming compression, but modern CPUs are so fast that this is no [...]
Where can I get all the SSL root certificates?
July 7th, 2008 1 Comment
When using Java, or curl, or other programs to fetch data via SSL, I frequently run into problems with servers that have SSL certificates from a “new” (within the last 10 years) signature authority: $ curl -v https://api.smugmug.com/ […] curl: (60) SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify [...]
Tags: certificate · curl · hack · ssl
Simple Ajax App I: Specifying the JSON Feed
July 1st, 2008 No Comments
An Ajax application is great because it allows you to build web applications that respond quickly to users. Ajax is tremendously intimidating because there are so many moving parts that must be understood. The Ajax name alone is all buzzwords: “Asynchronous Javascript and XML”. In this series of posts I will use my physician license [...]
Tags: ajax · json · license search
PHP+ZF+ADOdb+YUI = Easy Web Development
June 28th, 2008 2 Comments
I recently finished a very simple non-profit website project using PHP, Zend Framework, ADOdb Active Record, and Yahoo! UI. The original site was written in unmodularized old-style ASP code, and was impossible to maintain or extend. I went with PHP because other people on the project were familiar with it, and because the webhost supported [...]
Tags: adodb · php · software · yui · zend framework
RFID Tags Interfere with Medical Devices
June 24th, 2008 1 Comment
A JAMA article out this week from investigators in Amsterdam reports that RFID tags induced “potentially hazardous incidents in medical devices” in the ICU room used for testing. Ventilators and infusion pumps just shut down due to interference in some cases. Their website includes a full catalog of the observed bad behavior. The image here [...]
Tags: interference · jama · phone · rfid
