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Monthly Archives July 2007
Heavily unrelated social science trivia
Some unrelated trivia, for fans of social science:
1. Tomorrow is the last day (officially speaking) of the war in Northern Ireland. Operation Banner is the British Army’s longest running operation at 38 years. (One of my uncle’s served as a CO in N.I.).
2. Scientific concept of the day: you have to first create a hypothesis, [...]
Red Bull, red devils
Went to the Red Bull air race today and saw some Red Devils, the official parachute display team of both The Parachute Regiment and the British Army. Cool!
Concern about USB sticks used for handovers
‘Concern about USB sticks used for handovers’ article from E-Health Insider.
And as importantly the comments themselves, so you can make up your own mind..
I don’t remember the journey home
Incredible tale of Lancaster bomber crarsh just yards where we grew up in Bushby, Leicester, which I happened across yesterday thinking about the Red Bull Air Race..
First Tuesday returns to the UK
First Tuesday, the ultimate icon of the dotcom boom returns to the UK.
SiCKO patients got VIP treatment in Cuba
In preparation for Michale Moore’s siCKO coming to the UK, here’s a story on health care in Cuba..
Editor of the Complexity Digest ill with colon cancer
Sad news just received on Dr. Gottfried Mayer, editor of the Complexity Digest. On a positive note therefore Medicexchange’s editorial on likely progress on colon cancer research in 2007 (written by Dr. Beth G. McFarland, from the Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Chesterfield, MO) focuses on the development of CAD - something Medicsight is working on right now with its ColonCAD product, which is currently awaiting FDA approval..
A little bit of China comes to London
Thanks to Robert, and the BBC, just found out that a little bit of China comes to London in September:
“China’s famed Terracotta Army is to star in an exhibition about its first emperor at the British Museum.
“About 20 life-size figures from the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi are being loaned for the event.
“The [...]
Socialtext looks for new CEO using social tools
Like the new case study section on the Socialtext site, and discussion of the difficulties of proving ROI. Seems obvious to me that the clearest ROI is the amount of TIME saved using a wiki from my experience working globally with my Jotspot wiki on a daily basis, as time is money and can be calculated as such..