While I had been a pure linux user up until medical school, I’ve migrated to WinXP mainly because the media (ppt) used in medical school made it impossible to use anything but M$ and Apple software. My Athlon 700mhz desktop at the time simply was inadequate for virtualization. My current Thinkpad T42 is showing its age, and I have no plans to replace it until absolutely necessary.  This left dual booting or Cygwin my only means to tweak scripts via CLI…that is, until I discovered Unixkit. It’s a little publicized compilation of unix executables for Windows that serves as a simple shell replacement without the overhead of Cygwin. Some of the files were obtained from the unixkit sourceforge site. Read more…

computing tech

It’s been a while since I have been involved in anything with recent computing. More than anything, I suppose that my non-involvement in online tech has been a passive revolt ever since I entered the medical profession. The trite parable is that medicine has always been slow to uproot its tradition. Ophthalmology is admittedly one of slowest to adapt–the slit lamp, while improved since its inception in the 1900′s, remains relatively similar to its progenitor.  I have seen a number of ophthalmologists who maintain decades of age-stained patient records, as EMAR has been slow to penetrate the visual needs of ophthalmology. The truth is, however, that despite these shortcomings, modern ophthalmology is built upon technology. Laser eye surgeries by Steve Trokel, phaco by Charlie Kelman, and 3D imaging pioneered by Puliafito and his group are but a few of the breakthroughs of this field.

I’ve decided to purchase a domain, server space, and set up my own website. This site will serve to offer news, ideas, and tips pertaining to computing and ophthalmology (and perhaps general medicine) as I progress through my training. Perhaps my computer background will be helpful to some. Leave comments, suggestions, and criticism as you please.

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