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I too have a Ninja. It is big and heavy, and I've had some trouble with the retention clips, but I think this is because one of them is not in the fully locked position - something I should have triple checked before I mounted the motherboard, which is hard to then maneuver into a case like the...

The sad part is, even with the full information about the rates and origination fee (basically a way to charge points as far as I can tell) they still have the best deal and I would have gone with them anyway. This bank is a private bank and they require you to open a (free) checking account...

Great. We're not done yet: - the real estate agent slipped back in a contingency in the original counter-offer that she explained to as was a "courtesy" and didn't really impact anything. We only discovered this as we're about to sign the final purchase agreement - my mortgage broker...

Google Docs is pretty good. I've used it for things that I need in multiple locations.

A local bank has a "physician loan" program that most of the residents at Mayo use - zero down, they don't look at student loans to calculate your debt ratios (good, since my med school loans are larger than my mortgage!), reasonable closing costs (about 1.8% of the loan amount), and no need for...

Yup, first house. The owners had it pre-inspected two days after was first looked at it (we saw it after it had been listed for 2 days IIRC). We have a friend of the family who is a home builder in that area, and asked him if we should get our own inspection, and he basically said no, and our...

Well, after many counter-offers, my wife and I have accepted a counter-offer on a home in Rochester. It's not perfect, but it has everything we think we need and many things that we want, and at a price we can afford.

"wise" is not how I would describe him

That's religion, according to my former governor.

Google calendar and Gmail work well for me. I even have two apps for my PocketPC that sync my (PPC) Outlook calendar to Google Calendar, although one of the apps is pretty buggy.

For the moment I've resorted to emailing Word .doc's and only including the abstracts that are due soon and not all the supporting details.

Will, While I'd be interested in seeing it, I'm not sure if my collaborators would appreciate using beta software. Especially right now, when we're up against a deadline. What would make my life easier is if I could easily insert chapter headings and a table of contents so somebody could just...

Here's one scenario: I'm submitting multiple abstracts through a web page for a conference. The abstracts contain various text and an image (.jpg). I want to be able to email the text in its entirety, which also contains the author information, credentials, institution info, contact info...

That directory is what buggs me. I work with some people who can't be bothered to figure that part out.

I usually can't just send a link because the page is frequently within my password protected account or requires some sort of login that I don't want to deal with. Thanks for the FF links - I'll check them out.

Well, IE-only would work fine most likely for the research part, but I pretty much don't allow my wife to use IE, and I only use it under very specific circumstances, usually involving me in a biohazard suit.

I understand using Outlook when sync'ing - I use Outlook for that very reason with my Dell Axim. But Outlook Express? I haven't used OE in years as I found Thunderbird to work better and have now switched to Gmail. Does it OE sync now, or what that just a misunderstanding on my part?

Wasn't sure if this would be best in the tech support or general area, but since I thought this would spill into multiple topics I thought it should go here. Recently for my home search and research I've needed to email webpages that contain pictures. What's the easiest way to do this? I can...

Why do you use OE?

Yup, that's why I'm paying cash for my second house. I figure it will only take a little while after I finish training. Like maybe a decade. What's that honey, you say you want that second house before our unborn children are in their mid-thirties? Ok, nevermind.

Damn. I've got a classmate heading out to Stanford...guess he'll be renting.

Already got a credit report, which was accurate. Just got pre-approved for a mortgage today, and our credit scores are excellent (wife and I).

Well, this afternoon we think we've decided on one that we want to bid on. Tomorrow I'll be talking with the banker again, and see what the difference between the ARMs and 30 year fixed is. It would be nice to go with a fixed if it's really about the same, but the odds of me being in the house...

For our modest needs (just the two of us, and we'd like room for 1-2 small children) we can find homes as low as $130k. $140k-150k has most of the homes we're looking at, and it doesn't seem we would get much more by going over $155k or so. Many residents who have kids and a double income are...

Yup. Interesting epidemiology being done by a great guy: http://www.epi.umn.edu/people/people.asp?id=516

So, back to mortgages... I might make an offer on a house in the next few days in my (soon to be) new home of Rochester, MN. We've found a few houses that more or less fit our price range and have all the qualities we need or really want. As far as the actual mortgage...for once it's nice...

I did a human sexuality rotation. And boy is Merc right about being able to hook up if one wants to. Multiple times per night if you're in a bigger city. Easily. One of the big names in gay internet sex is at my university and I learned a ton from him.

Some of us we think about the statistical language/package even if we are in a computer forum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_System

Today I tried some speed tests from DSL Reports. A java-based test clocked my download speed in the 400's kbps, while the flash-based test had me in the 5.5mbps range. Any idea why the discrepancy? Do download speed tests just lack precision?

Why do the Asian heads of tech companies usually have casual-soundsing American-ish first names? Dandy Yeh? Johnny Shih?

If anyone else is interested in some progressive thinking in medical education, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the three main Harvard teaching hospitals is running a very open blog. I interviewed at BID and was very impressed with it, especially the progressive culture...

Interesting article, thanks.

I never even thought that there was a speed difference in cable modems, but a blog claims that newer modems may be faster. Is there any truth to this? Is there any reason to suspect that my Toshiba PCX2200 may be limiting my internet speeds, which depending on time of day and speed test used...

I know in medicine it's the anesthesiologists who have the highest rate of drug abuse. I thought this was just a myth until I did my anesthesiology rotation and saw the entire chapter on the subject in the standard anesthesiology textbook, Miller's. They speculate that it's a function of...

Did you not go to college? How do you think many of my classmates made it through the day or between "experiences" with their "favorite smoking plant"?

Wow, only three typos!

You certainly can do fellowship (or two, like your friend who did cardiology and then electrophysiology) at the same place you do residency... the same place you did med school... the same place you did your undergrad. Some people pick their residency partly for it's strong fellowships because...

You know, DD, I don't appreciate you referring to your GF as a 7950GT in your signature. I don't think women should be objectified that way. Now, for academic purposes, where can I get my wife spec'd at? ;)

In these parts we recently had a 20-something on a rotation do an exercise stress (EKG) test just to see how it was done...and "failed" it. Shit. Now what? There's no data on this. Go with an exercise 'mibi (?), and then maybe a cath if it shows a focal area? Or just repeat the stress EKG...

Internal Medicine, with plans to specialize in Cardiology.

Thanks. That is my understanding as well. If you see a suit in Rochester there's a 99% chance its worn by a Mayo or IBM employee.

Yup, moving 85 miles south. We actually can tell that it's slightly warmer there. Slightly. Good thing suits are warm!

Thanks for asking. I got my #1 choice, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Did opera 8.x render Gmail poorly? I seem to remember Opera not playing well with Gmail, but it looks great in 9.1.

Max - let me know if you want the e740.

I can't even hear my HDs seaking so I need to look for the front blue LED to tell if its seeking. With the door closed I can faintly see the blue light through the front air vent.

I picked up a Linksys 10/100 NIC the other day. I thought about getting a gigabit NIC, but all my equipment is standard 100bT and I wanted to get a NIC with Linux support. When I installed it I only briefly looked at my caps, and they looked fine to me. I'll doublecheck them closer, but the...

The other day I was playing with Puppy Linux and the SuSE 10.2 live DVD. I think I had Puppy running on my other computer, and I know I had SuSE running on this, my NIC-killing machine, complete with an internet connection. I booted up SuSE off the DVD, and confirmed that it had no internet...

This morning I went to my PC, and it was turned off. My wife's computer was also turned off. They're on the same power outlet, and this sometimes happens and I usually blame the appartment's electricity. Start up my PC and her PC. Her PC is fine. My PC hangs during boot. Strange, it...

Hey gang, I was cleaning out my apartment today, when I came across an old Toshiba e740 PPC. It was given to me a while back for a project I was working on, and even then it was outdated. Today it's even worse. I've got a Dell Axim that I love and use daily, and I've got my old Palm Tungsten...