Best Term Deposit Rates [AU] October 25, 2006
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cannex.com.au
Bank of Queensland
NAB
St George
ANZ
Westpac
Commonwealth Bank
HSBC
BSB Reference:
http://www.pa.com.au/SuneService/latestnews.nsf/8178b1c14b1e9b6b8525624f0062fe9f/08d9cf55c8a39b6dca256f0e008115cb/$FILE/BSBFILE.txt
Slideshow in any web browser October 25, 2006
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That supports CSS and Javascript (i.e. most modern browsers).
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/
Works as well as PowerPoint, but has the advantage of:
being small (portable — just email yourself)
not requiring PowerPoint to be installed on the host computer (although most computers at places likely to need presentations already have PowerPoint installed)
seamlessly integrated into a website
works on any computer that has internet access (or just a browser – pretty much every Mac, Linux or Windows box – if you’re bringing a CD)
doesn’t have all the fancy animation features — which is a good thing, because it saves you from wasting time on those unimportant things
For something simpler, but less exciting, see:
God’s not done with you or me October 24, 2006
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“An unripe apple is not fit to eat, but we should not therefore condemn it. It is not yet ready for eating because God is not done making it. It is a phase of its career and good in its place.”
— Overcomers Through the Cross, Paul Billheimer
Sometimes I feel as though God is saying, “Isn’t it enough that I’m with you, by your side, fighting your battles with you? You want me to keep screaming at the top of my lungs — I’m still here?!”
“Do not be afraid nor dismayed . . . , for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow go down against them. . . . for the LORD is with you” (2 Chronicles 20:15-17).
New Antibiotics for MDRO October 19, 2006
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platensimycin — http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4992696.stm http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/abs/nature04784.html (still in trials)
tigecycline — http://www.tygacil.com/ http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/4/611 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigecycline (now available)
Pre-intern Books October 19, 2006
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Here are the books that I found exceptionally useful for Final Year Med. It doesn’t include the Talley & O’Connor, Browse, Kumar & Clark, Tjandra, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine that you should already have (you should also have your basic Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Pharmacology texts). They are still useful, but I found myself using them only sparingly.
At this stage, you’re using online resources (McGraw-Hill’s AccessMedicine: Harrison’s and Lange; MDConsult; etc.), journals, reference books, and other sources – esp. senior colleagues. There is a strongly Aussie tilt to my choices. Final year is really all about becoming a doctor, Vivas make you talk like one, Cases make you think like one and On Call helps you act like one.
1. Vivas — Devitt & Barker
2. Cases — Baliga; Talley & O’Connor – Examination Medicine
3. On Call — Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine
(Note: I’m also an admirer of the Secrets series, but it has less relevance to an intern. For MCQs, can’t go past the AMC’s Annotated MCQs: practice exam here & recalls here.)
Psalm 127 October 16, 2006
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Unless the Lord is builder of your “house”, all your work will go to waste. Why do you work so hard, rise so early and go to bed so late. Don’t you know the Lord will provide the rest you crave?
Earth – a small blue marble – our home October 16, 2006
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Let’s look after it.
“And the nations were angry, … and the time … that they should be judged [has come], and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants … that fear thy name, … and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth” (Revelation 11:18).
“They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent. The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place, we are entering a period of consequences.” — Winston Churchill
Best Deals in Australia October 7, 2006
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$89.00 Brother Mono Laser Printer HL2040
Dick Smith Electronics (NSW)
http://graysonline.com.au
http://www.staticice.com.au
http://www.dealsdirect.com.au
http://www.shopbot.com.au
http://www.techbuy.com.au
http://www.ausprices.com.au
Great Idea: Faces of Sydney October 6, 2006
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http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Development/LocalActionPlans/FaceOfSydney.asp
Carry your computer with you on USB October 6, 2006
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http://mojopac.com/portal/content/hellomojo.jsp
Great idea, especially if you use it from the very beginning after a fresh Windows install – but I haven’t tried it. Creates a portable Windows XP user profile: i.e. install any application on a USB and have it run wherever you go. (Currently requires Admin privileges.) Too bad it isn’t free! Apparently there are a number of problems with it: see Steve Gibson’s Security Now podcast #62 & #63. See U3 and Moka5 as well.
meanwhile… Secure Browsing:
Net Bank “relatively safely” on a public computer using a Live CD (doesn’t protect you from hardware keyloggers and may not be able to reboot a public computer)
security should be a combination of:
1. a clean/uncompromised interface site (e.g. a clean PC with a clean OS e.g. live CD and clean browser and the correct/unphished website; bank’s site should use strong encryption, virtual keyboard etc.; not using uncertain proxies, firewall – turn off UPnP; appropriate anti-trojan, anti-virus, anti-malware security programs)
2. something you know (a good often changed password)
3. something you have (e.g. a “random number” generator security device; a key)
4. something you are (e.g. fingerprint)
Browsers like Torpark [1] and Browzar [2] are give you a false sense of security. Both run off a USB, and require no installation. However, Torpark uses Tor (which as we know, is like running up a Jolly Roger when you’re not a pirate – asking for trouble! [3]) and Browzar is only a front-end to IE engine. Torpark, by using Tor, may make it difficult or near impossible for your proxy to interpret what you are doing. However, the Tor exit point has fully unencrypted data to play with. Do you trust it? The only advantage Browzar has is that it does not store a history or cache. You are as susceptible as if you were using IE and clearing your history and cache. And really you could just delete that data yourself. (Note: deleted data can be restored.) In the end, neither solution saves you from the keylogger trojan (probably the 2nd biggest threat to online security after plain carelessness poor passwords, not logging out etc.). Torpark and Browzar have their roles, but not when secure browsing is required.
[1] http://www.torrify.com
[2] http://www.browzar.com
[3] http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/German_police_seize_Tor_anonymity_servers
Can we trust the Bible? October 1, 2006
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If the Bible is mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust it to tell us where we’re going? — Justin Brown
Rest and Reflect 