Naughty Curiosity!!!
It seems that Curiosity, the Mars rover, thought no one was looking, so.... (Source: Dalai's PACS Blog)
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 26, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Adding A Trackpad, or (Jail)Breaking iBad
As a reward for surviving his operation in 2010, we gave Dalai, Jr. one of the original iPads. He never really took to it, preferring his laptop instead. In those heady, early days of the iPad, I was quite certain it would become THE radiology accessory, even before it was released, as seen in this cartoon, and later this one after the iPad was out. I wrote an early review of the software then available. Many of my comments were rather prescient, especially those concerning the eventual increase in screen-resolution.My son's iPad languished in a drawer for the past couple of years. On a lark, I dusted it o...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 22, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
The Final Four And Other Unfairness
While I'm not that much of a sports fan, Mrs. Dalai and I bid successfully on tickets for the Final Four offered by one of our favorite charities, Camperships For Nebagamon, and so we got to tick one more item off of our bucket list. (Still to come, not necessarily in order: Superbowl, college and professional baseball World Series, visits to Giza and the pyramids, Angor Wat, the Terra Cotta Soldiers in China, African Safari, Paris, Scotland, Ireland. And while I've been to Israel, Hawaii, and Australia, Mrs. Dalai hasn't, so our shared list includes these spots as well.)Courtesy Kevin B. Cox, www.sbnation.comI w...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 15, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Did You Ever Wonder...
Mark down Thursday, May 23, on your calendars...that's the date of the next AuntMinnie.com Virtual Conference, and your favorite Doctor Dalai of PACS will have a supporting roll:"Did You Ever Wonder...Some Musings On What Radiologists REALLY Want Out Of PACS"Dr. Sam Friedman, the self-proclaimed "Dalai Lama of PACS" shares his (occasionally tongue-in-cheek) views on PACS and how it works (or doesn't) in the hands of the average radiologist. Developed by visionaries and co-opted by Information Technology, PACS had great potential to revolutionize the daily grind of the radiologist, but can just as easily thwart any attempt ...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 14, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Merge Re-Refinances
While it's not yet up on Merge's website, the company has sent out a press release to those of us on their email list announcing a new "Tender Offer" and "Consent Solicitation". Here it is:Merge Healthcare Announces Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for 11.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2015CHICAGO, April 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for any and all of its $252,000,000 outstanding aggregate principal amoun...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 3, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
The Apple Of My iEye: iVision
With all the hype about Google Glass and Pebble watches, it would appear that Apple has been left far behind in the innovation game. Nothing of this caliber seems to be coming from the magical workshops of Cupertino.Until today, that is. Secret documents leaked from Apple's headquarters indicate something quite revolutionary, a product that will firmly plant Apple back at the top of the heap for years to come.If it were up to me, I would want something that would encompass everything I want and need to do during the day into one neat package. It seems that Steve Job's ghost has heard me, and the result is to be called iVis...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - April 1, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Takedown Breakdown
My previous post about a page takedown due to a supposed DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) violation attracted a comment:I am going through the appeal process regagrding D360 threats myself. My hosting provider did lock down my entire site and I am working to get it back up. D360 contacted me and I responded immediately and removed the state map images for the U.S. that one of my researchers found through Google Images, and in our rush to complete a project last Fall 2012, it went without proper review as to the origins of those maps. An honest error on our part, admittedly, but these asshats are in this to suit peopl...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 29, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Dalai Speaks! No One Falls Asleep!
I had the honor of speaking to the South Carolina Radiological Society Annual Meeting yesterday. Clearly, the organizers wanted to intersperse some entertainment and low-brow amusement into the schedule of academic presentations, and I was more than happy to oblige.My talk was a revamped version of what I said at RANZCR in 2010, updated appropriately to reflect the few areas of improvement I've seen since then.Because the presentation computer was a Dell running Windows Vista (I guess someone actually bought a copy), two video clips that were supposed to be part of my PowerPoints didn't work. So, if anyone who attended the...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 24, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Lessons From Steubenville
Dalai's Note: It seems that Dalai, Jr., has discovered the cathartic effects of writing, especially after a brutal Chem exam! Here is is latest, and I agree with every word....The light shining through your window hits your face, and you instinctively open your eyes. Big mistake. The drinks from the night before have taken a toll on your body, and the hangover is hitting you like a massive freight train carrying twenty cars of nausea, headache, and dehydration. You hear a buzzing, and see your phone is lighting up with 1, 2, 5, 10 new text messages. You read everything from “R u ok?” to “I CNT BELIEVE U DID THT...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 20, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Lipitor of the Soul: One Man's Response to Society's Heart Problems
Dalai's Note: My son, Dalai, Jr., offers this response to my recent post...Recently, my father, Doctor Dalai, wrote an article entitled “Atherosclerosis of the Soul” in which he describes “a thickening, a coarsening of whatever it is that makes us, well, us.” As a Freshman at BigBucks University, a medium sized research institution in the Midwest known for its rigorous Pre Med curriculum, I have both witnessed and experienced this phenomenon first hand. I have seen behavior that those removed from the situation would call soulless, robotic, and callous. I have watched myself and my fellow students push oursel...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 18, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
If Today's Media Covered the Passover Story...
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Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 17, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Smart Watches: Pebble, Vea Buddy, and iWatch
Most everyone has heard of Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site that most recently delivered us the Pebble watch:The Pebble is in pre-release status, with early versions going only to those who helped fund the project. Of course, Pebble got $10M from the unwashed, having requested only $100K! Apple, take note, there is a HUGE demand for the smart watch, a companion device, if you will, to an iPhone or Android phone. (I'm not even going to get into the plethora of actual wrist-phones, made mostly in China and found on eBay, which appear to have about 10 minutes of battery-life before cutting off the conversation you were hav...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 15, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Paper...It's Not Dead, Yet!
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Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 15, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
Atherosclerosis of the Soul
As you may recall, my daughter, Dolly, is a medical student in at a Big (read: expensive) school in the Midwest. She's now in her third year, experiencing the joys of the clinical rotations.Dolly has seen the usual suffering one observes in a hospital, particularly in the teaching institutions, and has had to learn to deal with her own internal reactions to the pain, sorrow, and even stupidity of the patients. Many times these past few months, she has called me in a state somewhere between tears and laughter, quite able to understand the science of what she saw that day, but wondering how to react and respond to the patien...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 12, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
The Sistine...Temple?
In the frenzy of activity since the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, we have heard mention more than once of the Sistine Chapel within the Vatican. I've had the privilege of visiting this holy place (I deem religious structures of all faiths holy) twice, once in 1972, and once in 2007, after the magnificent frescoes had been restored. The difference was astounding:Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel, Courtesy pejnron.comWhat was once dull was rendered colorful and alive by the restoration process, truly a miracle to behold at multiple levels.What I didn't realize on either...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - March 12, 2013 Category: Radiologists Source Type: blogs
