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Securing Email
A brief account of getting SSL working for IMAP, POP, and SMTP on a Leopard Server Mac mini after two frustrating days, resolved by following Panther-era instructions from Joel Rennich with only a minor workaround for the serial file.
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Moved to WordPress!
A short announcement that the blog has been migrated to WordPress, with MarsEdit configuration and hosting transfer still pending but the initial switch going smoothly.
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URL Rewriting
A reposted tutorial covering Apache mod_rewrite, explaining how to transform messy dynamic URLs into clean, human-readable ones using basic redirects, regular expressions, trailing-slash rules, and match modifiers.
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No more white coats?!
A reaction to a UK government plan to ban the traditional white coat and restrict clothing to reduce hospital infections, arguing the policy lacks research support and that consistent hand-washing would produce far better results.
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iPhone needs
A doctor explains why the iPhone cannot yet replace his Treo 650 for on-call use due to insufficient alert volume, and offers a five-point wish list of notification improvements that would make it viable for medical professionals.
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Running SpamAssassin locally
A walkthrough of using DisSpam with SpamAssassin in a cron job to filter POP3 spam before it reaches an iPhone, including a custom patch that checks headers against a hash file first to dramatically speed up processing of large mailboxes.
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TPA and the Trauma Patient
A cautionary case note on the dangers of using TPA in a trauma patient with a bullet wound crossing the liver, which led to three trips to the OR before Factor VII controlled the bleeding and the abdomen was finally closed about 36 hours later.
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Cuban flu Pt. 2
A follow-up citing a BBC report that Fidel Castro refused the colostomy procedure, confirming the prediction made in the original post about the root cause of his surgical complications.
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Cuban flu
A surgical analysis of Fidel Castro reported acute diverticulitis and multiple operations, arguing that skipping the standard Hartmann procedure in favor of immediate bowel reconnection was a critical error that caused all subsequent complications.
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More sed
A brief note about using sed to inject verification meta tags into the head section of a freshly rendered HTML page, with a candid admission that sed is powerful but not quick to write.
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Happy Birthday Sophie!
A warm, brief birthday greeting to daughter Sophie, noting how fast she is growing up.
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Specialty Board Equivalency
A California Superior Court ordered the Medical Board to grant the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery specialty board equivalency after it met all 19 regulatory requirements, a win that lets cosmetic surgeons advertise board certification and raises questions about future turf disputes with plastic surgeons.
