Well I managed to get up on the roof and unclog the gutters without winning a Darwin Award.
Month: July 2016
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My in-laws are visiting. This is my chance to knock out a few odd jobs around the house.
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Probably not relevant if you don’t live in the UK, but here’s an example of what it does.
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I collaborated on a Chrome extension that went live today. NHS Overspend Autocorrector
NHS Overspend Autocorrector→
I collaborated with Dr. Hugh Harvey to build this Chrome extension. It changes words and phrases on news articles about the UK’s NHS budget crisis to highlight the issue of drastic underfunding.
Some backstory from the description,
The NHS is undergoing the largest chronic underfunding period in its 70 year history. The Department of Health (and thus the media) tend to blame this on hospitals and staff, as if it were their fault. In reality there simply isn’t enough money provided by the Treasury to provide the services that are needed, with staff overstretched, waiting lists increasing and patient care suffering in quality.
As a US citizen, I don’t really have any skin in this game. But from my experience doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers on the “front lines” do their level best, with the resources available, to provide the best care to as many patients as possible.
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New project: Backyard Christmas tree farm. Two years of growth and then I’ll never have to buy a Christmas tree again.
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Failed again at 285lb deadlift. Thought for sure I’d get it today.
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It just dawned on me that the baby will be in the hospital on his 1st birthday. We’ll have to plan some kind of mini-celebration while we’re there.
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The delegate from SC stood up and declared SC to be the “home of barbecue.”
As a resident of SC and a lover of barbecue, I object.
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Saw this on my health insurance company’s website. I think it’s supposed to be Navajo, but I can’t tell if the text has rendering errors or not.
