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getting nerdy in EMS...

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So I live in a state fortunate enough to have digital run reports (I'm sure some angry old medics are just waiting to troll me right now.) However, I don't see a point at the moment. I don't see why the local ER's are using EMR ether. I mean it would be really cool if we actually utilized it ... Unfortunately we don't. everyday medic have to print out their report using 2-5 pages of paper, then they fax it to the ER using another  2-5 pages of paper! That doesn't include the 2 page quick report we have to leave the hospital. Then we have cardiac monitors to worry about! those things will spit out 2-3 feet of readings if you don't watch them.  I do a lot of patient transfers at the moment. (It isn't all that fun but it pays the bills and that's good enough for now.) When you do a transfer especially a Phych transfer you always need three things. The Patient, hardest one to forget. However sometimes they don't wanna go and try to run the othe...

Because cutting digital rope is only so fun.

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Okay so adventuring on the Internet today I found this little thing. It's called Sphero Now to it's credit this is America, with obesity and Iphones both becoming a norm It only was a matter of time before a made a ball that was remote controlled by our Iphones... Can you feel the sarcasm sticking to every pixel of your screen right now? yea. Now I will admit I think the idea is kinda cool and the creators actually made API's for it so third party groups can make infinitely cooler apps. That take advantage of the built in LED, gyroscopic, and accelerometer.  So looking at videos and such on the Sphero reminded me of a video Phill Defranco did about the AR.drone 2.  Which is actually cool. Creeping was never so easy! The AR.drone 2 is a flying quad copter That has a HD camera on the front... Which could be used for a multitude of things, getting dramatic camera angles, exploring the world around you, or the girls next doors bed room....

"The Hatchery" Teaser.

Alright, So I have been told that the video I did for the teaser was to fast/ to "wordy" so here is the actual text of the background of "The Hatchery" Over ten-thousand years ago a battle was fought that would change this planet forever. The Insect race known only as "The Swarm" tried to infest earth... and nearly succeeded... The only thing that stopped them was the fabled Atlantians. When conventional methods of war failed against The Swarm they had no choice but to purge the earth with fire... The Atlantians took no more then a dozen humans with them to Atlantis. As soon as Atlantis was safely on the bottom of the ocean, Hell was unleashed on earth.  After the purging of the swarm the earth was left charred... dead. Even with all the knowledge and technology of the Atlantians it took almost a thousand years to nurse the earth back to health. By then mankind had grown into the tens of thousands. The Atlantians spread man across...

What I learned at Common Ground Fair.

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I'm back! So, first off CGF was a blast! I had so much fun and i'm sorry for everyone that didn't go at least once. so I'm going to go in chronological order. First thing I learned was really just a reminder. In Maine when you FINALLY think you know what's going to happen with the weather it will turn around and quickly tell you who's boss. Everyone I saw there was ready for 50-60 degrees and breezy, It's Maine in September! there can be a frost any day! but no. instead we got three day of glorious 75-80 degree weather! days clouds came and went over the weekend, some vary large that seemed to last most of the second day, other unnoticeable on the scorching sunny Sunday. I personally brought no shorts, and only one t-shirt. so it was a rather warm sweaty weekend for me. Second thing is that the most  of the people volunteering not only want to be there, but love being there and what they do there. The mums, dads, grandma, and grandpas in the k...

The neo-hippie

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     In today's world technology is everywhere, my phone is more powerful then my dads whole computer lab. At the moment I'm sitting in a cafè typing away on my motorola xoom      Growing up I had two major factions in my life. My dad, the geek, and my mum the hippe. Between learning how to solder and how computers work I would be running bare foot with my friends in the woods. Now, this has me in a kinda conflict, do I use my gadgets all day to try and conquer the chaotic, busy world of the 21st century? or do I try to find achieve inner peace in the shade of a pine tree? If the world was black and white I could choose one of those. It's not. I have to balance both, I must achieve inner peace in a chaotic world.      Which brings me to neo-hippie's . The new hippies.      Now, I thought came to this conclusion for two reasons, one, neo- , means new, or revived a kind of second coming of the 1960 hippies. two...