http://www.qualifilms.com/blog Computer Sciences, Cooking, Photography and Filmmaking... Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:09:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes you encounter a web task that is soooo boring you'd wish you had robot doing it for you. I encountered a few of those during this summer so I figured out it was time to acquire some Web Scraping and Automation Ninja skillz. Turned out it's fairly easy, thanks to ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/computer-science/2009/09/ruby-and-web-scrapingautomation/ Couple of years ago I bought a Contoured Kinesis Keyboard due to a carpal tunnel syndrome (or at least my thumb was starting to feel numb on a regular basis). I can't tell you, in spite of its very strange look, how wonderful this keyboard is. Not only it solved my ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/computer-science/2009/09/kinesiss-customer-service/ Just a small post to remember forever that today was the day I did my first stitches in the OR (in pediatric surgery) :) It probably sounds stupid from an outside point of view, and I'll probably feel the same in a couple of years, but right now I'm just happy ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/general/2009/07/first-stitches-in-the-or/ Just a small post to point to an article bunnie [1] wrote about the virus Influenza A : On Influenza A by bunnie. This article should be of interest for people with a background in computer sciences but little knowledge in biology. It offers some funny/interesting computer sciences comparisons which should ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/computer-science/2009/06/on-influenza-a/ Hello, I think it's time I go back to basics and post something a little bit technical on this blog, which was the original intent of this blog anyway, should I remind everyone ;). So we're going to talk about magnetic cards. We all have at least half a dozen of them, ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/computer-science/2009/06/back-to-basics-reverse-engineering-of-a-non-standard-magstripe-part-one/ That's it, my 2nd year of med' school just finished, the 3rd year will begin this coming September. I didn't have much time during this year to give any updates to those who still cares, so here is a small overview of this past few months: I've been busy helping ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/computer-science/2009/06/end-of-act-i-scene-2/ Small update. My vacations are coming to an end. The internship was a blast. There's nothing like learning how to cut the plaster with a saw on yourself... I went to the OR a couple of times for some crazy surgeries (even an 8h surgery! I almost had an orgasm ;) ) And I ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/general/2008/09/back-to-school/ Today was the day, the day they called us one by one to ask us whether we wanted to do medicine, dental... Then we had to choose our first 3 week internship. I'm happy to report my first internship will start next Monday and I managed to get pediatric surgery. Wish ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/general/2008/07/first-medical-internship/ I'm lacking words to express myself, it's almost surreal... So much happened in my life in the past few years, especially this past year. I took a chance and gambled my life with a great deal of uncertainties and doubts. Was I crazy? Did I really want too much? And after ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/general/2008/06/chojin-md/ Just some random steadicam tests using my Flyer and Asdin's Sony camera. I'll probably help him shooting the next Adrone's music video. We'll see... We can see Asdin giving a try with the steadicam near the end of the video :) PS: Yes I know I should add weights to the sony ... http://www.qualifilms.com/blog/cinema/film-making/2008/06/steadicam-tests-for-asdinx-otik/