A personal blog of medicine, tech, and photography.Joshua Schwimmerwww.kidneydoctor.usNephrologist, New York CityTumblr (3.0; @infosnack)http://infosnack.net/jschwimmerhttp://feedburner.google.com<a href="http://nyti.ms/AyNgCY">How Companies Learn Your Secrets</a>: <blockquote> <p>About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked into a Target outside Minneapolis and demanded to see the manager. He was clutching coupons that had been sent to his daughter, and he was angry, according to an employee who participated in the conversation.</p> <p>“My daughter got this in the mail!” he said. “She’s still in high school, and you’re sending her coupons for baby clothes and cribs? Are you trying to encourage her to get pregnant?”</p> <p>The manager didn’t have any idea what the man was talking about. He looked at the mailer. Sure enough, it was addressed to the man’s daughter and contained advertisements for maternity clothing, nursery furniture and pictures of smiling infants. The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.</p> <p>On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed. “I had a talk with my daughter,” he said. “It turns out there’s been some activities in my house I haven’t been completely aware of. She’s due in August. I owe you an apology.”</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/qJOajcVW78M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/qJOajcVW78M/17791408521http://infosnack.net/post/17791408521Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:05:00 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17791408521<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkabrvP721qz50r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://instagr.am/p/HH6UsSLeCM/" target="_blank">The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. - Jean Ingelow</a><br/> thatswedishgirl, <a href="http://instagr.am/p/HH6UsSLeCM/" target="_blank">instagr.am</a></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/mbJSY_eZ88w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/mbJSY_eZ88w/17790695082http://infosnack.net/post/17790695082Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:52:39 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17790695082“In the middle of a play date, my 7yo goes on these unprovoked operatic extended crying jags. It’s like something out of The Exorcist.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://bit.ly/A1Yt8U" target="_blank">@zeldman</a></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/Y_LM3NdGsqY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/Y_LM3NdGsqY/17789041011http://infosnack.net/post/17789041011Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:23:41 -0500twitterzeldmanhttp://infosnack.net/post/17789041011<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk8kd1LNO1qz50r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39745728@N00/6886630803/" target="_blank">Iluminada | Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39745728@N00/6886630803/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/PtxWbHMe6JU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/PtxWbHMe6JU/17788524320http://infosnack.net/post/17788524320Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:14:36 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17788524320<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/118369-how-to-optimize-your-caffeine-intake">How to optimize your caffeine intake</a>: <blockquote> <p>Two doctors at Penn State University have developed Caffeine Zone, a free iOS app that tells you the perfect time to take a coffee break to maintain an optimal amount of caffeine in your blood — and, perhaps more importantly, it also tells you when to stop drinking tea and coffee, so that caffeine doesn’t interrupt your sleep.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/4RpqVya0pCM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/4RpqVya0pCM/17778636436http://infosnack.net/post/17778636436Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:13:06 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17778636436<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/02/10/the-truly-staggering-cost-of-inventing-new-drugs/">The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs</a>: <blockquote> <p>During the Super Bowl, a representative of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly posted the on the company’s corporate blog that the average cost of bringing a new drug to market is $1.3 billion, a price that would buy 371 Super Bowl ads, 16 million official NFL footballs, two pro football stadiums, pay of almost all NFL football players, and every seat in every NFL stadium for six weeks in a row. This is, of course, ludicrous.</p> <p>The average drug developed by a major pharmaceutical company costs at least $4 billion, and it can be as much as $11 billion.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/INc-O50Ytyk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/INc-O50Ytyk/17772646381http://infosnack.net/post/17772646381Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:48:06 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17772646381<a href="http://claytoncubitt.tumblr.com/post/17714245140">CONSTANT SIEGE - William Shatner auctioned a kidney stone for charity for $75,000</a>: <blockquote> <p>“I syn­the­sized uric acid and cal­ci­um inside my blad­der and turned it into a house for Habi­tat for Human­i­ty. Who’s the war­lock now?” - Shat­ner to Char­lie Sheen</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/QDg4a6AlXqI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/QDg4a6AlXqI/17768048493http://infosnack.net/post/17768048493Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:45:00 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17768048493<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzihizsg8S1qz50r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Apple Store</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/i47Yi7c_Y1w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/i47Yi7c_Y1w/17737813741http://infosnack.net/post/17737813741Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:32:00 -0500bestphotoshttp://infosnack.net/post/17737813741<a href="http://waxy.org/2012/02/introducing_playfic/">Introducing Playfic</a>: <blockquote> <p>East of the Garden is the Gazebo. Above is the Treehouse. A billiards table is in the Gazebo. On it is a trophy cup. A starting pistol is in the cup. In the Treehouse is a container called a cardboard box. Type that into Playfic, and you end up with this simple game, ready to send to the world.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/qs2WN3Vq12k" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/qs2WN3Vq12k/17722682806http://infosnack.net/post/17722682806Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:05 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17722682806<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion">Mountain Lion</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/mountain_lion" target="_blank">daringfireball.net</a></p> <p>“We’re start­ing to do some things differently,” Phil Schiller said to me.</p><p>We were sit­ting in a com­fort­able hotel suite in Man­hat­tan just over a week ago. I’d been sum­moned a few days ear­li­er by Apple PR with the offer of a pri­vate…</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/XoECfTJdaC4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/XoECfTJdaC4/17713349176http://infosnack.net/post/17713349176Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:22 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17713349176<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/16/messages-replaces-ichat-public-beta-available-today-updated/">Messages replaces iChat, public beta available today</a>: <blockquote><p>Dave Caolo, <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/16/messages-replaces-ichat-public-beta-available-today-updated/" target="_blank">tuaw.com</a></p> <p>Apple on Thurs­day released a pub­lic beta of Mes­sages, its next-generation mes­sag­ing app for the Mac that will be a part of Mac OS X Moun­tain Lion. It lets you send and receive iMes­sages, just like iOS devices run­ning iOS 5. Now you can “te…</p> </blockquote> <p>“Finally.”</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/tRKyGHvYYUQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/tRKyGHvYYUQ/17713096932http://infosnack.net/post/17713096932Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:40:07 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17713096932“Surprise! OS X Mountain Lion Roars Into Existence (For Developers Today, Everyone This Summer) <a href="http://t.co/0wFnbDjO" target="_blank">http://t.co/0wFnbDjO</a>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://bit.ly/zlTEOj" target="_blank">@parislemon</a></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/WqzIojAAv0I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/WqzIojAAv0I/17710645043http://infosnack.net/post/17710645043Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:11 -0500twitterparislemonhttp://infosnack.net/post/17710645043<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhnnsUjvP1qz50r6o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.thekidneydoctor.org/2012/02/isediment_16.html" target="_blank">iSEDIMENT</a><br/><a href="http://www.thekidneydoctor.org/2012/02/isediment_16.html" target="_blank">thekidneydoctor.org</a></p> <p>What are the crys­tals in the slide?</p><p>Source: Junaid Mohamed</p><p>The answer to the iSED­I­MENT quiz Feb 10, 2012 is cloth fiber. <i>Cloth fibers</i> are undoubt­ed­ly the most fre­quent­ly occur­ring type of arti­fact. <br/>What is the above struc­t…</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/eUprdG9GdT4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/eUprdG9GdT4/17710168584http://infosnack.net/post/17710168584Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:47:52 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17710168584<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgflk8d1p1qz50r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/HuJz0FFHC5s" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/HuJz0FFHC5s/17673996564http://infosnack.net/post/17673996564Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:56:07 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17673996564<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg93zluRQ1qz50r6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.imedicalapps.com/2012/02/stanfords-septris-brings-gamification-healthcare-cme/" target="_blank">Stanford’s Septris brings gamification of healthcare to CME</a><br/><a href="http://www.imedicalapps.com/2012/02/stanfords-septris-brings-gamification-healthcare-cme/" target="_blank">imedicalapps.com</a></p> <p>Sep­sis strikes approx­i­mate­ly 750,000 peo­ple in the US and is respon­si­ble for more than 215,000 deaths. Mor­tal­i­ty remains high at 25-50% at a cost of $17 bil­lion each year. These fig­ures sug­gest that con­trol and recog­ni­tion of sep­s…</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/FFLjjYAFZ2I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/FFLjjYAFZ2I/17666854207http://infosnack.net/post/17666854207Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:35:58 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17666854207<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfrjxf4aq1qz50r6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://xkcd.com/1017/" target="_blank">xkcd: Backward in Time</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/kdxCu00qN2A" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/kdxCu00qN2A/17655464838http://infosnack.net/post/17655464838Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:16:44 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17655464838<a href="http://news.smugmug.com/2012/02/12/byoc-lighting-tips-and-a-kiboko-30l-backpack-giveaway-from-andy-biggs/">Lighting Tips</a>: <blockquote> <p>As a general note, when I compose a scene I like to think of the potential photograph as a game: I attribute a plus, neutral or minus to various elements in a scene. My goal is to eliminate the minuses and accentuate the positives. The neutrals are just there because they have to be there. I use my shooting position, focal length and shooting angle as my variables to get all of the best pluses into the scene and to leave all of the negatives out.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/adDnVRtJCHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/adDnVRtJCHg/17557596996http://infosnack.net/post/17557596996Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:48:05 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17557596996<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc3sf1lq1qz50r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/F1jqpBg3EQE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/F1jqpBg3EQE/17555575664http://infosnack.net/post/17555575664Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:50:00 -0500bestphotoshttp://infosnack.net/post/17555575664<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5rr1djvq1qz50r6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://sherpaa.com/" target="_blank">Photo by Jay Parkinson</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/UyHNxcMEocw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/UyHNxcMEocw/17373026129http://infosnack.net/post/17373026129Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:00 -0500bestphotoshttp://infosnack.net/post/17373026129<a href="http://512pixels.net/writers-i-read-marco-arment/">Writers I Read: Marco Arment</a>: <blockquote> <p>Since text can flow around other page elements and can be infinitely messed with, publishers have crammed a lot of distracting elements into their text layouts, and have often laid things out in a way that isn’t comfortable for some (or many) people to read.</p> <p>Since text is so easy to skim and is so often browsed while multitasking in a busy personal-computer environment, people have grown accustomed to skimming through web articles quickly, leading to high demand for (and therefore even higher supply of) shallow, skimmable content such as “listicles”.</p> <p>Instapaper solves both of these problems: it dramatically increases legibility and reduces distractions when reading, and it makes it easier to attentively read long, detailed, or nuanced writing. And while it won’t change entire industries, Instapaper has succeeded, to at least a small degree, in increasing demand for (and therefore, slowly, increasing supply of) more of this sort of writing online.</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jschwimmer/~4/4EHIfoY8u44" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jschwimmer/~3/4EHIfoY8u44/17337578271http://infosnack.net/post/17337578271Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:05 -0500http://infosnack.net/post/17337578271