The study concluded, “It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals” and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric labels might be a solution and recommended education to make psychiatric workers more aware of the social psychology of their facilities.
Lowe’s to Close 20 U.S. Stores, Slow North American Openings - Businessweek →
I think Lowes started going into the crapper when TLC fired Paige Davis from Trading Spaces.
Their partnership with Lowes was the only reason I ever went there instead of a local hardware store or even Home Depot.
mysterious tape
Is there anything more frightening than unlabeled MiniDV tapes you’ve had for several years?
I just got a used MiniDV camcorder off Amazon to convert some old VHS via the pass-through but I’ll finally get to find out what is on some of these tapes. I’m going to need a stiff drink that night, I think.
Researchers hack crypto on RFID smart cards used for keyless entry and transit pass →
A good example of why private and proprietary systems will never be as secure as open ones. Sure made them money selling it to NASA and the Department of the Interior though, I’m sure.
Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests - latimes.com →
I am shocked shocked that Former Federal Reserve Chairman Herman Cain supports the banking industry over the voters.
Matt Drudge is confounded by people being polite, taking turns, and sharing; calls it a “strange ritual”.
jmak:
Thanks, Steve.
Posting designs like this one makes me paranoid, because I can’t shake the feeling that it’s not original. I enjoyed the process regardless, but please let me know if somebody else beat me to the idea!
Thoughts?
If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?
— Steve Jobs, 2005
hellyeah! show 1x09 →
In this theatrical episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss the new line of Kindles, Emory rants about his local bookstore, and we discuss all things home theater: universal remotes, cable management, TiVo, XBMC, and 3D TV.
launchd and Unison
I need to polish these up a bit before sharing, but I have a couple of little scripts that monitor my Documents directory and my .dotfiles directory and keeps them in-sync with the NAS at my house.
Yes, synced, not archived. This means if I change a file ~/Documents on my MacBook Air, it magically appears in ~/Documents on my desktop Mac at home.
Oct 3 11:55:43 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Saw changes in your Documents folder, so running the Documents sync job in 15 seconds
Oct 3 11:55:58 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Contacting server...
Oct 3 11:56:02 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Connected [//nas01//c/home/emory/Documents -> //patty//Users/emory/Documents]
Oct 3 11:56:02 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Looking for changes
Oct 3 11:56:02 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: | BBEdit Backups/2011-09-08
Oct 3 11:56:02 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]:
Oct 3 11:56:02 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Waiting for changes from server
Oct 3 11:56:04 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Reconciling changes
Oct 3 11:56:04 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Nothing to do: replicas have not changed since last sync.
Oct 3 11:56:04 patty hyn.Documents.Unison[1100]: Light is green, trap is clean.
I’m quite pleased with myself as you may imagine.
The great thing about sleep disorders
This day and age you can take a pill for just about anything, and Ambien makes going to bed fun again!
