Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo is a film about obsession, so perhaps it is not strange that the film itself can become an obsession to the viewer. Scotty’s first view of Madeleine If you have not seen the film, stop right here and go out and get it on DVD or watch in on TV —… Continue reading Vertigo
Author: mannd
I am a retired cardiac electrophysiologist who has worked both in private practice in Louisville, Kentucky and as a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver. I am interested not only in medicine, but also in computer programming, music, science fiction, fantasy, 30s pulp literature, and a whole lot more.
The Outer Limits Season I
I’m referring to the original series, circa 1963-64. I have never seen the new series, but have heard it is rather lame. When I first saw the original series I was in my formative years of 11-13. I remember reading a review of the series back then that made the point that the monsters weren’t… Continue reading The Outer Limits Season I
The Great Migration (from Qt3 to 4) Part I
Very belatedly, I have decided to migrate my project EP Simulator from Trolltech’s gui framework Qt version 3 to version 4. I should have started with Qt4 in the first place, but all my books were Qt3 books (actually I own just 1 Qt book), and I had the mistaken notion that Qt4 wouldn’t work… Continue reading The Great Migration (from Qt3 to 4) Part I
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Screenshots
I having been taking some screenshots as I go through the VTTBOTS DVDs. These are from Season 2. They make great wallpaper for your computer desktop.
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
I am halfway through the second season of the DVD release of the 1960s TV show “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (VTTBOTS), and taking great pleasure in reliving my teenage years in the process. This was one of my favorite shows at the time, and it is fascinating to see the shows again… Continue reading Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007 Part II
In Part I, Sluggo, the aptly named Linux computer that is my workhorse, crashed and burned. I found myself updating from Suse 9.2 to 10.1. Now I could boot the computer, but a lot of stuff didn’t work. Among the problems, in no particular order: Software installation trouble 10.1 has two software installers: traditional Yast… Continue reading The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007 Part II
The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007
Computing is Hell. Everyone who works with computers knows this, but when our computers are working well, we tend to forget it, just like we tend to put out of our minds on Friday night that Monday morning is just a little over 2 days away. When everything is working well, we put off making… Continue reading The Great Sluggo Crash of 2007
Version Control With SVK Part II
Part I of this article appeared some time ago — you can find it in the September posts. In this second section I describe what’s not quite right with Subversion (SVN) and what I like about SVK, it’s heir. I don’t have here a lot of info about how SVK came about and what not… Continue reading Version Control With SVK Part II
EP Simulator Update
EP Simulator, a teaching and simulation program to emulate essentially a complete EP lab, is progressing, albeit slowly! See screenshot below.
"Elephant" — A Disturbing Movie
I saw the movie “Elephant” on cable a few weeks ago. If you have not seen the movie and want to completely avoid spoilers then don’t read on, though at least finish this sentence: the movie is original, disturbing, and well worth viewing. There is no major spoiler in this review, but if you don’t… Continue reading "Elephant" — A Disturbing Movie