A few weeks ago, NewEgg had a deal on a 30 GB OCZ Vertex solid state disk (SSD). Although the limited capacity is a major drawback, its proven to be a great drive for my bootloader and OS X core installation. Read more  

It’s an exciting time of year for many pre-med students. Interview season is over, acceptances are rolling in, and you’ve already started the countdown till orientation. Amidst this excitement, it’s easy to make some pretty bad decisions with the intention of being prepared. Read more  

Given that the Porsche Panamera is an aesthetic disaster, I’m glad the automotive gurus from Germany finally rebounded with a testament to what they should be doing – making ridiculously fast performance vehicles. I give to you the most powerful, street-legal car Porsche currently has in the pipeline.

Between the new GT2 and Spyder 918 hybrid concept, Porsche is sure proving its reputation.

As early as your second year at Baylor Med, it’s possible to begin interviewing applicants to the medical program. How cool is that!? A lot of other schools reserve this privilege only for fourth year students. Guess it’s just a testament to the influence students have in BCM’s affairs. Read more  

I had the opportunity to see a surgery very similar to the one below yesterday morning/afternoon. What perfect timing too! It happened right when we started studying scotomas this block. A craniopharyngioma is essentially a tumor of the pituitary stalk which presses down on the optic chiasm (from above) creating a very characteristic scotoma (in this case, the loss of vision is in the inferior, temporal regions of both visual fields.

I’m looking forward to assessing improvements in the patient’s visual field post-op this coming Monday.