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October 27, 2003
SQUIDs and Their Medical Applications
I need a snazzier weblog, and I'm getting tired of static HTML entries. Movable Type seems to be the most appealing solution for me, since I want to host my own webserver as opposed to using someone else's servers to upload my entries to. So, I started to look at the requirements for running Movable Type. Need Apache. Check. Need MySQL. Check. Need to make sure MySQL is secured as much as possible. Working on it. Need all sorts of Perl modules. Working on it. Finally, need to move relevant files from the old webserver to the new webserver all the above packages will be located on. Double working on it. Initially, I wanted to load RedHat Linux on the new webserver. After several attempts including getting an exception handling error, which caused the entire installer to just die, I decided to just eschew RedHat Linux and use OpenBSD instead. The OpenBSD install worked like a charm. When all is said and done, I will have a much more scalable weblog engine. Priceless. Please look forward to my new weblog look soon!
At lunch with my co-workers, we were talking about Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). I don't have much experience with these, since my focus area in my grad work was more VLSI-based devices. It sounds like a cool area, though. Especially interesting are the applications of SQUIDs. I'm thinking the medical applications for cardio devices, in particular. The elimination of electromagnetic interference is a major plus for cardio devices. I found this link from Livermore Labs that outlines research with medical applications for SQUIDs. Sometimes, I wish I had just stayed in the semiconductor/device physics field. *Sigh*
Posted by Kathy at October 27, 2003 02:34 PM