2012
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By bluerasberry on 2012-12-24
Marcus and I went to Philadelphia on Saturday 22 December. I wanted to meet Smallbones to talk about a collaboration between the Khan Academy’s Smarthistory program and Wikipedia and to meet with UseTheCommandLine and Ocaasi to talk about instances of the campus ambassador program at medical schools in Portland and San Francisco. Wiki Med just […]
Posted in New York City, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged disaster, Marcus
By bluerasberry on 2012-12-04
On Friday night people decided to threaten my life. I was robbed at knifepoint by potential murderers. Fortunately, no one was hurt, the cops caught the criminals, and I recovered my stolen property. I was excited about Marcus coming over. I walked to Greystone station to receive him and we were walking back to my […]
Posted in encounter, legal, New York City | Tagged crime, Marcus, police
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-25
I went to see Reverend Billy at the Highline Ballroom on Sunday 25 November 2012. Chuck had received some notice that he would be preaching and when he told me about this, I was excited and went. I had been a fan of Reverend Billy since about 1999, about the same time I discovered Adbusters. […]
Posted in New York City, religion | Tagged consumer rights, protest, Reverend Billy
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-20
I had and passed a kidney stone last Saturday night. It was a trippy experience characterized by feelings of extreme pain, panic, urgency, defeat, restlessness, helplessness, and dependency. I know that I did not like the experience but once it was over I felt as if I could remember it objectively without any traumatic memory, […]
Posted in health, New York City, service industry | Tagged hospital, kidney stone, Marcus
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-14
I was riding the train home with John Santa, director of health ratings at Consumer Reports, on the night of Sunday 10 November. I asked him for an example of how conflict of interest happens with doctors. He prefaced his story by explaining the premise that there is something about human nature which causes unavoidable […]
Posted in drug, education, presentation, research | Tagged conference, conflict of interest, John Santa
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-13
Hurricane Sandy happened and I thought little of it. Marcus was house sitting for some friends in Jersey City and I went to stay with him for Saturday 10 November night, and he took me on a damage tour. The hurricane hit on October 29 and I was surprised that there was still no electricity […]
Posted in New York City, tour | Tagged disaster, Jersey City, Marcus
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-05
The 2012 Seattle HVTN conference was from Monday 29 – Wednesday 31 October. I went to Seattle for that and to see friends. I flew to Portland on Friday 26 October to attend the Wiki Loves Libraries event organized by Jason Moore, user:Another Believer, on Saturday 27 October. We went out for breakfast, did the […]
Posted in clinical research, HIV, legal, non-profit, Open access, research, rights, Seattle, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Adbusters, Brian Glanz, Christopher Sheats, coffee, conference, HVTN, Jacob Caggiano, Lisa White, Open Knowledge Foundation, Patrick, Patrick Earley, Victoria Chinnell
By bluerasberry on 2012-10-16
I am working for Consumer Reports on a project to improve the quality of health articles on Wikipedia. This is part of an educational outreach campaign called Choosing Wisely. There is a large amount of information about Choosing Wisely on the Internet – just lately I realized that hundreds of news sources have been covering […]
Posted in education, health, non-profit, Wikipedia | Tagged Choosing Wisely, conflict of interest
By bluerasberry on 2012-10-11
Marcus and I got tested at Gaycenter at 39 West 14th Street on October 6, 2013. The tests said that neither of us had HIV. Lane’s HIV test October 2012
Posted in gay stuff, HIV | Tagged HIV test, Marcus
By bluerasberry on 2012-10-01
Marcus and I went to the Maker Faire on Sunday 30 September at the New York Hall of Science. It was fun. Stephen Wolfram was there giving a talk about the future of personal drones. Lots of people at the fair were showing off their drones both live and with video displays. There were 3D […]
Posted in education, festival, New York City | Tagged conference, Marcus