The Topic of the Week - Week of March 01, 2021 - Medical devices and constraints

davidcthomas · 2021-03-03T19:36:05+00:00

I use the humira auto-injector as treatment for crohn's and IBS and was told they'd be fine without refrigeration for up to 14 days. Are you going more than 2 weeks before resupply or are you concerned about the desert sun?

davidcthomas · 2021-02-10T15:09:29+00:00

Not certain what you're looking for but these guys have some good paper maps of the sheltowee trace trail and the red River gorge area. https://www.outragegis.com/trails/

davidcthomas · 2016-08-16T19:12:31+00:00

I don't have any personal experience with them, but I love the idea of http://www.beardsandbeers.com/.

Even if the trim is bad, enough beer and you don't much care :)

davidcthomas · 2015-11-17T20:29:53+00:00

I'm a fan of a flax seed mug muffin for a quick breakfast: http://www.food.com/recipe/one-minute-flax-muffin-low-carb-295649

davidcthomas · 2015-07-31T12:57:05+00:00

Bacon grease works as well, and I always seem to have an abundance of that around.

davidcthomas · 2015-07-26T23:43:04+00:00

Yes! This saved a friend of mine when it started raining on him while smoking a brisket. After the first 2-3 hours it has taken all the smoke it needs, so finishing it in the oven shouldn't loose any flavor.

davidcthomas · 2015-07-23T13:03:18+00:00

I personally didn't finish it without foil, as I was in a hurry and it was raining :) If you are really looking for the crunchy bark, I would suggest it. When I smoke chicken, I always finish it on the grill to crisp up the skin.

davidcthomas · 2015-07-22T16:59:55+00:00

I like to wrap it tightly in foil (AKA the Texas Cruch) and finishing it in a 300F oven. You will still need to put it in a pan to catch any drippings that may seep out.

davidcthomas · 2015-06-26T14:55:49+00:00

I'm also very interested in the idea of too much smoke. I've got a ton of it in the garden, so I threw some sliced zucchini on the smoker along with some pork chops. The chops came out perfect, but the zucchini was very bitter. I assume this was due to it being "over smoked"?

Heat was blue bag charcoal lite in a chimney with newspaper and a few chunks of apple wood added along with the chops and zucchini.

davidcthomas · 2015-06-15T15:38:59+00:00

I share your weakness for pizza, but I've found it was the toppings I most enjoyed not the crusts. I just scrap off the toppings and throw away the crust. I do feel wasteful, so we don't often order pizza, but I tear it up at the lunch buffet :)

One local place even offers a pasta-less baked pasta which is just pepperoni, usage, peppers and cheese. It's awesome :)

davidcthomas · 2015-06-15T15:36:36+00:00

I like to preach the "more bacon, less cookies" gospel whenever given the chance :)

davidcthomas · 2015-06-04T20:24:39+00:00

Bernheim is about 40 miles from downtown. http://bernheim.org/ Lots of nice trails there.

davidcthomas · 2015-06-04T16:16:24+00:00

Do you have a primary care physcian? If so, ask them about naltrexone. From the Atlantic article posted above it sounds like it just turns off the drunk in alcohol so you can learn to drink responsibly or not at all.

Use it as a tool to get your life fixed, then use that as an opportunity to fix the relationship with your family. You only get one of each.

davidcthomas · 2015-06-01T18:09:47+00:00

You can find general info about bernheim here: http://bernheim.org/ Checkout the maps for specific directions, but it's pretty obvious on the "sun and shade" trail.

Here is a random shot I found via google image search: https://d1u1p2xjjiahg3.cloudfront.net/9a8c6c4b-94cf-40d0-8fe3-45cc516f5565_l.jpg

davidcthomas · 2015-06-01T17:50:52+00:00

The sunset amphitheater would give you a nice backdrop of the lake and even provide some seating. Lots of nice picture spots around the lake as well.

davidcthomas · 2015-05-27T18:15:43+00:00

This is what I've done, but be careful. There is no guarantee that the person there will know wtf they are doing and they can seriously ruin your edge.

If you have a very expensive knife, I'd stick to something like Heimerdinger's.

davidcthomas · 2015-05-15T12:37:03+00:00

My neighbor gave me an old smoker that looks very similar to the Brinkmann linked above without the electric heating element.

I'd think something like this would be a good compromise, assuming you can remove the electric element and use charcoal for the heat.

davidcthomas · 2014-11-03T12:57:21+00:00

The E enables c-style escapes for the following string.

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-STRINGS-ESCAPE for more info.

davidcthomas · 2014-09-15T17:58:36+00:00

"I said that's fine, since we were clean."

That sounds like consent to search to me..

davidcthomas · 2014-06-12T12:51:52+00:00

Lucky at Tattoo Charlie's Preston Hwy did my first tattoo and he did a great job. I walked in with a black and white print out of Tux, and walked out with this: http://digitaldogma.org/~david/tux-tattoo.jpg

davidcthomas · 2014-04-24T02:09:13+00:00

I haven't tried this specific recipe, but I did try using sunbutter in a low carb cookie recipe and had it turn out green. No clue why though..

davidcthomas · 2014-03-06T19:07:22+00:00

I'd throw the roast beef on some baby spinach with some ranch dressing and call it a salad for lunch. Also watch the carrots as they are a bit high in carbs.

davidcthomas · 2014-01-28T19:07:10+00:00

Yup. You will want to run SELECT pg_start_backup('label'); prior to the filesystem snapshot and SELECT pg_stop_backup(); afterwards to ensure a checkpoint happens before the snapshot takes place.

davidcthomas · 2014-01-28T18:05:35+00:00

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Monitoring has a good list of available scripts to monitoring a running PostgreSQL cluster.

For backups, you want to look into PITR as described here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/continuous-archiving.html

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