Re-Written Android App

App Inventor was a lot of fun, but is being discontinued 12/2011. I’ve since re-written the Drip Timer app so it’ll still be available. The good news is that the app went from 3.89 MB (App Inventor) to 320KB (native). If you’ve already installed it from here, please Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage [...]

Calls and Classes and Android Oh My.

I’ve written a couple of Android applications, which various folk have expressed interest in using, so here they are.  Absolutely free, tell your friends, etc. blah yadda.  Each comes with absolutely no warranty, use at your own risk, warning: choking hazard, and all that good stuff.  If you find an error, comment here to let [...]

Science!

Blinded Enlightened by Science! In the post, Reading a Map, we found our hero DTs attempting to yet again simplify EMS math, as he has done so successfully in the past.  And lo! it seemed he had again succeeded! Indeed.  Behold the hideous formula for mean arterial pressure, ((Diastolic BP * 2) + Systolic BP) [...]

Reading a MAP

I’ve figured a 2-am cheat for the MAP, which doesn’t work half-bad.  Not the linesy-roadsy MAP, the other kind. Blood pressure is one of the more important measurements we can take, we all know that and I won’t belabor the point.  If we’ve been in the business long enough, we get a feel for a [...]

Extending the Art

We each do what we can.  Current backing signals are: and And of course, But I have developed a new signal – quite accidentally, just wasn’t thinking actually.  Think of pantomiming “the Bunny hop”:  Hands in front, making little “wave” motions up and down, while you jump: It looks really stupid, but your driver will [...]