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	<title>Tom Munnecke's Eclectica</title>
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		<title>1979 paper by Epic Systems CEO Judith Faulkner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m researching a op-ed piece on federal health care software, and am browsing through my old proceedings from the early days of the MUMPS Users Group meetings.  These meetings were quite an entrepreneurial incubator: Judy Faulkner was starting Epic Systems,  Paul Egerman, founded Interpretive Data Systems, which then became  IDX and sold to GE HealthCare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=906</link>
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		<title>Khan Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just ran across this wonderful effort by Salman Khan to provide educational videos at the Khan Academy.  He has posted over 1200 educational videos that are seen by 100,000 people around the world. When I went back to my fellowship at Stanford after 30 years in industry, I was amazed to find that professors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=872</link>
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		<title>Der Wunderschwimmer by Wilhelm Munnecke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Der Wunderschwimmer by Wilhelm Munnecke Originally uploaded by munnecket This is a book written by Wilhelm Munnecke who I think is a distant relative published by Fisher Verlag, Goettingen, Germany, in the early 1950&#8242;s. I&#8217;d enjoy hearing from anyone who has any information about him or these books. I can be contacted at his last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=868</link>
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		<title>Der Tod Swamm Mit by Wilhelm Munnecke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Der Tod Swamm Mit, Wunderschwimmer Otto Kemmerichs Originally uploaded by munnecket This is a book written by Wilhelm Munnecke who I think is a distant relative, published by Fisher Verlag, Goettingen, Germany, in the early 1950&#8242;s. I&#8217;d enjoy hearing from anyone who has any information about him or these books. I can be contacted at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=867</link>
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		<title>Der Hagenbeck im Dschungel by Wilhelm Munnecke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Der Hagenbeck im Dschungel by Wilhelm Munnecke Originally uploaded by munnecket This is a book written by Wilhelm Munnecke who I think is a distant relative, published by Globus Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany in 1949. I&#8217;d enjoy hearing from anyone who has any information about him or these books. I can be contacted at his last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=866</link>
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		<title>Peter Norvig, Google Director of Research,  in conversation with Tom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of talking with Peter Norvig, Google&#8217;s Director of Research at my home during my 2009 Good Ancestors Principle workshop. Peter (who was described to me by a close friend as &#8220;the best programmer on the planet&#8221;) is well known for his Gettysberg Powerpoint Address, and well as having generated what might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=861</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll be talking at TEDx Del Mar June 2; webcast will be available.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m giving a talk at TEDx Del Mar June 2.  This should be a great opportunity to meet folks from the area.  For those of you not physically here, you can watch the streaming or archived version&#8230; stay tuned to the web site for more info. I&#8217;ll probably be talking on &#8220;Sustainability isn&#8217;t enough&#8221; &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=856</link>
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		<title>I want to control my own genetic information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted a letter to the editor in today&#8217;s San Diego Union Tribune regarding the Pathway Genomics efforts to sell their personal genomics kits, advocating that people have access to their own genetic information.  If they want to turn this over to their doctors and insurance companies, that&#8217;s fine.  But they should be required to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=848</link>
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		<title>Walgreen&#8217;s and Pathway Genomics: Delaying the Inevitable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just this week, Walgreen&#8217;s announced that they would be carrying Pathway Genomics Insight personal genomics testing kit.  Customers at 6,000 stores could by the sample collection kit, send in their saliva sample, and order various genetic tests to provide information about their genetic makeup and tendencies. Shortly thereafter, FDA put a halt on the process, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=841</link>
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		<title>Myth: iPad charger blowing up iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just heard of an iPad customer who asked their Apple tech whether it was safe to charge their iPhone with an iPad charger.  The iPad has a charger with greater capacity than the iPhone.  The tech said no, it might blow up their iPhone. Maybe this reflects the sad state of science education in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://munnecke.com/blog/?p=836</link>
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