2014-01-22T00:00:01-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/feed.xml/ Ben Artin 2020-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 2020-08-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/dearly-departing

The untimely demise of my clinical future

Ben Artin 2019-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/yale-not-mrs-degree

Yale PA program’s non-response to sexism

Ben Artin 2018-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 2018-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/unbinaried-at-yale-looking-back

I got much more than a degree from Yale

Ben Artin 2017-10-08T00:00:01-04:00 2017-10-08T00:00:01-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/yale-pa-silent-curriculum

Messages from my Yale PA education that I must unlearn

Ben Artin 2017-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/yale-pa-didactic-year-impressions

How does it live up to my expectations of excellence?

Ben Artin 2016-09-28T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/electronics/glitchy-neopixels

Having problems with NeoPixels? So was I.

Ben Artin 2016-09-22T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-22T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/gluteal-equality

Truly, I have arrived.

Ben Artin 2016-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 2016-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/unbinaried-at-yale-week-2

Wherein my gender and my medical education begin to equilibrate

Ben Artin 2016-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2016-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/unbinaried-at-yale-week-1

Wherein my gender adventures collide with my medical education

Ben Artin 2016-07-20T00:00:00-04:00 2016-07-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/congratulations-its-a

My gender changed, but it’s unclear what it changed to. How apt.

Ben Artin 2016-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 2016-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/electronics/let-there-be-workshop-lights

Mounting my fluorescent workbench lights.

Ben Artin 2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/masterful-discourse

Five frustrating ways in which smart people impede social progress. Take note, past self.

Ben Artin 2016-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2016-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/electronics/ysph-workshop-2016

In spring of 2016, I led an Electronics Workshop at the Yale School of Public Health. It was wonderful!

Ben Artin 2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/sas-university-edition-batch-mode

I hate SAS slightly less now that I can run it from the command line. What?

Ben Artin 2016-01-31T00:00:00-05:00 2016-01-31T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/blogging-with-gitbook

Continued adventures in creating a workable blogging toolchain.

Ben Artin 2014-01-22T00:00:01-05:00 2014-01-22T00:00:01-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/electronics/pullup-resistors

Handy tool for calculating values for pull-up resistors.

Ben Artin 2014-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 2014-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/electronics/shunt-voltage-reference

Handy tool for calculating value of bias resistor for a shunt voltage reference.

Ben Artin 2014-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 2014-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/dude-youre-wearing-a-skirt

You may have noticed I am wearing a skirt.

Ben Artin 2013-12-06T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-06T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/imac-2013-usb-audio-problems

I avoid a choice between kernel panics and gaming in silence, using a small amount of money.

Ben Artin 2013-12-04T00:00:01-05:00 2013-12-04T00:00:01-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/freedom-of-non-religion

Opting out of god in US naturalization oath of allegiance.

Ben Artin 2013-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 2013-12-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/united-skirts-of-america

Adventures in immigration and gender-non-conformity.

Ben Artin 2013-08-30T00:00:00-04:00 2013-08-30T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/syncing-two-macs

Wherein I bang my head against two computers simultaneously.

Ben Artin 2013-05-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-05-10T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/custom-bordered-button-bar-items

I cleverly use math to draw custom bordered items in iOS toolbar.

Ben Artin 2013-02-03T00:00:00-05:00 2013-02-03T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/introspection-privilege

When I am the benevolent dictator for life, everyone will have mental healthcare. Until then, I’d rather not judge those who don’t.

Ben Artin 2012-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 2012-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/organ-donation-decision-making

An overview of how organ donation in the US works, and how transplantation decisions are made.

Ben Artin 2012-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 2012-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/why-jinja-and-hyde-dont-go-together

One of many attempts at having a blogging workflow that works.

Ben Artin 2012-03-31T00:00:01-04:00 2012-03-31T00:00:01-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/northeastern-cps-explained

Are you baffled by the Northeastern University academic calendar? Me too!

Ben Artin 2012-03-31T00:00:00-04:00 2012-03-31T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/medicine/post-bacc-in-boston

Pros and cons of various post-baccalaureate offerings, aimed at pre-health students.

Ben Artin 2011-02-12T00:00:00-05:00 2011-02-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/once-more-a-train-pulled-into-the-station

Ben Artin 2009-09-29T00:00:00-04:00 2009-09-29T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/september-2009-boston-harbor-sail

Photos from 2009 sail in Boston harbor.

Ben Artin 2009-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 2009-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/charles-river-on-new-years-eve-2008

While others celebrated a new year, I explored forlorn corners of Boston.

Ben Artin 2008-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 2008-12-23T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/in-one-smooth-motion-she-swiveled-her-hips

Ben Artin 2008-12-21T00:00:00-05:00 2008-12-21T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/her-eyes-darted-over-my-right-shoulder

Ben Artin 2008-12-12T00:00:00-05:00 2008-12-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/she-kneaded

Ben Artin 2008-10-14T00:00:00-04:00 2008-10-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/apple-picking-october-2008

My friends took me apple-picking, but I went people-watching.

Ben Artin 2008-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 2008-08-10T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/niagara-falls

It may be sunny at Niagara Falls, but it sure isn’t dry.

Ben Artin 2008-06-24T00:00:01-04:00 2008-06-24T00:00:01-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/dont-eat-that-she-stopped-me

Ben Artin 2008-06-24T00:00:00-04:00 2008-06-24T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/youre-being-all-flirty

Ben Artin 2008-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 2008-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/cyrus-imap-dies-with-user-defined-signal-1-on-leopard-server

Once in a while, the only right thing to do is to always run a critical server process under gdb.

Ben Artin 2008-02-03T00:00:04-05:00 2008-02-03T00:00:04-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/erin-in-san-jose-summer-2006

When in San Jose, remember to fondle the cherries.

Ben Artin 2008-02-03T00:00:03-05:00 2008-02-03T00:00:03-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/on-the-blue-hills-boardwalk

Photos from a springtime visit to a tranquil bog.

Ben Artin 2008-02-03T00:00:02-05:00 2008-02-03T00:00:02-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/colorful-fall-in-lyme-ct

Delightful colors from a fall trip to Lyme, CT.

Ben Artin 2008-02-03T00:00:01-05:00 2008-02-03T00:00:01-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/boston-4th-of-july-fireworks

An annual colorsplosion in skies above Boston.

Ben Artin 2008-02-02T00:00:00-05:00 2008-02-02T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/initiative-is-hot

Ben Artin 2007-12-28T00:00:00-05:00 2007-12-28T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/lake-house-weekend

Photos from a weekend getaway in Connecticut.

Ben Artin 2007-12-28T00:00:00-05:00 2007-12-28T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/brrr-thought-the-goose

This is why I miss the Mediterranean weather.

Ben Artin 2007-12-24T00:00:00-05:00 2007-12-24T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/a-brief-detour-to-woods-hole

Meandering around Woods Hole, Leah and I discovered things strange and lovely.

Ben Artin 2007-12-13T00:00:00-05:00 2007-12-13T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/personal/i-paused-then-decided

Ben Artin 2006-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 2006-08-06T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/converting-an-stl-vector-iterator-to-a-raw-pointer

This is why I have an entire talk on things I hate about STL.

Ben Artin 2004-12-20T00:00:00-05:00 2004-12-20T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/smooth-animation-in-your-dock-icon

How to draw a custom animated overlay on an application Dock icon in OS X.

Ben Artin 2004-11-24T00:00:00-05:00 2004-11-24T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/make-your-certificates-readable-by-the-web-server-user

This message brought to you by hours I wasted debugging an cryptic Apache-SSL error.

Ben Artin 2004-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 2004-11-19T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/mailman-fails-to-deliver-mail-after-an-ungraceful-restart-on-mac-os-x-103-server

I don’t always use Mailman. But when I do, I make sure that its lock file is cleared on reboot.

Ben Artin 2004-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 2004-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/how-to-create-a-multihomed-certificate-with-openssl

Multihomed SSL certificates are just barely more useful than painful.

Ben Artin 2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00 2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/a-comparison-of-quicktime-and-coregraphics-image-scaling

I try to get decent scaled images from CoreGraphics, and resort to using QuickTime APIs instead.

Ben Artin 2003-08-01T00:00:01-04:00 2003-08-01T00:00:01-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/data-sharing-on-mac-os

Sharing data between processes in OS X has many rabbit holes. You are welcome.

Ben Artin 2003-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2003-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/my-lovehate-relationship-with-stl

Slides about my most and least favorites parts of the C++ Standard Template Library.

Ben Artin 2003-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 2003-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/c-and-stl-presentations

A series of talks about C++ and its Standard Template Library.

Ben Artin 2001-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 2001-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/space-aliens-ate-my-hfs-headers

My file system eats itself, and I fix it with a hex editor.

Ben Artin 2001-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 2001-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/hierarchical-distributed-repositories-in-cvs

Before distributed version control was a thing, I got a Master’s degree by badly bolting it onto CVS.

Ben Artin 2001-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 2001-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/disk-first-aid-doubler

Rewind to the 90s, then fast-forward through the startup disk check on Mac OS 9.

Ben Artin 2000-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 2000-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/dockstrip

MacHack 2000 winning entry: Add dock magnification effect to Mac OS 9 Control Strip.

Ben Artin 1998-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 1998-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://staging.ben.artins.org/software/asciimac

MacHack 1998 winning entry: Turn your entire screen into ASCII art live.