Middle America's Worldview

I figured I better blog. I haven't had much time or desire to post a good update in awhile. Last week was horrendously busy. This week my theme will be to "slow down". I am trying to not get too much in a hurry at work. I mean what's the point? If you juggle too much, you miss something. Yet, irregardless how much you try to do, it's never enough. So, I am trying to slowdown and maintain concentration. I guess we will see if it works.

We go live with a new system in one of our hospitals today. I hope it goes well. This was another big install. It included 5 interfaces and 8 maps on my part alone.

I am currently re-installing the XP on our home pc. I acquired some virus that just won't go away. I was told about a freebie anti-virus software called Avast. I was also told it was the best one out there that is still free. I guess we will see. I will plug it in as soon as I get this installed.

Another freebie application I am currently trying is Idea. It's a personal organizer for your PC.
Below is a snapshot of it.

You can find it at Sycon.de. I already see some things I don't like about it, but there are some good qualities too it as well. You can create a hyperlink to a specific program within you pc. This will allow you to have one database of all your links, including your PDF books (if you have them). I find it a fast way to pull up documentation in a hurry, rather than going to that dedicated folder and pulling it up. I am trying to streamline my documentation in dedicated folders as well as a means to access them quickly. This app seems to do that. However, I would also like to create a link to pull the full folder. I haven't found a way to do that yet with IDEA. I already have an excel created for that purpose and that excel is now linked in IDEA now.