The Concept of CPR+ECMO+Cardiac Cath for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Medical advancements are amazing; it's just that we in the not so rich world may never get to implement these "miracles" in advancing human survival from the brink of death. The concept that having someone collapse with a heart attack outside in public, be resuscitated with CPR machines and have the circulation be taken over later by machines completely and then have their heart fixed in the cath lab while having your life prolonged by advanced machinery and knowledge is just amazing (but let's not forget the human investments, expenditure in money and the ethical implications of deciding who and who not to have their lives potentially prolonged).

All this while people are going against vaccination (which is much much much cheaper and simpler) as they are the works of the Jews and devils.

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The 2018 NBA Playoffs Have Been Pretty Good Thus Far

If you followed the 2017 NBA Playoffs, you’d know what I mean: it was rightfully assumed that both the Warriors and Cavs would meet again in the NBA Finals, with the Warriors unsurprisingly giving the Cavs the sweep. That was truly a bore.

This year, there’s a lot more drama and storylines, which is good for the sport.  The only sweep thus far was an unsuspected one (the Pelicans beating the Trailblazers), and the Jazz can make another less surprising "upset" too. The Warriors didn’t sweep the Spurs (who are in such unprecedented locker room drama with Kahwi Leonard bailing out in my view). The Cavs with LeBron James are downright struggling. The Rockets have yet to prove that they’re the real deal. Derrick Rose has proven that he’s still got it somewhat. The rest are all in slugfests.

That’s good. And thanks to YouTube, you can watch all of the good stuff in condensed time; a two hour TV broadcast cut to just 10 minutes that you can watch while doing stuff. 

I don't know who to support this year, but I'm betting on a Rockets vs Cavs finals.

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My First Successful Hardware Repair of An Apple Device

My Apple AirPort Extreme + Time Capsule Wi-Fi Base Station started giving overheating warnings the other day (forgot to take screenshots of the AirPort Utility app indicating the overheating warnings), and after some searching on iFixit and another search for tools, I tried to fix the problem (with an opportunity to get the kids away from the screens).

The Hotak 32 Piece Mobile Phone Repair Tools Set (minus the extension bar, missing)

The Torx 8 and 10 driver heads, along with the prying bars and extension bars were essential

True enough, the problem was that the fan has become stuck, and I proceeded to add some lubricating oil to the fan mechanism. I also noted a huge amount of dust near the vents and overall insides. Other than nicking the base here and there from prying open the casing I managed to fix it (along with the LED indicator which probably didn’t work because of the dust inside). Hopefully it’ll add a few more years to a device that has been reliable enough for at least the past maybe 6 years I guess, making it a reliable simple automatic backup option for my family’s laptops and an archiver of the contents of my late father’s black plastic MacBook (which in general still works). 

If you own a fanned electronic device, knowing how to open and fix dust and air-fow related issues is probably a good skill to have to add years to a device from preventing overheating issues.

And true to their reputation, Apple devices are truly difficult to repair. I had to dismantle almost the whole device to gain access to the fan.