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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<H1>Welcome to The Linux Weekend Mechanic!</H1>
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<H2>Published in the April, 1998 Edition of the Linux Gazette</H2>
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Copyright © 1997 John M. Fisk <fiskjm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu><BR>
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The Linux Gazette (tm) is Copyright © 1997,1998 <A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/">
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Specialized Systems Consultants Inc.</A>
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<H2>I'm leaving y'all for another woman...!</H2>
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My wonderful wife... :-)
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Yup, I'm afraid that it's time to permanently close up shop here at the 'ol
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Weekend Mechanic. Time constrains and just the day to day necessities are
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starting to catch up and I just simply need to spend more time taking care of
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family matters. I sat down and figured out the time the other day: I've been
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in some form of training -- undergraduate, graduate, or residency -- for the
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past <I>13 1/2 years!</I> I'm about to take a sabbatical :-)
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But before I go, I need to take a minute and say thanks to an awful lot of
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folks: to Tim, at Tennessee Commerce Net, who graciously offered to host the
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Linux Gazette way back in the summer of 1995; to Matt Welsh for his kind offer
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to bring the LG under the wing of the LDP; to Marc Ewing, Donnie Barnes, &
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Erik Troan, the "Boys at RedHat" who sent their encouragement (as
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well as CD's, a t-shirt, books, and the familiar Red Hat... thanks!) way back
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when; to Phil Hughes for his interest in and willingness to take over the LG
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when it simply became too much; to Marjorie Richardson, for actually <I>taking
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over</I> the day to day care and feeding of this thing (as well as shouldering
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the hassles and burdens that come with this job -- such as truant columnists
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such as your's truly...); to the myriad of authors and contributors who have
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much more faithfully than me contributed to the success of the LG by giving of
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their time and talents...
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And mostly, to my lovely wife, without whose unflagging love, support, and
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encouragement (and willingness to be an all-too-frequent "computer
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widow") none of this could have happened. To all of you I want to humbly
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say,
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Thanks folks, it's been great.
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So what are we now up to?
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Well, as most of you know, I finished up at <A HREF="http://www.mtsu.edu/">
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Middle Tennessee State University</A> this past December and immediately
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started working for Dr. Ed Shultz in the Information Management Department
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here at Vanderbilt. We've licensed a clinical database system from a Dr.
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Prakash Nadkarni at the Yale University Medical Center. Dr. Nadkarni's
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Advanced Clinical Trials Database System (ACT/DB) is a rather sophisticated
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clinical trials data management system currently hosted in the Oncology arena.
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My job has simply been to get the system working and integrated into the
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larger clinical information system here at Vandy, which has so far proven to
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be an interesting and often challenging endeavor. For those who might be
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interested in such things, Dr. Nadkarni has an article in this month's (March,
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1998) Journal of the American Medical Informatics (JAMIA) describing the
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ACT/DB system. We've also submitted an abstract for a theater presentation of
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the system at the upcoming AMIA meeting (again, for you medical informatics
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type folks out there... :-)
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I'm also working now on trying to set up a formal Medical Informatics
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Fellowship through the National Library of Medicine here at Vanderbilt. A
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good deal of my time is now spent trying to get ready for this, especially as
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the August 1 submission deadline approaches.
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Anyway, if you've made it this far, thanks for hanging in there. I really do
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owe one last HUGE bit of thanks...
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Dear Linus,
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Thanks so much for one <I>drop-dead kool</I> kinda OS!
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Your fan,<BR>
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John
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I'll see y'all around. Take care,
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John
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Got any comments, suggestions, criticisms or ideas?<BR>
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Feel free to drop me a note at:<BR>
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<ADDRESS> John M. Fisk
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<A HREF="mailto: fiskjm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu">
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<fiskjm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu></A>
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<center><H4>Previous "Weekend Mechanic" Columns</H4></center>
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<A HREF="../issue11/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #1, November 1996</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue12/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #2, December 1996</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue14/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #3, February 1997</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue16/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #4, April 1997</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue18/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #5, June 1997</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue20/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #6, August 1997</A><br>
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<A HREF="../issue23/wkndmech_dec97/wkndmech.html">Weekend Mechanic #7, December 1997</A>
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<center><H5>Copyright © 1998, John Fisk <BR>
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Published in Issue 27 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, April 1998</H5></center>
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