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from the heart

Three months after the clocks said goodbye to 2006, the final polls are in: 2006 was a blockbuster of a year for the broadband business worldwide, including US, but from going forward, the gallop is going to turn into a trot. At the end of… Read More »

Skyhook Wireless, a Wi-Fi location-based services startup, has gotten the majority of its headlines due to its cutesy Loki browser plug-in, which adds loction to search and other web services. But the company has a whole lot of plans that have nothing to do… Read More »

 
 

I first encountered Mike on mobile tech community forums and we started off on shaky ground.  Our online relationship was contentious to say the least as we can both be rather, ah, opinionated when it comes to what we’d like to see in mobile technology.  Over… Read More »

Paying it forward

Paying it forward           by  James Kendrick "Bernie, you wanta get a beer?"  "Fred, I think I’m just gonna head home.  I’m beat. See you tomorrow." He wasn’t exaggerating, he was beat.  Working construction in the bitter cold could really take it out of you and… Read More »

jkOnTheRun is back online

jkOnTheRun is back online and I am beginning to go through the ton of email, RSS feeds and comments that have accumulated over the past week.  I would like to thank everyone for their patience during this trying time and want everyone to know how much… Read More »

Goodbye to a great man

My father was one of those people who understood that to achieve greatness could only be done through maintaining strength of character in all that you do.  He instilled in his children the unerring credo that you must always do the right thing.  It doesn’t matter… Read More »

One of the first things I did after starting this blog was write a chronicle of my experience with emergency open heart surgery three years ago.  It was a difficult thing for… Read More »

Home defibrillator approved by FDA

The FDA has approved a home defibrillator for sale without a prescription. “The shock from a defibrillator is the most effective way to end sudden cardiac arrest, which leaves the victim… Read More »

No doubt everyone has heard about former President Bill Clinton’s bypass surgery yesterday. Many people checked the news to hear how his surgery went and the aftermath about how close he came to a catastrophic heart attack. The news stories about Mr. Clinton’s… Read More »

This is Oreo. He’s a cute mutt that came to us years ago when the dog of one of my wife’s coworkers had a litter and they needed homes for the lot. We took in Oreo (over my objections) and he’s been with us ever… Read More »

Dr. Lawrie’s future patient please email me again

I recently received a nice email from someone who is to become a future patient of Dr. Lawrie’s. I got the email while on vacation in Vegas and as a result of a meltdown in my Outlook email files I lost it. If you… Read More »

from the heart- part 10

Those of you who have been following the “from the heart” series may have assumed that I had finished the recounting of my heart surgery experience since I haven’t written another installment in a while. I’ve just been busy and on vacation but I’m… Read More »

More Must Reads

If you’ve been following from the heart you know that part 8 left off with me sleeping in my hospital room in Methodist Hospital. I pass into and out of sleep for a while, I don’t have any sense of time at this point.… Read More »

Intensive Care Unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, approximately 8 am on September 7, 2001. Having finally gotten the ventilator tube removed from my throat I am finally able to breathe and concentrate on my body after the surgery. I am recovering… Read More »

As you might recall from the last installment in from the heart I have just arrived at Methodist Hospital at about 1 am on September 6, 2001. I am scheduled to have a triple coronary bypass at 3 pm this afternoon and my wife… Read More »

“Mr. Kendrick, we have a problem.” Lying on this surgical table, my mind a little fuzzy from the drugs, looking at my heart on the monitor. The doctor points to a spot on the screen that shows the arteries running to and from… Read More »

The trip up the elevator to ICU was slow but uneventful. Thankfully I didn’t get to see the plastic box with the paddles in action. Once they wheeled me into the room in Intensive Care I thought to myself, this isn’t so bad.… Read More »

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