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a spell in psychiatry

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A couple of months ago, I chose to do a rotation in one of the psych wards in Bordeaux. I had no idea what was waiting for me in those legendary grounds. Psychiatry was among those of the specialities that didn’t speak to me at all before that. I certainly came out of these 4 weeks as a changed and pretty disturbed person. Here are a few random thoughts about this world as I jotted them down during my spell.

I was dispatched along with another colleague in a ward dealing with Anxiety Disorders. Among these, we had mostly patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Social Phobia, but I quickly realised that we were mostly treating the depression related to these troubles. As a junior (l’externe), I wasn’t left on the field to talk to the patients. Rather, I’d  follow the daily interviews between the patients and my interns. The only few tasks I had comprised writing down prescriptions, running a couple of EKGs and writing down the biographies of new patients.

The psychiatry ward is a gossip temple.

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2009 Best Albums

Here we are. With 2010 closing up, a music blogger would traditionnally publish his top 10. This is tough job. I’ve gone through countless records this year but few have remained for long on my ipod. In fact, I cannot really make a top 10 while knowing since January 2009 that nobody would make a better album than Delhi-6 other than A.R. Rahman himself. Let’s say, Blue just didn’t reach that level.

So yes, the winner is *drumroll* A.R. Rahman for Delhi-6 ! These are the songs I’ve listened to and sung the most. In fact, Rehna Tu is the best song of the year, in my opinion.
Remember, this represents solely my musical taste. I’ve been trying since the later half of this year to single out my monthly best. These albums, plus my listening stats at lastfm, have been useful in drafting this top of 2009.
You’re most welcome to refute my choice. If there’s something I’ve missed, please add it in the comments. Obviously, each person is listening to something else on his ipod. We are all in our own micro-genres. I love this diversity, but I’d also like this diversity to be shared. Never be ashamed of your musical taste.

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just adarsh.me

So that’s it. Storyltr is closing down on December 31. This is the best lifestreaming site I had found, perfect for the lazy blogger who still wants to centralize his presence on the web. This site is easy to use, easily customizable and is hosted by external servers. I’ve tried Sweetcron on my own server but I’m just not good at playing around on new services anymore. Let’s face it: there’s nothing better out there.

What next? I’ve decided to drop the idea of having www[dot]adarsh.me as a lifestream. Instead I’ve promoted my Tumblr as my main site. No more picks[dot]adarsh.me, just adarsh.me or www[dot]adarsh.me. One less site to manage is bliss!

This also means that the content of my posts on tumblr will change. The classic #1S1D (1 Song 1 Day) exercise will remain though. I might however remove the auto-posts to facebook if the frequency of posts gets too high.

This is the end of lifestreaming for me, and as long as Friendfeed is around, there’s still a way to search back in time. The hoarder in me can still sleep tight.

Update: The day later, Storytlr goes open-source! Thank you @eschnou. I’ll play with it one day when I’ll have time.

goodbye ufr107


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I’m closing down my year’s network which I was hosting on Ning.com. This post explains why the journey ends.

L’an dernier, j’ai monté et entretenu avec l’aide précieuse de mon ami Shakeel un réseau social sur Ning.com pour ma promo. Cette fois, par contre, j’ai choisit de laisser tomber le projet.

Plusieurs raisons ont poussé à cette décision:

  • Avec la réforme de la fac, les 3 unités ont été rassemblées. L’effectif triple et a été redivisé en 4 centuries avec des parcours différents.
  • Les autres unités avaient leurs propres sites. Lequel choisir?
  • Les enseignements ont été bouleversés – les forums sur Ning n’ont pas la profondeur requise pour accueillir tout ce changement.
  • J’ai tardé pour m’occuper du changement; je devais réviser pour mes rattrapages.
  • De nombreux mini-groupes ont été montés sur facebook entretemps.
  • C’est con mais je ne peux pas changer l’url du site.
  • Personne l’a annoncé mais il semble que le site (cdbx.org) de notre asso Les Carabins de Bordeaux est désormais le choix idéal pour réunir tous les étudiants en médecine à Bordeaux.

A un moment j’ai pensé convertir le site en une alternative à facebook pour la promo ; beaucoup d’entre nous préfèrent discuter médecine sur une autre plateforme. Mais j’ai vite laisser tomber l’idée. La vie d’externe ne me permettra pas de gérer tout le flux d’infos.

C’est donc avec grand regret que j’annonce la fermeture de ufr107.ning.com.

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Leslie Helpert, Serpentfly in Bordeaux

I’m just back from Tchai Bar, my most common rendez-vous point in Bordeaux. Tonight I went in for a sitar-guitar-tabla show (which I mentioned early this week). To be frank, I was in to see the talented Mark Brenner play the sitar, but I made a great discovery – Leslie Herpert.
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Helpert has composed over 1000 pieces of music and has performed in over 200 venues. Most recently (2008) she was endorsed by the ministry of cultural affairs in Bermuda as the first musician-in-resident. Additionally, Helpert internationally performs tributes to Billie Holiday. She is a teacher of voice and yoga as well as a spoken word poet, dancer, beat-boxer, illustrator, voice teacher and novelist; her music is informed by the entirety of her artwork. She has recorded 4 full length albums spanning the years of 1999-2008. She has played in places ranging from CBGB’s in New York to Yoshi’s Jazz Club in Oakland, CA, and theaters such as Théåtre Lino-Ventura in Nice, France, The Boulder Theater in Colorado and The Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia. Her guitar is her compass.

Great husky voice. She’s got her own frivolous style and her lyrics made me sit back and smile. The sitar-guitar improvisations were pretty impressive as well. I’ve got in hand her 17-track EU Sampler which I’ll most certainly listen next morning during my commute.
Here’s the setting. A small cave in old Bordeaux, Mark Brenner on sitar and veena; Leslie Herpert on acoustic guitar and sometimes bass guitar; and a tabla player, stuck on keherwa taal most of the time. No mic: just the 3 musicians and some 30 persons in a intimate warm setting with our tchais and other infusions. I feel privileged to have been there.
Leslie recorded an EP in Barcelona in August. It’ll be available in December on iTunes.
The [blue gorgeous] escapists (from self-made/engineered 4th album)
myspace.com/serpentfly

Externe, enfin

Finally in 4th year! I’ve been waiting a long time to talk about med stuff on this blog. Now I can, now that I’ll be having my own patients to follow.

While Bongi mentioned his years as a clinical student as extremely hard times, I’ve battled to reach this level. Indeed I’ve been officially allowed in Masters 1 (4th year) just 2 days ago so I’m not gona complain (yet) about being at the bottom of the ladder. I’m excited to be here!

While waiting for my exam results, I got to be “l’externe” during 2 weeks (that’s how we call a med student working in a French hospital). My current rotation is in cardiology-rhythmology, specifically in the service of Dr Haïssaguerre, known as a pioneer in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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2009 Top Albums So Far

July is coming to an end. Time for a short recap of the music albums that, in my opinion, left a good impression in 2009 so far. For this list, i’m taking a look at my last.fm charts, my iTunes library and at the albums I’ve bookmarked on Spotify.

I tried hard to find a way to classify the records: according to genres, geographically.. but i’ll simply hand it out alphabetically. Music has gone truly global now. Just bear in mind that I’m a guy from the island of Mauritius, currently in France, fan of everything that blends with Indian music, and who’s recently developed a certain liking for post-rock instrumentals ever since he discovered Sigur Rós. That’s a pretty good description of my musical world right now.

A.R. Rahman    Delhi-6
A.R. Rahman    NOKIA Connections
Advaita    Grounded in Space
Amit Trivedi    Dev.D
Avishai Cohen    Aurora
Balmorhea     All Is Wild, All Is Silent
Bikram Ghosh    Little Zizou
Dhruv Ghanekar    Distance
Caravan Palace    Caravan Palace
Charlie Wilson    Hobo
Kailash Kher    Kailasa Chaandan Mein
Kasabian    West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Niraj Chag    The Lost Souls
Phoenix    Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy    Luck by Chance
Vishal Bhardwaj    Kaminey
Years Of Rice And Salt    Service Bell EP

I’m curious to see how this list will look like at the end of the year. Making a top 10 will be hectic!

So what did I miss?

musique, les outils actuels du consommateurs

Ce qui suit vient d’un travail à la fac que je devais soumettre il y a 2 mois environ. Dans le cadre de mon initiation aux technologies web, j’ai monté http://adarsh.free.fr qui devais inclure une partie hobby. Cette page, dédiée la musique, je la transferre (avec qql modifs) ici avant la fermeture du site.

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last-fm_audioscrobbler_logoJe suis un passionné. Parlez-moi de musique; je suis constamment à la découverte de nouveaux groupes. Et le net est vraiment l’outil parfait. Depuis que je connais Last.fm, je suis un obsédé du scrobbling. Le monde doit savoir ce que je viens d’écouter. Cela pourrait surprendre mais si un nouveau service n’est pas connecté à Last.fm, j’ai tendance à ne pas y rester longtemps.

Recemment, j’ai commencer la série #1S1D (1 Song 1 Day) sur mon tumblr. J’y parle de LA chanson qui m’a inspirée un jour donné. Le tumbltape de droite en est le résultat.

Bref, voici mes outils préférés du moment:

lecteurs offline : iTunes, Songbird

J’ai commencé à organiser mes mp3 avec jetAudio. Puis j’ai migré vers iTunes. Pour l’instant je roule avec iTunes et Songbird, ce dernier étant surtout utile pour lire les mp3 dans les pages web.

lecteurs online : Spotify, Deezer, Jiwa

Spotify est le nouveau chouchou du web. Je l’adore pour son interface et son contenu beaucoup plus vaste. Et c’est le seul des 3 qui permet le scrobbling.

recherche rapide : Songza, SkreemR, Grooveshark

La plupart des gens cherchent sur Youtube. Je préfère l’organisation des titres sur Songza. Grooveshark, lui me surprendra toujours par les variété des titres qu’il contient.

découvertes : la blogosphère, The Hype Machine, Last.fm, the sixtyone + MES AMIS

HypeM vous donne une idée des chansons populaires du moment, même s’il y a une tendance récurrente vers l’indie et les remixes. Leur nouvel objectif de tracker les titres mentionnées sur twitter parraît prometteur.

Ce mois-ci je tente de voir si last.fm vaut ses 3€ mensuelles pour l’accès à ses titres et ses nouvelles radios multi-artistes et multi-tags.

Thesixtyone est un bon endroit pour découvrir les nouveaux talents et le site est assez addictif avec ses objectifs à atteindre.

à la télé : taratata sur France 2 et France 4, One Shot Not sur ARTE

Voilà les outils du moment. Ce sont des choix qui changent tout le temps. Vais-je résister à Wormee d’Orange? Vais-je payer pour Spotify Premium?

En attendant, retrouvez-moi sur twitter. L’expérience #1S1D devrait continuer.

Et ne manquez pas les news du maestro A.R. Rahman sur Friendfeed.

Dhan Ta Nan - Pulp Fiction - Misirlou

Misirlou is a century-old folk song but Dick Dales’ version from the ‘60s is the most accepted one, especially after Pulp Fiction in 1994. Now it seems that any song that has the Misirlou tune and/or beats is an instant hit, Pump It by the Black Eyed Peas being the obvious example.
Bollywood too borrowed from it. We had Cash by Vishal-Shekhar in 2007 and today, Dhan Te Nan by Vishal Bhardwaj for movie Kaminey (sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Vishal Dadlani from Vishal-Shekhar).
Even the Mauritian rock band Xbreed Supersoul started their song Crowd Surfing with Misirlou, so there are lots of covers out there.
Xbreed Supersoul’s last album ‘A Letter to G’ is available on iTunes. (Myspace)

Google Moris

Google Moris

Images - bann zimaz

Groups - bann group

Connect - konekte

Search Google - Resers Google

I’m feeling lucky - Mo ena lasans

Search pages in Mauritius - Resers bann paz depi Moris

Advanced Search - Resers avanse

Preferences - Preferans

Language Tools - Bann zouti lingwistik

About Google - Tou lor Google

Voilà, they did it. Google.mu now is in Mauritian Creole, the lingua franca of the island. That’s a language that i consider to be only spoken… there’s is no rule to write in Mauritian Creole, it’s all phonetics.  However, there’s been a lot of efforts to write a creole dictionary and Dr Arnaud Carpooran did it. I wonder if they’ll come up with a Mauritian spellchecker in the coming years…

Anyway, that’s a major step for the island and its 1million+ population. Congrats to the collaborators.

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