What are Low-Hanging Fruit?

Low-hanging fruit are there for the picking.

Want to view (nearly) any protein in 3D?

1) Go to http://www.pdb.org
2)SEARCH p53
3)Click on the image of the first result
4)Under the enlarged thumbnail, choose KING (all the java applets are worth testing though)
5)Enjoy!

Want to graph (many) UN Statistics since 1960?
1)Go to http://www.gapminder.org
2)Click on the Gapminder tool icon
3)Change the bottom axis to Physicians per 1000 people
4)Press PLAY and watch (most of) the populations of the world drift uward and to the right, towards more life and physicians

Want to know the pros and cons of video games?
1) Go to Purple Medical Blog
2) Read the summary of the The Impact of Video Games on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century
3) Or SKIP AHEAD to the February 2007 Archives of Surgery abstract and FULL TEXT
4) In January they posted a link to a less favourable study of these games: VIDEO GAMES: DO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES MESS WITH YOUR KID'S BRAIN?
5) Which links to the Radiological Society of North America pub

Want to Remotely Connect to your PC from another PC or a MAC?
1)On a PC go to START/Programs/Accessories/Communcations/Remote Desktop Connection
2) You need to know the name of the PC or your IP.

• To find the name you can right-click My Computer and choose properties from the context sensitive window to open the System. Select the tab with Computer Name.
  
• Alternately, you can use your IP Address. Huh?
  

1. How do I find my IP Address? Right-click on the Network Places icon (also on your desktop), choose properties and select the Local Area Connection and right-click on it and select Properties. This will open a pane with Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) as one of the options. Select it and click OK, and you get your IP address.
   
2. OR, select START/Run (the lowest choice of all) and type CMD in the field. This opens a command interface where you can type "ipconfig /all"(without the quotes) and get all the info about your computer, including the IP address for both your ethernet and Wireless. RIGHT IT DOWN ON PAPER and exit the command line interface by just typing EXIT
   

3) Type in the Name or IP Address of the Computer you wish to access with Remote Desktop and press Connect.
4)Log on to Remote Computer as if you were sitting in front of it!
5)You can do this same thing on a MAC using a tool called Remote Desktop Connection, dowloadable for free from www.mactopia.com AND pre-installed as an option on most mac-versions of Microsoft Office (its an option at the bottom of the installer you might have missed!)