A collection of simple programs.

Gadgetbridge is an Android (4.4+) application which will allow you to use your Pebble, Mi Band, Amazfit Bip and HPlus device (and more) without the vendor's closed source application and without the need to create an account and transmit any of your data to the vendor's servers.

Design virtual models you can build with LEGO® bricks

This guide is designed to provide developers with a solid understanding of HIPAA guidelines and their implications for application development.

Create your own online database without technical experience. Our user friendly no-code tool gives you the powers of a developer without leaving your browser.

Animated Knots by Grog is the web’s #1 site for learning how to tie knots. From Boating Knots, Fishing Knots and Climbing Knots to tying a tie, or even Surgical Knots — we’ve got it covered.

Forget about fluency and how languages are taught at school: as an adult learner you can take a whole new approach

This qualitative study examined the process of Internalized Sexual Stigma (ISS) in a sample of Egyptian gay men. Participants' experience of ISS was explained using the theoretical understanding that it represents an internal form of minority stress, which is the excess and harmful stress often experienced by individuals from stigmatized social categories due to their minority position. Thematic analysis of interviews with eight Egyptian gay males suggested that these men experienced internal minority stress as a result of the sexually-prejudiced messages they received from different sectors of their society, including its non-affirming religious institutions. Moreover, thematic analysis added cultural understanding to this theoretical explanation by producing an emerging theme that highlighted the possible role of societal pressure to meet gender expectations in perpetuating this problem. Recommendations for mental …

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves

and of threatening ourselves with

death.

There is a high prevalence and increased likelihood of being a victim of domestic violence in men and women across all diagnostic categories, compared to people without disorders. Longitudinal studies are needed to identify pathways to being a victim of domestic violence to optimise healthcare responses.

Writing is hard, but don’t overlook the difficulty — and the importance — of editing your own work before letting others see it. Here’s how.

Media coverage of my unsuccessful initiative back in early 2020.

Current evidence suggests that an association exists between smoking and COVID-19 severity, in line with recent research which has shown that smoking is associated with increased risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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tobacco smoking appears to be the most important avoidable risk factor for a poorer prognosis in COVID-19

In retrospect, doubtful that would have made any difference given how everyone messed up in the end.

Boris Johnson skipped five Cobra meetings on the virus, calls to order protective gear were ignored and scientists’ warnings fell on deaf ears. Failings in February may have cost thousands of lives

Social distancing in a psychiatric facility is easier said than done

Ahram Online , Sunday 19 Apr 2020

Full interview with Professor Jonathan Bisson from Cardiff University, talking about the new PTSD Prevention and Treatment Guidelines published in March 2019 by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.