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I’m recently sick with my son’s illness (also my daughter and wife) and I don’t have a doctor so I used Google and selected the Dr with the best internet presence. ZoomCare was my first choice, and not too far away at the newish Bridgeport Mall.

I’m still sick so this is short and sweet.

Upside: They have a podcast, blog, online q/a, and online reservations that can be confirmed with email. Once at the doctors office you’ll find they’re a mac shop, with custom written application in FileMaker for patient management, the receptionist and doctors use iChat, and very little wait with scheduled appointments. I didn’t see any nurses, the doctor did the entire visit. They have their own pharmacy inside with the receptionist seemingly able to fill your medication.

Downside: No 24 hour advice line.

There are 13 Miles between my house and Tiny’s Coffee in NE Portland (Charlotte’s favorite coffee place). In those 13 miles I encountered 198 wireless access points, 82 of them using WEP, 55 using WPA and 62 with no security (presumably). Interesting that 5 of the detected access points were in ad-hoc mode, too.

Vonnegut RIP