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Pediatric Blood Pressure Guide: Android

I finally got around to making my first public app for Android. The Pediatric Blood Pressure Guide is now available on the Google Play App Store. This is a rewrite of my iOS version in Flutter.io. Once I get a hold of a Mac, I’ll make a new iOS version too.

The app is currently in Beta testing, so please try it out and give me feedback. Lots of stars would be awesome too.

Some may wonder why I am charging a dollar for this app when there is a free lookup tool by someone else. Simple. I think my app is better and more user friendly. And I want to recover the cost of the Google developer license. And go get a burger for the capybara.

I am willing to give out a 5 free copies for people who know how to do proper testing and feedback.

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Pediatric Blood Pressure

I have finally published my first iOS app, Pediatric Blood Pressure. I decided to make a post about it since people are actually downloading the app and even putting up online reviews.

My sister-in-law mentioned to me that there are new pediatric blood pressure guidelines as of August 2017, corresponding to the update in adult BP guidelines. The original Pediatrics paper includes several tables that one could print out and carry around, or put up on a wall. While fine for reference, she didn’t see that as very handy in a clinical setting. So, I volunteered to make an app for her.

With an extensive and statistically significant beta testing community (n=1), I decided to publish the app to the Apple App store. I decided to charge $0.99 to cover the cost of the Apple Developers license, and I know people will want support for years to come. Since then I have received some good feedback and plan to incorporate new features (like the data for infants, better explanation of colors, …). I have an Android version that I might publish if I get the time.

If you have comments, suggestions, gripes, or something else, please leave a comment here or on the Support page. If you want to donate you can send funds to me via Paypal, BTC, ETH, or XMR. =)

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Snake Oil Generator Beta

SnakeOilGenerator1I finally got around to an idea I had about 3 years ago when I remembered my Dad’s old medicine chest. Inside there is a classic vial of “Otto’s Cure: The German Remedy”. How fun would a Snake Oil generator be? It turns out, lots of fun, once you load it up with all the historical/hysterical benefits of Snake Oil (and some extra items too).

After collecting a lot of images of actual panaceas, I went digging over at FontSquirrel for some suitable webfonts, and started coding away. At first I thought about using svg for the graphical components. I was quickly dissuaded when I found that browsers still lack support for text wrapping. So, I went back to using  background layers which works pretty well, except for in the randomly generated black boxes, where the text is often the wrong color.

It still needs some work. I have some ingredient lists and other ideas percolating. Eventually I plan on making it customizable. Some of the background images are a tad large as well, causing the initial downloads to be slow. Once they are cached on your browser things go faster.

Try it out, and if you have suggestions, let me know in the comments!