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February 21, 2005

 
Grrr...

My copy of ePocrates Rx Pro died today. It was a sudden, unexpected death. I HotSynced last night, like always, and (like always) ePocrates took forever to Sync. So I wasn't surprised when it timed out. Oh, well. No biggie. Or, so I thought. (Cue ominous-sounding music.)

When I get to work today, I go to fire up Rx Pro for the first of about 30 times, and...whoa! Error message! "Sync incomplete! HotSync again!" Or something like that. So, I think...*&#$! I've got patients waiting. Back to the iBook in my office. Hook up the HotSync cable. HotSync. ePocrates is taking forever, as usual. I go see a patient. Fortunately, I don't have to look up any drugs. Back to my office to check on the HotSync. Still waiting for ePocrates. *&#$! Go see another patient. This time, I need to look something up. Leave the room, try to find the PDR. Where is that thing when I need it? Look up the drug. Back to the patient with the script. Back to the office to check on the HotSync process. ePocrates still hasn't even started to AutoUpdate. Screw it. Cancel the HotSync. Disconnect the Palm from the HotSync cable. Check the status of the program. Same error message (What was I thinking...of course it's the same error message!) *&#$! So I'm looking drugs up on paper for the rest of the day. Where's that paper copy of the Tarascon Pocket Phamacopoeia again? I must've thrown it out, since it was outdated. *&#$! (You know you're dying to know what *&#$! really means, aren't you? Sorry, this is a PG-rated blog.)

I repeat the above process several more times during the day, once giving the program over an hour (during lunch) to try to AutoUpdate. No dice. At the end of the day, I deleted ePocrates Rx Pro (which also takes forever, since you have to manually remove all its little individual files and subprograms) and installed the latest version of the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia. Sigh. I have a drug reference on my PDA again. Sure, I'll miss the formularies in ePocrates...a little. Maybe someday I'll reinstall it and see if I can get it working again. But right now, I just don't have the time. And you know what? My m515 HotSyncs faster than ever now.
posted by Kent 6:34 PM | |

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