Cell phone coverage maps

http://rootmetrics.com/

Amazing article on peer pressure

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/teenagers-friends-and-bad-decisions/?src=me&ref=homepage

Teenagers do more risk taking even when friends aren't even in the same room.

In case your flight is canceled

Check out this advice before you leave for the airport.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/travel/30prac-flightrights.html?ref=homepage&src=me&pagewanted=all

To give people read-only access in Outlook 2007 by default

Man, took me forever to find this. If you want your calendar to be read-only to everyone in your company by default:
- Switch the calendar mode
- Right click your calendar under My Calendars
- Choose Change Sharing Permissions
- Change Default to Reviewer

Dangers of leisure time while sitting down...

Raising my sit/stand desk as I type this...
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/the-hazards-of-the-couch/?src=me&ref=homepage

Best way to store fresh ginger

http://www.finecooking.com/articles/storing-ginger.aspx

Tips for non-stick pans

Paper towel with oil before use, do not use non-stick sprays
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/your-money/18shortcuts.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

To remove exact duplicates in iTunes

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/22/itunes-101-display-exact-duplicate-songs-using-the-option-key/

The best explanation of chocolate tempering

http://chocolatetempering.net/abouttempering.htm

Finally explains why you have to let the chocolate cool and then heat it up again.

Great article on fixing the deficit

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?hp

Passwords not to use...

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/12/13/the-top-50-gawker-media-passwords/

Let's take Alzheimer's down!

Amazing new insights. NYT

Makeup site for trial with my wife

taaz.com

Aetna Healthfund auto accident coverage

- Called on 11/23/2010 at 3:22pm
- Found out there is no special treatment for medical injuries due to a car accident.
- Only additional thing they do is they give you a questionnaire to basically check and see if you have any non-Aetna insurers that should be billed first.
- 3rd party insurance kicks in (mine or other person's) before Aetna kicks in
- Will need denial or exhaustion of coverage letter before Aetna kicks in from 3rd party insurer.

Future flash purchases

- Umbrella adapter
- Male/Male PC connector (9' minimum)
- Possibly cold shoe adapter as well

Win7 install info

- Downloaded all Win7 drivers fro all EVGA components ahead of time:
* Audio
* Network
* Chipset

BIOS settings
* SATA mode: [RAID]
* JMB362 SATA contorller [auto]
* JMB363 SATA/PATA controller [auto]
* JMB363 Mode [RAID mode]
* JMB362 Mode [RAID mode]

Power Management
* ACPI enabled
* ACPI Suspend type [S3/STR]
* USB KB wake up [disabled]

Adobe RSRG offset

After a phone call with Adobe accounting I figured out what was going on. When my Restricted Stock Shares vested:
- Adobe listed the full value of the vested restricted shares as income on my paycheck statement.
- Adobe then paid taxes by selling some of those vested shares (so I don't end up with a tax surprise at the end of the year).
- However, if they stopped there Adobe's finance system would have generated a check for me for the balance (i.e., value of options - taxes withheld > 0). But of course that "income" is listed for tax reporting purposes only, the shares now in my control actually hold the value. So to avoid having the system create an incorrect paycheck they create an artificial "RSRG Offset" item that is listed as a deduction. The RSRG Offset is exactly the net left over after subtracting the taxes withheld from the value of the shares that vested.

In other words the formula is:
Value of options at vest - taxes withheld = RSRG offset.

Vinyl base molding is what I need to purchase

Grocery stores for key pantry staples

Whole Foods
- Maldon sea salt
- Muir Glen canned tomatoes

Nob Hill
- Perichetty black pepper corns (McCormick premium brand)
- Swanson Organic Free Range chicken broth

- King Arthur flour at Whole Foods and Safeway
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Cold symptoms are due to our body, not the virus itself causing damage

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/opinion/05ackerman.html?src=me&ref=homepage