A few things:

This is rather significant, as the USDA guidelines are widely used by many professional and home cooks. I believe it is relatively well known by many cooks that the USDA guidelines are a little on the high side of temps that are actually safe. The temps that they choose have to be on the side of 100% sure its safe at…

That's about what I was expecting. I tend to be sensitive to becoming dehydrated, so I'm good at loading up on liquids and taking care of myself. I have a wedding tomorrow night, and I was going to donate early in the morning. We'll see how that goes. Going to grab some gatorades.

Been a very long week. Working overtime because we have some big projects that need to be at least far enough along to demo next Tuesday.

Nice. Although if I drank 5 cups of coffee a day, I'd have other health concerns because I'd never sleep. Now they need to do studies why a decent pour of bourbon every day is going to make me live forever =)

2,6,9, and 10 are the reasons I think I've changed my mind that my next phone will be a android phone and not a iphone. Battery life is a very big deal to me, and I'm hoping this summer something will come out that does well with hardware and battery life. Text input is an extremely important thing for me as it's one…

Which is better than brick and mortar banks savings accounts.

Somebody likes to touch things I see....

This is very important point. I wonder if there is anything the hacking community can do about this?

Yeah I like that. I also like the idea that d3c509b aka Steve has below. Encouraging people willing to answer questions to speak up and then others could come to them for opinions. Little different angle. Obviously not required.

That's a cool idea. Good thinking.

Interesting. Will the idea behind Open Thread be changing? I like this idea, as it seems Open Thread has turned into a ton of people asking questions/help, with not as many answering. I like the more guided topic here.

I have an online savings account through ingdirect.com and I would highly recommend it. Interest rates higher than most CD's you'll find.

Streaming movies and music is a luxury I enjoy.

I got a pair of the attached sony headphones a couple christmases ago, and I really like them. I have a big head, and they have held up fine. Use them at work. Great sounds quality. I'm not an audiophile by any means though. But night and day better than a lot of the low end earbuds I see everyone else wearing.

Lack of high speed internet is a big reason I couldn't get too far outside of the city I live in.

How about you just let me buy the damn thing?

Excellent tips. Just reading that makes me feel more relaxed.

Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate it. I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a gamer, but this fall's BF3 sure would be nice to be able to play :-)