Ponderings 5/22/11

Ponderings 5/22/11

1. They need to adapt alarm clock technology to showers. After you shower for the set amount of time the alarm rings. You can press snooze but every time you press snooze the temperature of water becomes 10 degrees cooler. This would be great for enforcing your shower times when you are in a rush and also making sure all your apartment mates don't hog all the hot water.

2.What is the actual name for the tape scotch makes?


3. When you go to restaurants or search for restaurants on Yelp you can find ratings for the entire restaurant and overall comments about the restaurant. In order to provide more value restaurant menus should include ratings and comments per menu item. This way when ordering at restaurants with a lot of menu choices you get help on what items are the best.

4. From last week's poll the hardest task was a close call between giving up TV for a week and trying to run 10 miles without walking. The winner was running 10 miles without walking. My only comment is for everyone who answered "running 10 miles without walking", stop reading this blog and start jogging.

5. People need to start naming their children more uniquely.The purpose of a name is to be something unique that people can identify you by. But check your Facebook and notice how many Mikes or Michaels you have as friends. People should look into horse racing to get ideas for names. Here are some recent names from horses in the Derby and Preakness.

1. Mucho Macho Man
2. Stay Thirsty
3. Dialed In

5b. Another consequence of not having unique names is that it is very easy for people to forget other's names. If someone introduced themselves as Stay Thirsty I would have a lot better chance at remembering their name.

5c. Finally while on the subject of names. If you want to remember a name when you are introduced to someone make sure to repeat it at least 3 times in your preliminary conversation.