Ponderings 5/8/11

1. If I eat without napkins near me I don't need any napkins but the second I have a napkin container near me I end up using 5-8 napkins and start wiping my mouth after every bite.

2. People really like rainbows. Anytime there is a rainbow try to find someone who is not looking at it or someone who says something bad about the rainbow.

3. The results of the last week's poll showed that most people move to the side when in a situation where they are on course to hit a person coming in the opposite direction. In addition to the small poll I kept track of people's encounters the past few weeks and noticed that most people move to the side early on and the other person can pass. However, another common phenomenon was both people moving to the side. Often people would move to the same side and then start doing a tango of switching from side to side with no solution to the dilemma at hand. To solve this we need everyone to bare to the right (culturally hard to do) or you can try out my solution. I turn sideways so regardless of the other person's tactic I can squeeze past them.

3A. I still don't know whether my washing machine or dryer is the thief, but one of them keeps stealing my socks.
3b. Also while on the topic of Dryers why are lint compartments so small? They should be designed like Vacuum cleaners and with enough room for lint to store 10-20 drying sessions before you need to dump it out. (Until the new design comes out make sure to throw your lint away because this is one of the biggest cause of home fires)

4. Does anyone use Pandora One (payment version)? And have those people heard about Grooveshark? Between free Pandora and Grooveshark not sure what else you need.

5. A couple of people told me to use Linked In. I had an account for the past few years but I had never really used Linked In. I tried it out for the past week and observed how people used Linked In vs. Facebook.

Here are some of my observations:
A.
Facebook: Ok to add friends who will hack into your account or write obscene things on your wall.
LinkedIn: Those friends have not made it onto Linked In or you have not accepted them.

B.
LinkedIn Contacts: Lot of colleagues from work.
Facebook Contacts: Only Colleagues who are also friends from work. (Or special privacy settings)

C.
Facebook Profile Pic: What is picture that will get me the most comments?
LinkedIn Profile Pic: What is the picture that depicts me in the way my mom wished I would turn out.

D.
LinkedIn Status: Pretty sure 90% of Linked In Users have not used this feature.
Facebook Status: 90% of users update this at least weekly.

E.
Amount of time spent on Facebook in a day: 1-5 hours.
Amount of time spent on LinkedIn in a day: Less than 5 minutes.