Friday Night Links (1/15/2010)…
This was quite the hectic week for me, but I managed to scrounge up not 4, not 5, not 6, but SEVEN links for tonight! Get your reading glasses and your mouse clicking finger because you are going to need it.
- TSA-Free Checked Bags (http://thedig.in/9o) – Concerned about your expensive stuff in your checked bag getting snooped by TSA? If you are there is an easy fix: Buy a starter pistol. You know, those little guns that fire blanks at swimming meets? They don’t require a license, but do require a locked back after you have declared it before your flight. Bonus: The TSA tracks the bag so you pretty much can’t lose it. And remember, guns don’t kill people; stress at the airport kills people.
- How Long Do Your Things Own You? (http://thedig.in/9p) – Essentially, you want to look at how much of your take-home pay is spend on your monthly expenses. Then you can see how much of the month belongs to you. Do you save 10% of your take-home? Congrats, you get 3 days out of the month. This is really the personal expense equivalent of the ol’ “how long do you have to work to pay your taxes?” thing. Something like the first 3 1/2 months of working each year goes toward taxes. And while all this is depressing, it can also be eye-opening to see how much you spend on these things.
- Cooking By Numbers (http://thedig.in/9q) – Got a bunch of odds and ends in your fridge because you aren’t going to the grocery store till tomorrow? No problem! Just check the boxes of stuff you have on hand and Cooking By Numbers will show you recipes you can make.
- Flu Trends (http://thedig.in/9r) – See what the flu trends looked like in your city from 2003 to present. Gives you some insight as to when the flu tends to strike and what is happening in your neck of the woods.
- Sushi Etiquette (http://thedig.in/9s) – The dos and don’ts of eating sushi are important. Note to self: stop rubbing my chopsticks together.
- Free Food Challenges (http://thedig.in/9t) – I mostly included this because I was hungry plus there are some Indiana shout-outs. Anyone ever participated in any of the listed events?
- Netflix Rental Patterns (http://thedig.in/9u) – This is one of those “flip though for an hour” type links. Tons of interesting correlations and weird patterns. If you were unfamiliar with one of the cities on the list, it would be easy to find the party area of town, just find where Role Models is popular. Want to know where all the gay bars are? Milk will point you in the right direction. What part of town should you avoid at all costs? Wherever Nights in Rodanthe is popular would be best to avoid since senior citizens can be downright mean at times. All in all, I love color coded maps in figuring out why they are the colors they are.
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