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Re: Tap to Drop Off

rdeichert — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:19:24 -0000

It's mind blowing.

Congrats on the new gig.

Re: Rob's Musings: Our 2012 Honda Pilot Twins Plus Newborn Car Seat Challenge

rdeichert — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:38:02 -0000

It's not as bad as it seems. The first regular car seats were gently used so no cash out of pocket. Strollers were a different story.

Re: More details on using a portable air conditioner in your steel casement windows

rdeichert — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:35:26 -0000

Hi Kim -

Are you wondering how or why I cut it slightly smaller?

If it's why - the window is old with multiple layers of paint which means it can be uneven and a perfect fit isn't worth the effort. The rubber gasket takes care of the fit.

Rob

Re: Jet Lag

rdeichert — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:57:11 -0000

I know this comment is late in the game, but here's a list of tips I've found work to sleep on the plane and avoid the jet lag. My regular business travel routes have been NYC to TLV (coach), NYC to JFK (coach), NYC to Delhi (coach).

Getting Sleep on the plane:

1. Ambien - I know you said no drugs, but I recently got a prescription and they work really well.

2. Sleep Mask

3. Foam ear plugs - get a bottle of them at CVS.

4. Neck pillow - I have the Thermarest and it works great http://amzn.to/RWBKOx I find some of other pillows don't have enough give.

5. Window seat (to avoid people climbing over you and waking you up plus the wall can serve as something to lean up against.

6. ExOfficio underwear - http://amzn.to/VHWhRU - Tim Ferris turned me onto them and from a long flight and staying comfortable they just work.

7. Dress as light as possible with layers - it's always easier to bundle up versus get cool if the plane is really warm.

8. Plenty of water.

Once I land:

1. Get as much sunlight exposure

2. Ambien before bed by 12 midnight local time

3. Workout the next morning and sweat.

Re: How to use an air conditioner and not destory your steel casement windows

rdeichert — Fri, 27 May 2011 07:21:46 -0000

Ben - it has been truly drain-less except for the end of the season. You'll get a tub of dirty water and you'll wonder if theres Legionnaires disease lurking in there.

Re: Trying out Metal Man Restoration for steel casement window restoration

rdeichert — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:46:23 -0000

Thanks for the tips. Are you advocating the foam tape for where the
window touches the frame?

Re: The Easy Answers Usually Don't Work

rdeichert — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:01:31 -0000

Great post Fred

I call it unicorn hunting syndrome. The mythical beast will surely solve everything but they aren't real thus you never find one and waste valuable time.

Re: Why I've Unsubscribed from Deal a Day Services

rdeichert — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:00:14 -0000

These deal a day offers feel like the FSIs of the computer age.

Re: How to use an air conditioner and not destory your steel casement windows

rdeichert — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:46:28 -0000

Joel

I'll check, but almost positive it's 1/4 inch

Re: Attribution’s effect on The Ad Market - Supply Side

rdeichert — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:44:55 -0000

Thought provoking post -

What about over attribution? PPC is great, but how much ROI comes from branded terms which occur because of a brand?

Re: Trying out Metal Man Restoration for steel casement window restoration

rdeichert — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:51:43 -0000

I believe you actually build them into the brick. Those are like the flanges
you'd get on a Anderson window.

Re: Social Networking vs Email

rdeichert — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:15:46 -0000

Yes it is, but another issue with social media is the complexity that comes
with the privacy settings. We've got users of all ages and tech abilities
using them which leads to issues.

Re: Social Networking vs Email

rdeichert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:44:06 -0000

Agreed, stated much better than I did.

I still wonder if the email protocol could have evolved to handle other
add-ons like instant messaging, etc? Obviously the clients would need to
support, but then you'd have interoperability.

Re: Social Networking vs Email

rdeichert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:38:53 -0000

But do you think if email evolved it could have become what we see as
facebook today, but instead it would be an open system?

Re: Social Networking vs Email

rdeichert — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:16:26 -0000

Could it be that email never really evolved?

What if the standard protocols and feature sets had innovated such that other services could have powered better spam filtering/priority lists, photo sharing, etc...

Email has user authentication, if the inbox had evolved earlier maybe there wouldn't have been such a rise in social networking. Gmail from my perspective was the most recent major change in how an email service serviced the user.

I'd prefer open social networking standards that wouldn't lock me into one platform.

Re: Thoughts on the iPad

rdeichert — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:14:20 -0000

My wife had the opposite reaction - she's excited for the Kindle app on the iPad along with watching Netflix and some light emailing.

There's no question the lack of multi-tasking is a big miss - I look forward to the day I can stream Wolfgang's Vault and read.

Re: http://www.celiacfoodreviews.com/2006/01/pizza-natures-hilights-brown-rice.html

rdeichert — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:12:48 -0000

Kelley it's great to hear the entire family enjoyed it!

Re: Shop-Vac to the rescue - How not to unclog a shower drain

rdeichert — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:55:16 -0000

True a video would have been great, but you'd be missing most of the
dialogue due to bleeps.

Re: Realtime Bidding for Cloud Computing

rdeichert — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:20:58 -0000

Interesting thought on the optimizing the arbitrage. Too bad most SSPs are backward looking, you'd need full time RTB for that to be really sharp. Also it would be interesting to see when MR < MC as there must be some limit.

Re: Ruby on Rails Limited Progress

rdeichert — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:46:14 -0000

Would like to do the same myself, do you plan on making a cheat sheet for dummies?

Re: http://www.celiacfoodreviews.com/2007/03/new-orleans-gluten-free-style.html

rdeichert — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:57:47 -0000

Thanks Jazzy!

Re: h2O

rdeichert — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:32:39 -0000

Great question, screw tops are replacing corks, maybe some kind of glass
fiber lining could provide the stability and longevity of glass but at a
reduced weight.

Re: h2O

rdeichert — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:38 -0000

Great to see a solution for the plastic bottles and reduced use of oil to make the plastic. There is still the issue of the energy needed to ship the produce around.

Wine bottles waste energy shipping empty to be filled as well as the package weight during shipment.

Re: 2010 Experiments in Beekeeping

rdeichert — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:40:55 -0000

Agreed, unless of course it's an external factor like weather. June has
almost all rain on Long Island and that's key nectar flow time. I also
realized that if all the hives did produce like they should I'd have more
honey than containers to store it.

Re: A Glimpse at the possible future of tabilzines

rdeichert — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:32:23 -0000

That's weird I had heard you were the hand model for those hands.