Volcanoes cause telepresence

I think one of the good things that likely has come from this volcano eruption is that a lot of businesspeople have been forced to check out the latest videoconferencing and telepresence technologies in order to meet remotely.  These technologies are quite good at the professional level, with very high resolution and low latency. 

I think business air travel may decrease once really good videoconferencing and telepresence technologies are broadly adopted.  Overall, this will be a good thing for the environment and it will save businesspeople a good bit of time 

Travel for pleasure, on the other hand, won't (and in my opinion, shouldn't) be affected for a while.

[health] Cholesterol drop

It looks like my dietary changes over the last year have had a very beneficial effect on my cholesterol.  I'm impressed I can have this much of an effect. 

	January 2009	April 2010		Reference range
Cholesterol, Total	191	154	mg/dL	100-199
Triglycerides	89	51	mg/dL	0-149
HDL Cholesterol	49	54	mg/dL	>39
VLDL Cholesterol Calc	18	10	mg/dL	5 to 40
LDL Cholesterol Calc	124	90	mg/dL	0-99

This mikrokopter thing is really impressive

http://vimeo.com/6194911