2010-04-20

mattbell: (Default)
2010-04-20 11:22 am
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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.
mattbell: (Default)
2010-04-20 01:25 pm
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[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