No more Harvard Debt

I found my friend reading an article (http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/16/student-debt-business-school/) featuring this blog: http://nomoreharvarddebt.com/

Found it interesting and perhaps I could pick up an idea or 2 for myself on improving my own financial management - not that I need drastic adjustments but a few tips on personal finance don't hurt.

It bugs me though, having to pay off loans that gargantuan. I heard from my friends from the US: medical students, college loans, MBAs etc.... It's a very typical phenomenon...

Trivia

3M = Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
brainstorming <- Alex Osborne (1940)

Backing up Sticky Notes

I haven't found an app that allows me to "scribble" easily.

In the meantime, I find the in-built Sticky Notes of Windows 7 serves its purpose fairly well so far. But there is an issue when you start scribbling things and notes start piling - backing up becomes a necessity.

So here's a website that I found showing me where the sticky notes are housed on the Windows system:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic256692.html


Sticky Notes is actually housed here:
C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\StickyNotes.snt


Just copy that file into your backup vessel.

Realization

Suddenly I realized my job is to shape nebulous things, make them less amorphous...

Just a thought.

But somehow, those things are making my brain all mushy and gooey...

Food names

This entry is for my own (and perhaps) some of your educational purposes on certain food terms. Just in case we might encounter this on food menus.

All courtesy of a very good and knowledgeable friend, GG. And seriously, the idea of this entry and the future ones to come stem from the numerous eclectic discussions that CT, GG and I always have, online or offline. Haha, such fun indeed =)

WORD NUMBER 1: quinoa (pronunciation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa
- it's like wheat
- there are quinoa muffins
- very peruvian
- supposedly the next in-thing: chia seeds... because of their superb nutritional value... Not sure if it's overrated

http://cleananddelicious.com/2008/02/06/quinoa_muffins/

WORD NUMBER 2: coq au vin (pronunciation)
-  a classic French cuisine
- essentially chicken with red wine
- complete with sides - pearl onions, mushrooms, petit pois, and parsleyed noodles
- Julia Child's recipe is very good
- good with souffles (pron) as dessert

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/France/Cistercian%20France/Pontigny/Pontigny.htm

Downloading PDF in Chrome without the PDF viewer

M wanted to download PDFs immediately, instead of viewing them in a browser and then saving them anyway and then viewing them - it just seems to him extremely illogical.


In any case, thought I would just pass this simple steps on to people using Chrome and who are having a similar preference.


1)      Type in chrome://plugins to access the plugins in Chrome.

Disable all PDF viewers. There should be only 2 that I know:

--> Chrome PDF Viewer (Disabled)

--> Adobe Acrobat - Version: 10.1.3.23

Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.3


2)      Disable them both. 
3)     Try downloading a PDF. It should go straight to a download instead of a viewer now.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

This song is just so emotional/motivating/inspiring that makes me want to cry every time there is an awesome rendition on it.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Stand a little taller!.." Before I get lost in crooning.. Let me introduce 3 of those:

1) the original - none other than KELLY CLARKSON! She rox truly!

2) Glee cover - Complete with dance moves! Naya Rivera's voice rocks my world! Amber Riley and Heather Morris! Girlpower totally lolx

3) Sam Tsui - his singing prowess and versatility is really awesome!