IO-related freeze

My Macbook Pro is misbehaving. Every few minutes, it will freeze for about 10-15 seconds while accessing the hard drive. I recently enabled file vault for my home directory. I have run the disk utility on both the hard drive and the sparse image of my home directory. Not sure what is going on here. I guess I will create a new account that doesn't have file vault and see if it behaves the same way.

org-mode speed keys

I use org-mode in Emacs, and today I discovered "speed commands":

org-use-speed-commands is a variable defined in `org.el'.

Its value is t

Documentation:

Non-nil means, activate single letter commands at beginning of a headline. This may also be a function to test for appropriate locations where speed commands should be active.

So, when you put your cursor at the beginning of a headline, then many commands are accessible by a single key.

Traveling with Baby

Portland --> Minneapolis --> Kansas City -> Lawrence -> Cole Camp, MO --> Columbia, MO --> Wichita --> Kansas City --> Cincinnati --> Bluffton, OH --> Cincinnati --> Portland.

I'm scared.

The 7 Foods Experts Won't Eat

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/the-7-foods-experts-wont-eat-547963/

A really good list to pay attention to. Sounds just like everything Erinne's been telling me about these foods for a while now (except for the one about salmon).

The Myth of Complete Protein

Most people I know have heard of complete protein, that meat contains complete protein, and that those who do not eat meat must combine things (e.g. rice and beans) to get a complete protein. Lies!

The "complete protein" theory is a myth.

Of course you don't believe me. So do a Google search. Read the history of this erroneous theory, how it became accepted as truth. You will be quite surprised.

Recipes

I have started putting recipes and other food tips in a shared folder in my Google Documents. A public read-only interface is available here. I would like to give write access to as many people as possible so that they can contribute to the list.

My new headphones

A friend shared via Google Reader Giving Experiences, Not Things, This Holiday Season.

I've wanted a nice pair of headphones for a long time, and decided they might as well be wireless, but was always overwhelmed trying to figure out what to get. Erinne's gift to me for Christmas is a pair of Motorola S805 headphones. Her real gift is the time and effort she spent finding me the ideal headphones at a very nice price.

They have all the controls you need for playing music and making calls. They have an invisible microphone. They work very well with my phone. They sound awesome. You can plug them in and use them in to any device as wired headphones without using the batteries.

They have a significant amount of static and hissing when I pair them with my Macbook Pro or with Erinne's Macbook, but they sound absolutely wonderful when I pair them with Erinne's G1. What's up with that?