30 days challenge

In the spirit of Matt Cutts, I am considering taking up one of these 30 days challenge. Any advise which one makes sense to take first:

run for 45 minutes [...]

A case for consumer-centric health care

In the cover story for the September issue of The Atlantic,  the author, David Goldhill, makes a very compelling case for a new kind of healthcare in this country that [...]

The 1 book you should read about money

GRS has a great post about the best financial matters books:
25 Essential Books About Money: Financial Wisdom from Your Public Library
I cannot do justice to his entire post here so [...]

Full list of websites that you can take offline with google gears

List of web applications that provide at least partial offline functionality to end-user using Google Gears.
Listed in the order of perceived decreasing complexity of offline implementation:

Zoho Writer and Zoho Mail

Word [...]

Creating a multi-layered backup strategy for mac

Apple Blog has a good article on how to create a multi-layered backup strategy:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/06/05/my-multi-layered-backup-strategy/
Some software worth considering are:

Time Machine or Superduper! for daily painless backup. this is your first line [...]

Building better health insurance plans

We are going thru our yearly open enrollment where we get a chance to change our health insurance plans (among other things). In that context, I am reading a little [...]

10 iphone apps for business travelers

TripIt: Now available for iPhone. forward your trip emails (from airlines, hotels etc) to tripit and have then available as organized trips with offline access on your iPhone. Very useful [...]

best sites to finding good airfare

Upgrade:Travel Better has following recommendations for searching airfare:

Tripadvisor Flights is a great site overall
For International flights starting from US: try Kayak or Trax
For international flights not starting in US: try [...]

Lyrics and Translation of Jai Ho !!

Here are the lyrics for Jai Ho translated in English:

Best cashback credit cards in US

The best general purpose cash back credit cards in my opinion are:

Fidelity Retirement Rewards American Express Card:

2% cashback on everything – even on your Costco purchases (2 points for [...]