This could save your life. The best wrist mounted blood pressure monitor.

I am surprised that so many people don't know what their blood pressure is. High blood pressure is one of the predictive factors for...just about everything as we get older. Having a home blood pressure monitor can give you peace of mind by keeping an eye on your pipes without having to call the plumber, so to speak.

I recently bought this little tiny Panasonic blood pressure monitor. it's about six ounces and you wear it on your wrist. The red thing in back is the wrist cuff. You put it on, press the button, and in about 20 seconds a red, yellow or green LED lights up that tells you whether you are in trouble or not. It's completely foolproof. You can also look back at the last few results and compare against your average. Not a whole lot of features, but it is simple and excellent and actually works well. I would put this up against any device with 101 mediocre functions any day.

I discovered that I was prehypertensive, using this device. I was able to deal with the problem because I found out about it. Now if I could just come up with a solution to measure hematocrit at home...

The last time I went in to have my blood taken I measured the home unit against the one in the clinic. It was virtually dead accurate.

It's about 50 bucks here at Amazon. It comes with a plastic travel case, the whole thing fits in the palm of your hand. I have looked at many of these, this one is the only one I would consider buying. Get one, it could save your life, it probably saved mine.

Megan's Law Database- he best check you can make before buying property

Before you buy real estate in california, I strongly recommmend you check
Megan's Law database. It is one of the most shocking things that you will see. You would be shocked, I mean blown away, by how many creepy people in your neighborhood. This database is maintained by the State of California.

this site will provide you with access to information on
more than 63,000 persons required to register in California as sex
offenders. Specific home addresses are displayed on more than 33,500
offenders in the California communities; as to these persons, the
site displays the last registered address reported by the offender.
An additional 30,500 offenders are included on the site with
listing by ZIP Code, city, and county. Information on
approximately 22,000 other offenders is not included on this site,
but is known to law enforcement personnel.

Yodlee- so good it's bad for me

So for many years, I've been using Yodlee to aggregate my accounts. That is, it takes all of my bank accounts, credit card accounts, brokerage accounts, mortgages etc. and accumulates them into a real time single sheet of paper view of my net worth.

Then Prosper loans came along.

Yodlee deals with prosper loans very badly. Each of the loans is listed as a negative asset. That is, each loan that I own (money that people owe to me) is listed as a negative loan, like a mortgage in reverse. It is listed under debts. That is bad because it screws up how the asset and liability are calculated. It underestimates both assets and liabilities. Although the total net worth is the same, the components are wrong.

In addition, each of the loans is listed seperately, not in aggregate. This kills my ability to use yodlee as a daily overall asset watching device. Which is a pity, because this is the best web 2.0 application I know how to use. It is way, way better than Mint.

The Best Travel Site for making Itineraries

The best travel site for making itineraries is clearly Tripit. While I am not big on social networking sites to begin with, this is clearly better than most as it provides a service which to my knowledge nobody else is providing. You merely forward the confirmation emails to it from various travel sites and it puts them together into an elaborate inventory.

For example, I built an itinerary with hotels from Expedia, Orbitz, Marriott, and United Airlines and it put them all together into a beautiful itinerary with maps and directions. it also integrates with other sites for content. While still in beta, it's a winner. I expect they will get bought out very soon by someone else, but this site does get the Kosher Wisdom Seal of Approval.