Good luck with that.

Except when they lose packages, which happened to me a month ago.

Yes, pick bulbs with color temp and CRI that match what you want to light. My wife and I painted a room, but didn't like the color when lit with regular incandescent bulbs. I switch to 5000K CFLs and the room looks great. (More like daylight)

This is terrible advice. If you do this, you will garner a well deserved reputation as "that guy who doesn't trust anyone to touch his laptop". You will not make as many friends, and friends you do make won't be as close (since you obviously don't trust them).

I know nerds are not generally known for their social skills (at least not in a good way), but trust me on this one. Just set up a guest account that you can quickly switch to when someone asks. Refusing such a harmless request is anti-social.

What does 12X12 compute to for a black person? Something besides 144?
What is the black capitol of Oregon? It's not Salem for black people?
What year did the black Pearl Harbor bombing occur on? Did Japan attack blacks on a date that wasn't December 7th, 1941?

I always hear this "Oh, the test are written by whites, so minorities won't relate well to the test." excuse. Too bad it is completely refuted by the fact that Asians do better on SAT/ACT scores than whites.

http://www.blackexcel.org/06-sat-act-scores-by-race-ethnicity.htm

That's probably a good idea.

So there's no way to have something run in the background? Hmm... well, one more reason I'm glad I didn't waste that sorta money on a phone.

With two young children and another due in two months, I have a strong opinion about this. You're gambling that a) there will be enough research done in the future to be able to do something with it by the time your child needs it, b) it's even usable (or necessary, give the recent adult stem cell breakthroughs) and c) you can afford to keep it banked. Maybe twenty years from now this will make sense, but not now.

Yeah, my most creative moments are in the shower, too, but there's definitely new stimuli there...