Blood pressure and exercise

As odd as it sounds, exercise has an IMMEDIATE effect on my blood pressure. Last time I rode before today was last Wednesday. Between then and last night, my BP rose 2 or 3 points a day on a pretty much steady climb, winding up at 135/89 last night (with meds). Today a few hours after getting home I was at 128/77. Next time I ride will be Wednesday (I'm doing 3x per week until I can take these FSM-forsaken studded tires off), by tomorrow night I'll be up to around 84 diastolic. It's that predictable.

My resting pulse rate is not what I'd like, but it never has been. It actually increases with lower blood pressure. Last night it was 61 which is by far the lowest I've seen it for years, I don't know why. Today it's 93 again, which isn't that unusual, though about 80 is typical, even when I was riding daily for several years in a row.

New computer utility

As discussed on the GT list, lastpass.com - a very well thought out and complete and seemingly pretty darn secure password storage system. Your passwords are stored at their server though in encrypted form (they get encrypted before leaving your PC, using a password that never leaves your PC, so they can't find out your passwords). There are plugins for all major browsers on all major platforms (Windows/Mac/Linux) plus versions for every current smartphone platform, plus portable versions for running from a thumb drive or locally (data still encrypted). There's a version in their paid package that supports passwords for non-web-based systems, though I just use an encrypted note to hold my truecrypt passwords.

If you are using a browser with the plug-in installed, and you're logged in (click the * icon, type in your master password, you're logged in), user IDs and passwords are just automatically entered for you. And there are multiple interfaces where you can see and edit passwords and other info, and again, the stuff is encrypted everywhere except on your own computer or device.

I have note entries with all the emergency "stolen card" info for all my credit cards. It has pre-defined forms for things like credit cards, driver's licenses, etc.

It can generate one-time passwords, I have 5 of them printed out and on a piece of paper in my wallet. With them I can access the site from a public PC like a library, and if the password is sniffed with a key sniffer, doesn't matter, the password only works one time. So if I lose my wallet I just need to get web access somewhere to get the info to cancel/replace cards.

You can set up common web form info such as shipping address, etc, and click on it to auto-fill as much form data as possible.

There's a bunch of other stuff too but I haven't gotten into it that far yet.