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- * Our front, back and side doors need to be pulled until you hear a soft *click*, otherwise they won't lock properly.
- This is a safe neighborhood, but why increase the risk?
+ * Our front, back and side doors need to be pulled until you hear a soft *click*, otherwise **they won't lock properly**!
+ We live in a safe neighborhood, but why increase the risk?
* Try not to leave the windows of the ground floor unlocked: anyone can easily enter through them.
* Don't walk around with dirty shoes! Take them off near the entrance and remind your guests to do the same.
- * Professional cleaners come every two weeks, usually on Friday late morning. They will clean the whole house including our bedrooms.
- Please be respectful of their work and don't leave a mess on the floor.
+ * Professional cleaners come every two weeks, usually on Thursday late morning (see the house calendar).
+ They will clean the whole house including our bedrooms. Please be respectful of their work and don't leave a mess on the floor.
* There's already enough crap in the basement, so let's not add more! Feel free to take anything to your room, especially those ugly mirrors.
* If you use the last box of something, drop the QR-code into the jar and it will be re-ordered.
- * Think about the environment! **Don't waste water, gas, electricity, paper, soap and food.** Try to reuse plastic bags and boxes and remember to
- switch the lights off.
+ * Be environmentally responsible! **Don't waste water, gas, electricity, paper, soap or food.** Reuse plastic bags and boxes and remember to
+ switch all lights off.
- * You're personally responsible for what you do online: Comcast is notorious for reporting their customers to the MPAA
-and other associations of copyright holders.
+
+== Internet ==
+
+ * There are two separate APs: one open as a courtesy to our neighbors and users of the public yard ("GHCQ Shelter 23") and
+ one encrypted for residents ("NSA Surveillance Van 23"). The shared secret for the latter is passed orally. You can also
+ get it from the NFC tag on the wall in the atrium.
+
+ * Comcast is notorious for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Alert_System | reporting their own users]] to copyright associations.
+ You are personally responsible for what you do online.
== Kitchen ==
* 70°F (21°C) is a reasonable default for the winter. Remember to turn the heat down to 60°F (or less) when leaving in the morning.
- * Don't turn the heat all the way up! It's just stupid, because the furnace can only burn at a single speed.
+ * Don't turn the heat all the way to make the house warm up faster! It's stupid and useless, because the furnace burns at constant speed.
- * The thermostat is located in the master bedroom downstairs, which tends to remain colder than the rest of the house if the door is closed.
+ * The thermostat is located in the master bedroom downstairs, which tends to remain colder than the rest of the house if the door is closed,
+ so setting 70°F there causes the other rooms to go up to 75-80.
* Keep the door to the basement stairs **open** in the winter to let the heat from the furnace flow by convection. Also leave the
doors downstairs closed to avoid dissipating heat in the rest of the basement.
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