My parents would do this when I was a kid. When we got a Nintendo they would put a wrapped game in the empty box for each kid and when we asked where the Nintendo was it was already hooked up to the tv ready to go. Much better than waiting to have it setup!

Yeah, this is the frustrating thing with this technique. You can never predict how critical people are going to be. I think you sometimes have to learn your client to figure it out. I've had some bosses where, if they find one problem, they get paranoid and try to find more. They're the perfectionists and certainly…

I've been play testing my sons PS3 for several years now. It is a good thing too, as I've had to replace controllers that break apart upon throwing at a wall or the ground. Once I get a controller that holds up, I'll give it to him.

Too bad "answer like a million emails" isn't on the list because then I'd be very successful.

Most people I went to university with (myself included) would only do that before 8pm. If they were lucky.

Considering it's a group of university students, and from surveying my friends, I'd think "Wake up" would be number 1.

Oh how I love articles like the one posted on Forbes. They didn't link source for the claims, but a little digging turns up the Inc article mentioned, which does link the source.

You learn a line when you win, and a book when you lose. - Paul Brown.

The best advice I ever got for Chess was from the tutorial for the old video game "Battle Chess". The King told me, "Win, this way you will never lose."

Awwww, I thought the three words were going to be "Ask your mother."

I just exported them to an HTML file, put it in my DropBox and bookmarked that address so I could access them on the off chance I actually needed them, deleted everything and started over. I've probably referred back to it less than a dozen times since. Now I bookmark only stuff that I know I'll be needing to return…

Looks like Amazon allows Prime gifting now. Here is the link if you're still interested.

Good information in this article but I do have a correction: Aleve is not ibuprofen. Aleve is naproxen. Not a major change or correction, but potentially serious if someone has an allergy.

In my experience, Dell makes decent laptops as far as laptops go. I'd never touch a Dell desktop, but considering modifying a laptop is hell to begin with, Dell's not nearly as bad in that field by comparison.

I've found the best way to avoid saying "Because I said so" is to re-phrase it as "Because you're the only person I can count on to do it right" or "Because I think you're the best person to give the task the attention it deserves"

N64 Smash Brothers is still the staple at college reunions.

I'm just naturally slightly impaired.

We were all about Goldeneye on the N64. You get shot, you take a shot.

The limit is fine. It really doesn't take much alcohol to put somebody above it. "Two beers" at a ballgame probably means two 24oz drafts. In a two hour window (beer sales usually stop around 7th inning), that puts most people well over the limit.

I long for the days when all I needed for a party was a keg and a couple bags of plastic cups. Being an adult is bullshit.