Mine has a rinse cycle, but it takes me less than 10 minutes to rinse and load the dishwasher, so on a water consumption basis, I'm guessing rinsing before loading wins. And from a loading time perspective, I'm not sure it makes much difference, since much of that 10 minutes is stuff I'd have to do anyway (throw away…

If I select the link on the main page, I get a 404 saying I need to be a member of the blog. I note that if I delete the "/+ericlimer" off the url, it works fine... Dunno whether the glitch is specific to me or broader.

Your two statements are contradictory—diminishing returns does not mean no return (i.e., "just branding"). Admitting that spending more may get you more means this is just a question of whether that diminishing return is worth it to you. What may not be worth $50, $100, or $500 to you may well be worth it to someone…

Takes you overtime to perform a global replace ".<sp><sp>" with ".<sp>"? That's just sad.

I would not have thought inventing citations or misinterpreting a citation is plagiarism—they may be falsification and poor work, but it isn't appropriating another's work product, which is what I thought plagiarism was intended to encompass... Has the term been genericized to include all citation sins?

Talk about burying the lede. Orange Gatorade has actual fruit extract in it? I never would have guessed.

I'm not sure that link says what you think. While the article states "[a]nts have less of a sweet tooth and more of a preference for salty snacks," that doesn't mean that ants are not attracted to sugar—they could be attracted to sugar and even more attracted to salt. In fact, the last line of the article states…

Seems like an awful lot of concrete. Could you do this with a cinderblocks, faced on the inside with firebrick, then just mortar the outside smooth?

I like the look; I'm guessing you probably aren't a fan of mid-century modern. I'd prefer it if it didn't have the striations from the different pours, but it still looks clean and simple.

I thought he centered the biscuits for the cabinet carcasses and only used an offset when attaching the face frame... He had already explained that for most cabinets, the outside face wouldn't be exposed, which is I think the side that the biscuit was offset towards. My problem with biscuits and expansion is that he…

Oh no. You misunderstand. Pineapple on pizza is objectively wrong. All right-minded people agree. Saying pineapple on pizza is OK singles you out as requiring medication or having been dropped on your head as a child.

Ah yes. Should say that I've been reading for close to half a century. More and more I find myself thinking one thing and typing something else. Old age.

I agree that the pretenders v. pros is a criticism you can level at a lot of professions. But I think what you are missing here is that I didn't try to rely on my credentials as the justification to win the argument—I only cited mine in response to your as a not-so-subtle way to point out the relative lack of value…

I usually only get resumes when the candidate is scheduled for an interview. So, no, I don't do initial resume screening.

I've owned both the DeWalt and the Porter Cable at different times and both work fine. The PC, which is the one I've got now, feels a bit heavier, but I may be out of my head since I almost never use the thing (I've come to favor my Domino, but that isn't entry level). The only ones that I could find that are a lot…

At their core, biscuits, dowels and even dominos all fall into the class of loose tenon joinery. Biscuits are engineered specifically for this type of application, so the cutters are purpose build with plywood cabinetry in mind—very easy set up, just pick the right biscuit for the job, mark and start cutting. Most…

Look, it's the Internet, you need a thick skin. But if you try to justify something by citing to your degree and professional experience, I'm going to call both of those into question. There are graphic designers I respect. But there are a whole lot of people I've come into contact with that label themselves…

Slow your roll. You're the one that amped up the rhetoric, starting with the whole "go google it yourself" and "this is freshman typography." So get off the moral high horse. My comments were perfectly civil until you decided to get snide.

Yes, things change and conventions become different. That does not mean they are objectively improved or better because "today." See, e.g., bell bottom pants.

Oddly, those around me are of a like mindset. I'm also in a position where I'm the final reviewer of my work. So there isn't anyone looking over my shoulder. And you made my point exactly—you have an entire industry taking a position that a practice is wrong based on... zot. I accord that the weight it deserves. …