I feel the same way, but when I think about it, the Dot is priced basically where the initial promo pricing for the Echo was. What I want is a promotion bringing back the $99 Echo!

The username portion of this doesn’t seem quite fair, since half the devices I have that use “admin” or “administrator” as the root password won’t let me change the username. I’m also having a problem believing “St@rt123" ranks ahead of, say, “123" or “123456" or “qwerty” or the like. But perhaps enough systems have…

I was just considering the benefits of having a second Echo this morning... My Dot is already on order. I bought the first one on a lark, but it has been quite the useful little chunk of gear.

I think that’s what I meant about a “vanity” purchase—there may be some psychic/intangible, but—in your words—”not because it’s a better pot.” I think my experience, as well as the experience of a lot of others on cooking forums and product review sites, is that the LC is actually a better pot. I fully recognize it…

I’ve got nothing against Lodge, but just assuming the quality is the same as Le Creuset because they neither holds patents is just as silly as saying the quality of Le Creuset is better because they cost more. First off, there’s design and functionality—I’ve played with a lot of pots. I still like my LC 6 qt Dutch…

This also looks suspicious to me. I’ll accept that a company may have a product that is particularly good and a “lifetime” product, but the idea that 6 of 9 luggage products that reach this status are made by Eagle Creek? I’ve used their luggage—its OK, but not what I’d consider best in class/best value in class. And…

Crap. I feel like I should have figured this out after reading the science behind his recipe for pie dough involving vodka. Three years of fried chicken that could have been crispier for no good reason.

Make sure you dry it off well before you try any of this—pile of paper towels works fine. I also brush with a bit of melted butter. I’ve heard adding some kind of sugar will help caramelize/crust at high heat, but never tried that one.

Just looked and there isn’t support at the moment. Although PtE has a pretty good feature request list, which had Alexa support on it... I’ve now chimed in that I’d like that too...

I haven’t tried anylist, but I’m pretty tied to PtE at this point—for me, PtE is more than just a shopping list app. It is a recipe scraper, recipe organizer, meal planner, pantry and freezer manager, and shopping list app. I can snag recipes I find on the net, only have to do minor clean up, then drag and drop them…

I’m think I have to admit I’m an iOS guy too. But PtE is platform-agnostic. Because it is web-based, I can access my lists from any device (and so can my wife).

I should point out that the way I do it isn’t the simplest—Alexa has an app that has your shopping list and a to do list. So you could just use that at the grocery store too.

I menu plan with plantoeat.com before I go shopping, so it is a simple matter to look at my amazon Alexa shopping list and just add ‘em to my digital shopping list to check off at the store. I like using Alexa because it means I just sing out when I’m running low on something in the kitchen, instead of trying to…

“Alexa, add butter to my shopping list.”

I’m assuming 20X is based on getting a 5% return on investing the proceeds, which would then replicate your salary from now until eternity? Seems a bit much. Frankly, if I were to die, my wife and child could live on substantially less than the income I currently have—most notably, because I have a lot of expenses…

What’s fourth?

Don’t be absurd. Your post wasn’t about whether some scouts have ever been trained in firearms use (not that it matters, but I wasn’t). Your post implied that a large percentage of scout leaders would keep firearms, thus ruling them out as potential room mates for someone concerned with guns. I highly doubt it.

When I bought my first house, I was concerned enough about the investment to model things a lot more specifically. With Excel, it isn’t exactly difficult to build a model specific to you for the rent/buy decision that month by month calculates interest/principal, factors in things like PMI, maintenance... And if you…

Fuck! They armed the Girl Scouts?

Are you seriously that internet incompetent? First, it takes less time to type “Technivorm” into google than type what you did. Second, there’s a link to Sur La Table in the comments already. Third, the first link under the google search I linked to was Amazon and the second was the manufacturer’s site. My google link…

Are you seriously that internet incompetent? First, it takes less time to type “Technivorm” into google than type…