You indicate a lot of things, that kind of get a bit lost in the long and winding road. Seriously, TL,DR.

I3 engines on motorcycles are often the smoothest most pleasant engines on the market. Go back to the K75 BMW; the Triumph Speed Triple; The Bennelli 900; the new Yamaha FZ-09. All of them, smooth throughout their rev range. I4's and V4's are not smooth motors! At most they are only smooth at certain rev ranges. And…

Good info. I could really use a bit farther horizontal range in my 1-story house and have looked at these antennas, but there's not a lot of critical info out there about them that I've found.

I'd give this a few months, maybe a year at most before it starts having real durability problems. This is probably pretty cheap but that's about the only advantage. You still have to buy the hardboard and get that stable and make sure the seems never pop up through the paper. How did she ensure that? Laminate and…

Yes you can learn a language in a few months if that is your full time occupation or principle focus. It really depends on how much time you can devote. And if you have good friendly access to native language speaking people. I have a young family and a more than full time job. My wife is Korean but not a good…

I'm a self-employed artist, sole breadwinner, family of 4. In metro LA area, I've had to serve a number of times, and they tell you right away not to bother trying to get excused as sole provider, as it won't work. I don't mind that much, jury duty is actually kind of interesting. However, if someone like me is sent…

I regret buying a few early LEDs, so I can say be careful, don't go by cost alone, and just buy one or two to begin with of each type to see how well they work. They ain't toilet paper, they are expensive, light up your world, and last for decades so you will be stuck with a poor choice for a long time. I also…

I have a De Longhi burr grinder and the only thing I can say is: get one with a grounds receptacle with smooth round sides and no corners. Mine has sharp corners in the sides and bottom and it's hard to get the coffee out, especially fine ground espresso. This is also why I don't like blade grinders - the blade is in…

I think it's pretty important to figure out exactly what the absolute minimal amount of exercise is. Why? Because a heck of a lot more people (like me) will stick with a regimen if it's quick and easy enough. The difference between a 15 or 20 minute workout and a four minute fast walk may seem like little, but from a…

Optimizing was not the problem for me. I had to shut off Windows Search (or was it Indexing) for those folders or drives. I had a few big folders of large videos with like 300 plus huge files and even on 'details' view with no thumbnails it would take forever to list the files. So if you have this slowdown on certain…

I clean my disposer, and have done for about 20 years, by turning it on with the water running.

1. Heat liquid for baby.

I would far far far rather have a regular old pair of pliers and a flip-tip screwdriver that any multi-tool of any kind.

Oh good grief. Chevrolet and then Mr Vengeance designed this car, and the film makers basically lifted it straight. They are making a ton of money on both the film and the toys they sell, and that's the very-only-est reason for the existence of the film and the toys, money. My kid has a bumble bee and Hasbro is…

I like how this post is about concentrating on a limited number of things, titles itself that it is about two things . . . and then goes on to make four main points. :)

MakeMKV and Handbrake work in synergy very well. My routine is to use MakeMKV on discs to get a 1:1 copy onto my hdd. This is so much better than just playing the disc, especially to not have to sit through the idiotic menus, preview, molasses slow loading, awful unresponsive playback software and all the other…

This is kind of info-taining in a MacGyver fantasy world kind of way. But as to it actually ever really being something that would help you . . . you need two batteries, some welding rod, jumper cables, shade 10 or darker goggles . . . I mean, the odds of you actually being in that situation and having that particular…

It seems like a lot more work to split the wood up into little pellets.

My new Sony Duo 11 has a function that prevents the battery from discharging past 20% charge level. (You only get to use the first 80% so you lose that run time.) There's nothing I can see about not letting it get fully charged. Really draining lithium batteries to near zero is bad. But I generally leave all my…

I have been through this many times and used to do it this way. I just don't have the patience anymore to hammer out all the ringshank nails. Also, most pallets are pretty beat up and the wood is not much good, I just want the firewood. So now I pretty much just use a battery powered circular saw to cut them up into…