If you strop the edge, it should remove any rust that has formed. My Kershaw Blur has a little on the blade, but it doesn't bother me enough to do anything about it. I've rinsed it off under running water more times than I can count and it only has that one very small spot of rust. If it gets out of hand, Kershaw will…

Hazet are some seriously nice tools, but like Snap On in the US, ridiculously overpriced compared to other brands of similar or equal quality.

Back in the '60s, the US briefly experimented with using nuclear weapons for agricultural purposes (Operation Plowshare). Not surprising, it was quickly abandoned since there was the issue of radioactive soil getting thrown everywhere.

Same here. My thermostat is in a small hallway at one end of the house. It is always getting too cold or too hot in my bedroom as a result. Or, if I try to adjust the thermostat accordingly, it gets too hot or cold in my son's room.

That seemed to be the standard tower design back in the late 70s, to early 80s, sized appropriately for the airport. Ditto with the ARTCCs (big radar facilities, where I work) that were all built around the same basic design back in the 60s. This is back when you still had a bunch of ex-military guys running the FAA…

I always loved Reading Rainbow as a kid (I'm 36 now). I think this may be one of the few Kickstarter projects I may actually get behind.

Usually there are a few decent bookstores in or near towns with average sized colleges. If I have some time to burn I'll drive the hour or so down to Oxford, MS and visit On the Square Books. Prices aren't too bad, and they have a pretty fair selection for not being a huge store.

If you've been swimming in the ocean and notice a mild burning sensation that lasts only very briefly (though it may itch after you've gotten out of the water) you've probably been stung by the bits of jellyfish stingers in the water broken up by the surf. It still creeps me out (and makes me jump!) when I bump into…

Tupelo tornado was no joke. I drove though the north part of the city a few days ago on US-78 and it snapped a high tension tower (one of the ones that is 3' or so at its base) like a twig. A whole swath of trees were torn in half or shattered entirely. Several of those big agricultural sprinklers were upended,…

That's a VERY small home, and you're assuming that there is no significant cloud cover for 80-90% of the year.

Epson printers use a chip in their cartridges to deter the use of off brand inks, but there are ways around those too.

Usually no. There are chips and sensors in modern toner and ink cartridges made to show them "low" when there is in fact a usable amount of ink/toner left in them. Manufacturers claim it is to keep print quality consistent (I agree, it would be frustrating to have an ink cartridge run out in the middle of a print) but…

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks a server needs to earn the tip. That's one reason why I cannot stand automatic gratuities. I actually made them remove it from my bill once because the service was so bad, and outside the group I was with, the place wasn't even that busy.

I agree. The constant belly-aching from folks in the service industry about how almost everyone should be tipped now gets to be a bit old. It is one practice I wish we would abandon here and just start including the cost of service in the meals. If you get exceptional service, you can add extra.

ATC can talk with the drone pilot, through a radio in the drone. I work with a few guys who are former military controllers that worked drones in combat areas and they said it is no different than talking to any other pilot.

As my wife and I were discussing last night while watching Cosmos, the only people who constantly try to deny things like this are the ones who are far too literal in their interpretation of the Bible, and can't wrap their head around how truly infinite God is. Discoveries like this don't alter my faith in the least,…

Surprised to see Atlanta Terminal Station not on the list. It is probably the greatest architectural loss the city has had, all to be replaced by the likes of the completely unimaginative and bland Richard B Russell building that could have been built almost anywhere else in downtown Atlanta at the time.

That was the same argument a bank I did IT support for used to stay with Windows NT until about 2004-2005. I can't count how many hacks and work arounds that they had to do to get something as simple as a modern printer to work with their desktops. Not to mention the hellish mess of trying to get anything on a laptop…

My grandfather did the same at a camp in Washington state. He told me that most of his interactions with the POWs was generally fairly friendly, mentioning that most of them were "just boys" that had been forced from home to go fight Hitler's war.

Having lived there the first 31 years of my life, Atlanta is a prime example of what not to do when it comes to suburban planning. Many of the suburban counties had their zoning and building permits dictated to them by developers. Any time someone tried to show a little restraint or required something silly like…