As a frequent flyer of long flights, my Bose QuietComfort headphones are near and dear to me. The loss of the headphone jack truly is a dealbreaker. As soon as explosion-free Note 7s are readily available, I’m switching. I was ready to move iPhones from my 5S to the new 7, but I’m prepared to repurchase some apps…

My wife and I found two such accounts while applying for a mortgage with Wells Fargo. She and I both had a credit card opened just under a year ago while we were doing a review. We thought we had simply changed credit card programs and were sold a story about how the accounts would appear on our statement for a few…

These posts spawned suits that, according to the sales terms of Gawker Media, are liabilities owned by the previous owners. Univision specifically did not assume existing liabilities, and doesn’t have sufficient faith or investment in the articles to keep them published and possibly become liable for them. This…

You can use the IP of the object you’re parodying under fair use. If you are using somebody else’s IP to parody a third party it becomes far more complicated.

It’s not that people are getting more stupid, it’s that the morons (who are unable to learn), uneducated (for whatever reason), and the foolish (who won’t learn) now have platforms for free speech that are comparable to what the rich had with newspapers and broadcast media. In the US, we had the right, but not…

It’s grand to see folks frothing at the mouth over Pokémon. I’m old enough to have had kids of the right age when the card game came out, and have been able to follow their evolution across platforms. Witnessed a few rage issues, but nothing to the extent that GO is creating. I assume the frustration for the basement…

To be fair, this is the closest many will get to Take Your Kids to Work Day. “Look, this is where Daddy works. I talk to Kadghar all the time!”

By default, browsers report the location based on your ISP. If you’re VPN’d somewhere, it will think that’s the location. This site has information how to manually set the physical location your browser reports:

Wonderful answer! We forget that planets that are farther out have much longer orbital periods. Even if we’re edge-on, it may be a few decades before we can observe their transit, and these planets will also take significantly longer to transit across their star. Even a Jupiter-sized planet in a similarly Jovian orbit…

Yes - the Anita Blake series has far outstripped any others for “most overstayed welcome.” The plot was spread so thin — in some books, there really was no plot beyond “we met some people, didn’t get along, and then humped our way into detente.” Browsed through a used book store this weekend and saw books 16-19 (of…

let’s not forget the unguarded, unnoticed entryway for John Barrowman

As a frequent flier whose butt has left the seat without my desire or consent, seat belts are a must, and have saved me from further unexpected ass-in-the-air events. You can bet my gear is stowed under the seat or in the seat back pouch, too. It’s amazing how much stuff can get thrown around when a plane suddenly…

In the places I’ve lived we just had to call the fire department or visit the local fire station and coordinate it. They need day, date, beginning and ending time, location, and number of attendees. The FD may send somebody to inspect the site to verify safety and safety equipment. Local laws or restrictions may…

An in-law did this to me. “I can’t get into my Facebook. Here, take care of this.”

I feel the same way. I really don’t want to see a 30 second ad just before a 30 second video, particularly when I’m on the road and your add is buff e rrrrr

Is it wrong that the first thing I thought of was “Another attempt at breeding Aryans super athletes and Hitler’s sex midgets?”

This is because durian isn’t a fruit. It’s tree-cheese. Some silk road traveler threw out a few Pont l’Eveque and Epoisses rinds centuries ago. The rinds sprouted and flourished without local competition, forcing the development of stinky tofu as a last-ditch defense against being overrun. Parts of Malaysia and the…

Not so much. I tried rings and found ties will crush together a bit where the ring curves. Ties do better hanging over something straight from side-to-side.

Great idea! Lots of rings still have the occasional rough bit from the molds, and the yarn will prevent the scarves from catching on them. I’m just draping scarves over a felt covered hanger at the moment, but this is far more elegant.

And besides, if you had been doing testing, you would have policed your brass glass. Ergo, it’s from another source.