I think it because there are no imperfections in the glass or pyrex to allow bubbles to form. So, yes.

Actually, this is why you want to put a chopstick in the water when you are heating in a microwave. The irregular surface of the chopstick will cause it to boil. People have been scalded by dropping a tea bag in it and have the water explode (okay, figuratively explode.)

Many models will dim when you look down. The idea is that if you stop and check out your map, the reflection of the light won’t blind you.

Just FYI- I asked a food safety expert about this once, and she said the manufacturers do not recommend. Although she hadn’t seen any peer reviewed studies, there is a chance it leaches chemicals into the food. If that kind of stuff bothers you, you might want to find a different cooking method.

Look up the recipe for Alton Brown’s Buttermilk Pancakes (and Waffles.) Trust me. You will use your buttermilk!

I used it for two weeks in Vietnam, and never saw a mosquito. It is nasty stuff though. I accidentally got it on my lip once, and my lip went numb.

I used it for two weeks in Vietnam, and never saw a mosquito. It is nasty stuff though. I accidentally got it on my…

Hey, I’m rocking the two-year old Moto X, too!

And therein lies my misunderstanding. I thought minimalism was about decluttering your life to focus on people and experiences. But at it’s heart, it still seems to be really about buying and possessing stuff— just with more bragging rights. How many upwardly mobile minimalists are rocking an iPhone 4?

I think the dark side of a minimalist life is that you can become even more of a consumer because your turnover of “stuff” is higher.

Just listen to the authors on the You Are Not SO Smart podcast. My favorite quote of theirs is: you can’t control the results; you can only control how much you try.

The few long distance train rides I’ve taken, the chairs are similar to the airlines but with more space and comfort. And they have a snack car (which serves alcohol) and a diner car. However, most of the time, the train is only traveling around 55-60 mph. So you really have to be the type of person who enjoys the…

I wonder how much of this was aimed at business and how much at academia. I work for a university and I see many more Surfaces than iPads in the classrooms. Some of that was from not being able to get Powerpoint, but previously not being able to multitask and watch surf the web while still having your professors ppt…

I’m a pay it off every month kind of guy and had a rewards Capitol One card for a fee. Well, they removed the rewards part but kept the fee. When I called to ask to get that dropped as well, they told me they had “no other products available.” If you hold more debt with a credit card company, they are actually more…

Take a few minutes and read the full article. It's well worth it.

Just take precautions. Bed bugs like to hang out in old furniture, which is why you shouldn't pick up a couch from the side of the road and plop it into your living room.

Might I suggest another metric: populated, bad (or at least more difficult to start a business); unpopulated, we don't give a flip what you do.

Actually there is research that the 10,000 holds very little water.

If one must carry around a book on Eastern philosophy, the Tao Te Ching is a much better way to go.

I gotta say... splitting wood is a rush. When you swing that axe down, and hear the crack, then what was previously a single piece of wood goes flying in two directions... for a brief moment you are the master of your domain.

Those noodle are also very high in calories (the serving size on all the nutrition labels I have seen for ramen style noodles are one-half the package.) Air dried noodles are a bit better in terms of calories are not bad tasting if you can find them at an Asian market.