I can't relax without a fan. I have a fan at work, a fan at my computer desk at home, a fan beside the recliner, and a fan blowing on me at night (even if it's freezing and I'm under blankets). The moving air is more important to me than the noise, but the noise is helpful.

I can't relax without a fan. I have a fan at work, a fan at my computer desk at home, a fan beside the recliner,…

Some studies have shown that optimal sleeping temperature for most adults is between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Some studies have shown that optimal sleeping temperature for most adults is between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Steam could fix this easily. They could have their own self-curated, best-of-the-best games separate from the Greenlight and Early Access stuff.

While I probably won't build these, this has inspired me to think about building a hutch for my desk. So, uh, thanks :)

Seems like with a display like this, something that fools the Windows desktop into thinking you have two monitors (for the purpose of maximizing) would be handy.

What they really should do for "brighter, clearer" images is not re-JPG-compress uploaded images. I swear it must be using a 10% quality setting or worse. Upload a PNG with a smooth gradient, get back a horrible block of mangled pixels. It doesn't do it every time, though...

Water.org, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, Women for Women International.

It's not so much the "Christian message" so much as ongoing, if inconsistently applied, discrimination against LGBT people. And there is still some question whether donation money is being used for political lobbying rather than actually helping the poor.

Please tell me that's in Dubai, and there's a panther in the passenger seat, and the owner hires a body double to drive it around for him.

If you have an older major appliance (water heater, AC, washer/dryer, refrigerator etc.) it can easily be worth replacing with a more efficient modern unit.

I keep a text file in the cloud with ideas and links I want to follow up on later.

I have a persistent text file I use at work to keep track of what I'm working on in case of interruption, and often have another instance or two of Notepad open for notes and pasting stuff into.

I'll vouch for slow-cooker turkey breast. I'm not sure offhand where the recipe was from, but ours had an apple and onions in the crockpot too, and it was fantastic. And far easier than most turkey efforts.

I literally mean I have to raise my arm like a Beckoning Cat, pick up the scanner and wave it back and forth and up and down and tilt it at random until it finally scans it.

Whereas when I scan my phone, I hold the phone in front of it and it just works.

Music! Cocteau Twins especially are a mood shifter, but gloomy dark ambient stuff or blues (not angry music) usually calms me down. I won't necessarily be *happy* afterwards, but not crushed by despair or about to smash stuff in rage either.

I have a Microsoft Band, which I guess is a semi-smartwatch.

I use it for fitness/sleep tracking, silent haptic notifications for email and texts and silent timer for blood sugar testing when I'm at work, and... as a watch. Sometimes to pay for Starbucks, but to be honest it's more awkward than just scanning my phone.

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Korg DS-10! Let's Yoga! ...okay, not really games per se.

Feh. I am shy, introverted, and clumsy. I'm always staring down anyway.

This is assuming you know where the pipes run and where they're most exposed to cold. We have some water supply pipes running right through the ceiling above the garage door, which combined with poor insulation and some record-breaking low temperatures last winter, was quite a hassle. (Pipes freezing a day when…

I love the LaCrosse — but it's not without its problems.

I love the LaCrosse — but it's not without its problems.

I actually started feeling disgusted while playing Borderlands 2. I mean, gameplay-wise it was great, and the villain was definitely memorable. I got many hours of enjoyment out of 1 and 2. But given the school shooting in the news at the time, I really couldn't deal with playing a character who shot people in the…