I work in academia and evolution is the unspoken official religion. Trying to explain that there is currently no working scientific process for abiogenesis, just a lot of theories that aren't panning out, is like trying to explain Biblical contradictions to a Fundamentalist or asking a Muslim whether Muhammad…

I've found each update requires a risk benefit analysis. A lot of updates offer no substantial improvement and a nontrivial risk of breaking the program or even my system. Windows updates are especially bad. I usually turn auto-updates off and update manually when I'm sure an update is stable and worthwhile.

A nice…

It's mind blowing all the things our smartphones have replaced that we take for granted now, e.g. alarm clock, watch, mp3 player, voice recorder, backup modem and wireless router (with FoxFi), etc. I even use mine as a phone sometimes.

... and a duck
... and a baby
... and an image of NSA Director Keith Alexander

I see weeks of fun ahead.

I need to convince my friends this is a must have app. The prank potential is fantastic.

Sweet point - using the radio trigger would allow putting the rest of the device near, but not necessarily in the mailbox, like in a mounted box below the mailbox. That solves the bomb scare problem too.

Interesting. I wonder if it would be possible to hack a wireless door alarm to use as the trigger. They only need new batteries about once a year.
http://www.amazon.com/GE-45117-Delux…

As a contractor, our strategy is to charge a lot per hour. An IT dept can become a lot more helpful when their bosses start to understand how much their anti-productivity policies are costing them.

Posting a video through Drive may make it less searchable, which could be good or bad depending on your goals.

Since Google owns YouTube, I think the copyright protections would be the same for YouTube and Drive.

Google terms: http://www.google.com/policies/terms…

I have both and in terms of streaming movies and tv shows, Netflix is so much better. Both have great quality streaming, but Netflix has better organization, an easier interface, and way better suggestions. Amazon just recently tacked on streaming to Amazon Prime, so they're way behind Netflix in a lot of ways. And…

I share this only because I had the same experience of an indie station getting me hooked on a song with a great bassline ... and strong 70s-80s influences. Otherwise, it's a very different genre.

You're my pusherman.

For cool video makers, these guys need to be watching Mythbusters. They need a sabot to really shoot the legos from the shells. See Chicken Gun episode at minute 11:50.

Facebook liked's has nothing on Lifehacker recommended's.

I wrestle with the irony that I have to show up early to minimize my waiting time.

My best hours are 3 am - 10 am;
then I'm toast 10am - 1pm;
and then I get a second wind 2pm - 5pm.

When stuck in traffic, I resist the urge to keep changing lanes by picking a pace car in the other lane; it helps to pick a car with a distinctive feature. I'll watch that one car move ahead and fall behind as our respective lanes speed up and slow down. It usually gives me proof the lanes are moving at the same pace…

In experiment 1, everyone drank orange juice; the treated group's orange juice was spiked with caffeine. The design did a good job isolating caffeine as the causal factor.

The only beef I have with that experiment is that they had people abstain from a caffeine or alcohol from 8:30pm the preceding night. They excluded…

Good. Now all Google, FB, et al. have to do is quintuple the cost. The best protection our data can have is a really big price tag.

cite: Should We Get Paid For Our Online Data?
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/08/22/lan…

I read this four months ago and thought meh. Now that I've tried it for three months - brilliant! Seriously. This improved my life. Thanks.