I've discovered that using MakeMKV is a good way to rip from the DVD and then run it through Handbrake. It makes managing TV shows easier as well.

I believe you forgot the step where you get free food samples.

My roommate bought some Laphroaig and let me have some.

She’s the best.

“Sir, will you please take my $600 pocket computer complete with my personal info, possibly financial info, and several social network logins? I’m obviously not from here and would like a photograph of my friends and me. Please don’t take it since it is my only means of contacting anyone, including the police.”

“Sir, will you please take my $600 pocket computer complete with my personal info, possibly financial info, and…

Why would anyone tell Rashad not to score? That doesn’t even make sense. If he scores, it’s a two-possession game with about a minute left, and it’s over.

I do a similar thing when it comes to entertainment. I’m a big video game person, so my goal is usually about “$1 an hour”. 40 hours of gameplay on a $40 game is a good deal for me, especially when I can easily log 200 hours on some of my favorites games. It can be way harder to get that ratio for most other media…

Phone makers need to have an auto-landscape orientation, even if you holding it portrait.

A fuckin iPad? Good grief. iPad photo-takers ruin everything.

This is all for moving into your own house. There’s no way you’ll be able to sign a lease with a place 4 weeks before a move, much less have an address you’ll be able to forward everything to.

Also, if you’re renting, take photos of the damaged areas when you do your first inspection, and make sure there is a clear…

Should Donovan McNabb have been driving while under the influence of an alcoholic substance? What do you think?

The methodology in this article is DEEPLY flawed.

My COPD dad needs them, too, on his bad days. Nothing pisses me off more when he has to sit at a store entrance waiting for someone to return one of these and it turns out to be some kid screwing around.

The best thing to do with the water heater is adjust the temperature. Every water heater has a thermostat and you can adjust the temperature at which it maintains the water.

Arbitration has always seemed prone to corruption. Who chooses the arbitrator? What is their track record? It seems to me, that if the party that would normally be the defendant gets to pick the arbitrator, they’re sure to pick one that always awards the defendant, or is more likely to. I think that happens with…

The answer is Variegated Snake Plant. Easiest thing to keep alive. In fact the less you think about it the better it does. Water it now and then, but let it be and it does great.

I have done the shopping around before, and each company tells me they can’t beat my current rates. Some places like AAA asked me what my current auto insurance was when I was getting a quote from them, (I wanted the free thing they were giving out if you got a quote.) I told them “USAA” the person stopped me, handed…

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Now if we can just get websites to support longer and more complicated passwords. I still run into sites that say “Passwords must be 8-12 characters, uppercase, lowercase and numbers”.

Many years ago I was at my brother’s high school graduation party. I didn’t know anyone except him, but he was pretty busy with everyone else since it was his party. I ended up finding someone else who didn’t know anyone except him and we started hanging out with each other. Long story short, fast-forward 10 years and…

I see reports like this and I worry for the future of our country. I realize that sounds so cliched but it's true. I was raised in a solidly middle class family whose standard of living gradually increased as I grew older. Now as an adult, I've still considered myself and my family middle class - maybe upper middle,…