I kept the bills paid a decade ago installing window shades. Yeah, that’s a scam and a half. Name-brand blinds (Graber, Hunter-Douglas...) are half the price online, measuring isn’t difficult if you take time and double-check things and installation is CAKE on virtually everything out there if you’ve got a…

Counterpoint: “I built that, I noticed a week later that I left that corner 1/8" out of square, it’s all me!”

The phrase “he knows just enough to be dangerous” doesn’t exist for nothing.

This is truth. But it’s not truth that you usually recognize until far down the line.

I used to call my 500W Halogen floor lamp “The Moth Destroyer”.

The “I am always right” guy.

My motive life has never been happier as the day when I sold my carbureted motorcycle and picked up one with fuel injection.

Some people like city/urban. I am not one of them. I enjoy not having to worry about parking (to name one of many small joys).

Well, can’t unsee the Zandozan now.

I think Jason hit this point in the article - there are times when it’s not all about you and your immediate family. Now you can take other people with you.

Ok, minivan-owning-Jalops, let’s talk maintenance.

You’d think that, wouldn’t you?

Keep an eye out for some deals on DSL modems, por favor. Cable companies aren’t the only ones who like to stick it to ya’ for modem rentals.

Keep an eye out for some deals on DSL modems, por favor. Cable companies aren’t the only ones who like to stick it…

Especially in this case.

Looking at it practically: In a place like LA or San Francisco where a motorcycle has some maneuvering advantage over a car, I can see it - UberMOTO could get me from A to B potentially MUCH faster than a car could just by virtue of lane-splitting the miserable traffic.

For everyone wanting an explanation of what the hell Máté’s talking about, here’s how I believe it works:

As I read it, you need to draw a 4-sided box that encompasses both/all of the taillight(s) as tightly as possible. The lit surface of the light must fill at least 60% of that box.

You know what a better way to stick it to The Man would be? Quit and take a better job.

Excellent point - $150 off of either capacity with the only hook being that you need to activate it on Fi (or else they’ll charge you the $150 difference after a week or two).

The prevailing implementation of voicemail sucks.