This is one of the reasons I'm glad I like mustard so much. Some things, like French fries, need ketchup. But my hot dogs are way healthier than a lot of my friends because I cover it in mustard, not ketchup.

I'm allergic to peanuts, so I have to deal with a similar issue when random things occasionally contain peanut oil. I opened a fresh bag of chips once, and something tasted off when I ate one. Upon further inspection, the bag said "fried in 100% peanut oil". With that being such a common allergen, that seems like a…

And let's not forget that with HDMI cables, you should always just buy the cheapest one. It's a digital signal, so it has two states: working and not working. There's no such thing as a "better picture" from gold plating or anything like that.

I think more people should consider their in-state public universities. I understand the desire to leave the state, but I ended up going to a public university in my state (luckily it was still a come hours away from home). Could I have gotten a better education elsewhere? Perhaps. But definitely not a better value.…

I believe so yes. However, I'm not sure it would apply to the degree she wants. I think it's for associates and bachelors degrees, I don't think it applies to masters degrees. My suggestion would be to do a bit of research to find out if her degree would qualify.

Haha I think that's why they have the program, it's not the most opportunity filled state. There are some jobs, I was able to get a job as an actuary at an insurance company with my degree in mathematics, but we're definitely not exactly rolling in opportunity here. My guess is that they're hoping that not only will…

Awesome! That's great that you are doing everything you can to protect your kids. Not only is that helping the bad habit not affect them, but hopefully the responsibility and caring for others that you are showing by doing that will rub off on them too 😊

Yes I definitely agree that the same strategies are useful regardless 😊

I believe you are correct that you have to be a Maine resident while attending a Maine college, but most people live on or near campus while attending school, and so even if they are from out of state they would still end up qualifying for the credit if the stay in Maine after graduation. This would only be an issue…

Most of these tips are very good, and I agree that it's important to take the angle of being supportive and showing benefits, not attacking them. This was quite a good article! But I think there's an important distinction to be made about your last point.

Maine has a similar program, encouraging college students to stay there. The Maine Credit for Educational Opportunity is a tax credit on your Maine state taxes if you went to college in Maine, got a degree, and now live and work in Maine.

Does Google Drive actually let you store small photos/short videos for free? I know small photos added to your Google+ photos don't count, and big ones use your storage. But as far as I know, if you have them directly in your Google Drive as .jpg files, they use your storage space even if they're small.

I hope the in the future, Toyota releases cars that support Android Auto and Mirror Link, but not Car Play. And then they can market it as supporting "all major mobile phones".

To anyone who has GAP and wishes they didn't, look into canceling it. I recently canceled mine. Mine cost me $600, and I was about halfway through my loan when I found out I could cancel it, so they gave me back about 300. I was surprised that they just took it as a simple linear value like that, because GAP insurance…

This is my only real financial regret. I should not have purchased GAP insurance on my car (a new 2012 Corolla, that I bought in May of 2012). A couple months after I bought the car, I was looking at some documents and saw how much I paid for it and couldn't believe how stupid I was. Honestly, I should have brought my…

I'm not sure. Honestly I don't know the details of how that stuff works, sorry.

I had considered looking for a charge only cable like that, since the issue is with my cars built in USB, and I suspect it's because with the data going through its limiting itself to 500mA.

I think most phones these days are more like 2.5 to 3 amp hour batteries. But it's my understanding that the phone will limit how much current it's actually accepting. So if it's a 3 amp hour battery, then per your equation it should charge with 1.5A. So if you plug in a 2A charger, it won't charge any faster than if…

Yeah, your phone will likely charge faster. If it's too much for your phone to handle, then your phone will limit how much energy it actually let's in. So your phone might not actually "use" the full 2A, but it won't hurt anything.

I was having some issues getting my phone to charge in my car and was hoping there was a way to see the output from the charger. This is perfect, thanks!