I just bought a money clip from Amazon, one with a few card slots and pockets, to replace an aging wallet which kept wearing holes in my hip pockets. So far it's been pretty nice, almost like no wallet at all, but I've only had it for a couple of days. I'm also considering replacing my debit card, ATM card, and a…

Is it wrong that I read that in Don La Fontaine's voice?

Hard to tell distances due to camera lens distortion, and therefore it's also difficult to judge speed. However, you can discern the sequence of events and the times they occurred (timestamp in upper-left corner).

Brake squeal (or lack thereof) could be explained by ABS, which would also affect stopping distance.

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Only older accounts have a Public folder. Since 2012-10-04 new Dropbox accounts have not had a Public folder by default, coinciding with changes they made to make it easier to share folders and files. They do have a function to enable the Public folder, though, if you really want it (and it does make some things…

I have a fairly strong password in LastPass, but I also use Google Authenticator as a 2nd factor with it.

When I was a kid, I had a book on the early development and missions of the shuttle. I remember clearly seeing a device pictured and explained, which was designed to patch over missing tiles. It spread some kind of brownish goop which was intended to take the place of missing tiles, even the black ones in the hot…

I remember when a 30-minute audio cassette could hold a word-processing program.

For my Hackintosh and HackBook, I use Time Machine to my Linux server over Samba (took a bit of hacking to automate, but seems to work pretty well for now). For my wife's and daughter's Win7 laptops, Windows Backup to the same Linux server. Win7Ultimate can backup directly to the network, but 7 Home Premium needs a…

No printer at all, if I can help it.

If your car has side airbags, most seat covers will be dangerous. It will cover the area of the seat fabric which is designed to fail when the airbag deploys, and possibly cause the force of the small explosion to redirect itself in a less-than-safe manner.

Yeah, I've got some post-its on some of the gauges, but they cover some of the other gauges and idiot lights. Oh well, they're probably not important. Anyway, this is a safety feature. What could possibly go wrong?

I was using a few to run the control rods on my RBMK nuclear reactor. I was preparing to test a new set of them hooked up to the steam turbine valves and diesel generators, as part of a new safety mechanism I'm developing. Earlier tests have failed, but I'm sure I've worked out all the kinks this time.

It has, sure, but I'm unwilling to repeat the experience, even given reports that they've gotten better.

That'll just wear out your right arm and make you go blind. If it isn't so cold for shrinkage to apply.

That's likely to get you a free stay at the local hotel with bars for doors and fashionable orange pajamas^H^H^Hjumpsuits.

Yeah, I've had experience with this too. It's not the "cheap gas", it's the ethanol in the gas that kills small engines. In particular, it's newer small engines. Not only does the ethanol attract water into the fuel, but it also slowly eats away at the synthetic fuel lines normally used in engines newer than maybe…

The Clarksonian approach, natch.

Put the eggs into the pot and fill with enough cold water to cover them plus maybe a half-inch. Turn the burner to high and heat to a boil. Once there, turn off the burner, start a 15-minute timer, and just walk away. The eggs are perfect when the timer sounds, no ice or cold-water soak needed.