Actually, back when U2 started out... none of them had a clue what they were doing. They all were terrible musicians, but really excited about it. Now, you could argue about how 'great' they are technically, but yeah... they became a pretty good band.

I have been eying this Kreg jig thing since I saw one somewhere else. It seems like a better implement than the biscuit joiner I've used in the past and certainly faster than some of the more old school joining methods that take actual wood-working prowess. I went to go buy one the other day actually, but then was…

Except that people seriously do use this method. I've seen it happen personally. Not directly to me, but to one of my exes when her and her ex husband were having a disagreement. He called child services on her multiple times for completely made up crap. And what was worse, he actually attempted to brainwash their…

Even a running example wouldn't break the bank. Quick search of autotrader and I found several local S600's from 2001-2005 for under $20k (some around 10k) with reasonable amounts of mileage on them.

I still dislike many things about Windows 8. I also like several things about it. It's getting close to winning me over. I agree that the start screen itself is pretty great. I don't understand why 'app mode' is so stupid, though. Just put the x and the resize button back on top of them and call them windows like…

The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America contains the words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." So, if you'd like to argue based on pedantically insisting that "separation of church and state" is not in the…

It really depends on what you buy there. Most of their furniture is decent looking starter furniture. But some of their accessories are quite good. And I have a glass desk that I got from there that is awesome and has moved all around with me. It's huge, looks nice and does what I want it to do. But yeah.. I…

I work from home so I am in my chair quite a lot... I had always gone the route of the $200 ish chair, because they seemed nice and relatively comfy. They never last all that long, though. A year or two at most, it seems. Eventually, I was able to convince my employer to get me an Aeron chair. They are the…

Personally, I wouldn't care too terribly much as long as the switches work nicely and feel appropriately solid. Having said that, I think a nice solution would be if they perhaps sourced the same bottom end core part, but perhaps the switch that you feel was a piece that looked/felt different. I don't know how much…

That's another possibility to be sure. Maybe we'll find out :)

No. You said why pick on just donks? Why write an opinion piece on anything if you're not going to include your opinion about everything? Because it's an opinion piece. About whatever it is that you're currently interested in (or in this case annoyed by) .

Just no.

I think it's clear that something was going on that was publicly dishonest... but it's so hard to understand why someone would do all this. Very strange, indeed. But yeah, it could be that he was duped by this dude and just didn't figure it out. Weirder things have happened. Who wants to be the guy who says "Yeah,…

It's not possible in the space of one blogpost to do an effective job of picking on everything that ever deserved being picked on. So you know... pick and choose. Just cuz he doesn't mention those things, doesn't mean they're any better or worse. Just not the subject of current irritation. Have a sip of brandy and…

Or a nice 1000 mm lens. Well, I hope you get your chance to go climb it! Only 3000-ish people have actually made the climb all the way to the summit. That'd be a pretty amazing group to be a part of.

And also a photo of each other taking a photo of each other... with a very long lens. I wonder how photographic equipment would fare on that trek. I would love to go there just to take the photos. I wouldn't even care if I didn't make the peak. What a gorgeous, fantastic terrain.

Crazy. Have you tried it? Or just interested? It sounds like an awesome experience. I did a little reading after my question and it sounds like you probably need a couple years of climbing other tall mountains at high elevation before you should think about it. I wonder what percentage of expeditions actually…

HFR 3d version of this movie was the first 3D movie I went to where the 3D didn't annoy me. It felt to me like a movie should feel. Clear. Crystal. Gorgeous. There were some parts where I noticed things I felt like I shouldn't, but they were few and far between. Bilbo's ear in one scene was practically screaming…

Thanks, that was incredibly helpful. When I first looked at this I didn't think it looked all that big... and then after reading your description I zoomed in and immediately found camp 3 (I assume) and I was like ... whoa. That's huge. I wonder how long it takes to actually climb all the way up it? And how much…

I kind of assumed that it would be nice looking, functional, but not complete. I think I was about right. It does do what it's supposed to do. I haven't been led astray by it yet. I understand those who liked the transit stuff being peeved. But where I live it's not an issue. I don't use transit at all. And…