Old (ancient) versions of standalone (USB portable/no-install) evernote still seem to work (turn off the automatic updating, though). I just manually update the database and archive the entire directory. Lather, rinse, repeat, every so often.

Sad thing is, there was no backup. Having a backup means having a COPY somewhere, and I don't think that "selective sync" qualifies. If the foolish user had an actual backup, there would be no story.

While this is true, this should only be done by experienced dog owners.

This. You want to make your home less attractive. If your neighbors become more attractive, so be it.

To paraphrase the old joke: you don't have to outrun the dragon. You just have to run faster than the other person.

Seriously? Assuming that the air outside is cooler (which has to be true, or you're insane opening the window), it depends upon which way the air is blowing. You always point the fan in the same direction as the wind. If the air is blowing in, you point the fan in. If the air is blowing out, you point the fan out.…

This might not be what you're looking for, but note that a plain raspberry pi works fine as a single HD camera: http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-P…

For me, the big reason why I'm still using GV is multiple-phone call forwarding. Very few services support this, and it's generally expensive where it does exist. As you've discovered, most of GV's functionality can be found elsewhere; multiple-phone call forwarding, not so much.

Ghostery might block these webbugs. If not (or if you use a desktop email client), you can probably configure privoxy to block them, although figuring out the hosts to block might be difficult.

My issue with sunrise is that it's still rather minimally-featured. I don't really care about english-language parsing. I'd rather have more features, like todo/tasks, appointment templates, and maps (e.g., what time should I leave to get to my appt, driving directions). Other calendars have these, and so I'll…

The vibration on the pebble, while not strong, is pretty decent (on the plastic pebble, at least). I have two other smartwatches (which will not be named, as they're both abominable, IMO), and I think the vibration on those are pretty anemic. (In fact, I have to be actively trying to feel the vibration for one of…

Our doorbell is hard to hear upstairs. It's enough of a problem that I added a doorbell extender (a wireless doorbell, triggered when the actual doorbell goes off). I've since added a motion sensor that sends notifications to all of our iOS devices and my pebble (mostly because our neighborhood had packages stolen…

For those advanced users with home automation systems (e.g., a veralite), it's pretty trivial to set up a motion sensor on your porch to notify you of people at your front door. I have our motion sensor (which also has temperature and humidity sensors) set up to send prowl notifications to our iOS devices (prowl has…

Uh, this project does not measure instantaneous voltage, and simply computes "power" by multiplying the measured current by 120 VRMS.

I've never been able to find lye or kansui water in any asian market that I've seen (although I haven't yet checked out a large mega-mart one an hour or so away). Has anyone else been able to find this?

I'm using an old-skool Davis Instruments CarChip Pro (currently around $75 at Amazon). It's not wireless, but plugs into the ODBII port and acts like a data recorder, periodically recording a (user-selectable) handful of engine parameters, such as car speed, coolant temperature, battery voltage, various O2 sensor…

Lactose intolerance? That's something that can develop as you grow older, especially if you eat less and less dairy. It seems to be something that some people have to consume some minimum amount, or they'll develop an intolerance.

Agreed. He'll probably end up in a world of pain, complaining how his dead RAID killed his "backups".

No, it's mostly the free version. It only creates cloud notebooks. You cannot create local ones (I uninstalled it after it wouldn't let me do that).

Lightest/best would be a tablet.

You might want to check out SoftEther VPN, which was just open-sourced this month. Supports: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.