Don’t get me wrong, I know some really awesome engineers that do some amazing work. However due to the nature of my work, I spend a lot of time around them. Which means I see a lot of both sides of it. Seriously, the number of times I have had to say, “I don’t care if it works on paper, it doesn’t work in real life”…

As a former aircraft mechanic in the military that began as a teenager, there were many a days that I questioned the sanity of those damn engineers. “Who the hell thought it was a good idea to put this here, with this going through that, and this other thing connected like that?”

Wait. So you had the unfortunate luck of having a defective drive and therefore​ hate them? Just a single drive and it is straight to hating them and saying they suck?

Depending on the size of the house and the number of drops, it doesn’t take an extremely long time. My self personally, made 13 drops throughout my house. 8P8C connectors on one in, keystone jacks on the other. Roughly two hours to make the drops. The longest part of the process was cutting the holes in the dry wall…

This is the route I did. Though I made two drops to every bedroom and four in the living room. I even made a drop in the garage, just in case.

Depends on the credit union I suppose. Here in the Huntsville, AL area, the most used bank is Redstone Federal Credit Union. They have ATMs and branches all over the city along with a ton of surcharge free, partner ATMs.

In reality when it comes to miniature gaming, X-Wing in on the cheaper end of the spectrum. Compared to the likes of Warhammer, you can get in on the X-Wing at the tournament level for a couple hundred dollars MAX. I mean really, the core set MSRP is $39.95. Small base ships are $14.95, with the exception of a few…

Not OP, but as someone with two PS4s I figured I could answer. I have my launch PS4 and I have a second one that I bought a little over a year ago. The launch one is in the living room. That one is mine. The other one is for the kids. Though when the living room TV is taken, I will go use that one if I am wanting to…

I was very much like that. Why would I want to unpack my bag in the hotel? However while I was still in my job that required travel, I learned to unpack. But then again, we stayed in the same place for weeks at a time.

Exactly. I am just grateful for my wife’s employer provided plan. It is halfway reasonable in cost. We pay about $500 a month with a $4000 deductible for a family of four. Though to be fair, over the past few years we have lost a lot of the coverage the old plans gave us.

I, personally, have only had a pat down once, and that was at Tokyo Narita. Funny one about that was the fact that Tokyo was just a layover when I was flying back to the US. Also, it was at the gate. Scanned by boarding pass and as I stepped through the door to head to the plane I got called to the side. Searched my…

I think a major problem with IPAs, and what turned me off of them, is that hops race that seems to have been going on for the past couple years. Then you get the very vocal snobs championing the high IBU beers like the second coming, so the breweries stepped it up again, and again, and again.

I should be starting book 3 by this weekend. So soon enough.

You are further than me. I’m currently in book two.

Depends on how you look at it. Curse Gaming moved their HQ from the Bay area to Huntsville. Pretty large and important NASA presence. The Army’s Missile and Aviation Command. Just about every defense contractor you could think of. Google built/is building a data center about an hour east of the city (I’m not sure what…

There are a whole lot more factors that go into the cost of living and the fact that an area has a large amount of high paying jobs. Take Huntsville, AL for example. It ranked 7th on this list. Mean pay of $83,870 with a 2.9% annual increase.

That is exactly what I was thinking. I know that the Bay area is not a cheap place to live. Sure, that $101k in SF sounds really good compared to the number 7 place of Huntsville, AL (where I am), at $84k. But when consider the fact that you can easily buy a 2000 square foot home on half an acre for $137k in the…

Can confirm. One of the the easiest ways to save $5-7 bucks. Unfortunately for me, it looks like I will have to give up my trusty Surfboard SB6141. With fiber being laid here thanks to the local utility company and Google, now all the other ISPs have stepped up and really began upgrading their offerings. All of them…

Can confirm. One of the the easiest ways to save $5-7 bucks. Unfortunately for me, it looks like I will have to give…

Most definitely. I still enjoyed the movie very much and am patiently waiting for the Blu-ray to drop so I can watch it again.

I saw Rogue One twice, once in 3D and once a standard 2D showing. First viewing was in 3D. When I left the show, I couldn’t understand what people were complaining about when it came to Tarkin. I thought it look fantastic. Now when I saw it in 2D, boy did I notice it, and couldn’t stop noticing it.