If you are making your own gaiters, I’ve used this pattern before. Seemed pretty decent, but I should use different materials the next time. For summer, a nylon / lycra blend something not too thick might do ok and I usually have it end about standard crew sock height. Enough to keep ticks, sand and gravel out of my…

Bingo. Ankle coverage for scree and thorns when you need to be off trail is great, but only if it’s flexible enough to not get in the way. If you want the same protection without having to swap shoes, you might want to look into a pair of Gaiters. I often pair them with trail runners so I can have light and flexible…

This is actually a really complex issue as there are some misconceptions and myths surrounding the “hiking boot”, but first let’s unpack this and talk about picking the right shoe for the job in the first place.

So I do track my mileage as an IT consultant (home office, but onsite with clients all over the metro). A couple HUGE tips to help you track mileage and easily deal with the log requirements:

That weird moment when someone uses a picture of the exact knife you are carrying at the moment. A bit off topic but that Benchmade is an excellent, lightweight daily carry knife. It’s light enough that it doesn’t thump around in my dress pants and I won’t fuss over it’s weight when backpacking.

This is a terrible idea. If you don’t have a full set of wrenches at least get a proper adjustable spanner/wrench (crescent wrench) so the sides are properly machined to match your bolts. Seriously, the cheaper brands are less than $5 at the hardware store.

Apple Configurator is the Enterprise Tool equivalent of jailbreaking your phone. It lets you get in under the hood (a little) and actually delete or disable functionality. I use it for work but I’ll admit I never expected to see it posted on LifeHacker - It’s kind of an obscure tool.

Crashplan works fine without needing any VPN set up, even for remote storage. It allows your system hosting the backups to connect to their service (free) so that your other systems can hit that service, find you and start sending it files. Crashplan does require a subscription if you want it all backed up in their…

Couldn’t agree more, as a rock climber the Alpine Butterfly ended up one of my most useful alternative knots. I’ve had to use it a couple times, excluding a part of the rope that was damaged on a sharp edge and I still needed to rappel back down. If the rope isn’t damaged it can also support clipping into the loop and…

First, it is possible to side with 3 of the factions - although through an incredibly annoying process. I ended up finding that route - you still blow up the institute, but basically process the other three until you run into a quest that would a point of no return.

To get the full features, I personally use a couple different items, there are other locks on the market that do most of the included without needing a home automation system, but I cannot comment on them to the same degree.

Cheaper locks tend to have higher variations in design (higher design tolerances). That actually helps pick the lock tremendously as each pin you push on has just a teeeny bit different thickness. That lets you rotate your tension wrench, and immediately feel which ones were pinned against the cylinder wall. Since the…

I had to learn to do physical security assessments for IT data centers so I learned to pick locks and bypass a lot of security measures. I shared your assessment, most locks are just there to keep the lazy folks honest. For IT wise, you’d be astounded at how many high tech security systems are on doors, but failed to…

They are using tech to hang out with the people they actually want to hang out with rather than whoever is local. Besides, it’s a good way to keep up with high school or college friends after everyone has moved away. Never done it myself, but it seems like a decent approach.

In fairness, they had those within 24 hours of the release, even without the creation kit. Nexus has something like 4 or 5 HD mods for this. On the plus side, once they get that out of their system, that’s where the real creativity shines.

Only a few thousand miles (it’s a 2016). That said, I’ve been following the CherokeeClub forums for a while and while initially a very major issue, the complaints are at least tapering off. I can say that mine almost never hits 8th, and has never hit 9th under any circumstances, so maybe they just turned it into a 7…

Just bought one, I didn’t see the options for the low end w/ lockers on the non-Trailhawk.

Seems like they finally got those sorted out in the 2016s - mine shifts fine, which is just anecdotal, but I’m hearing less chatter about it on the CherokeeClub forums.

I’d add that Evernote has an add-in for Outlook. Between that and the web clipper, it’s radically changed how I do research and archival.

This post just highlights what is missing from Fallout 4 that many of the other prior releases had - peace quests / cooperation options. Convincing BOS, and the Enclave to focus on Cesar’s Legion was a pain, but it was possible. Fallout 4 is decidedly monotone, you can pick one and only one faction to “win” with.…