I was in this boat for many years. First on the chopping block for me was any old debt. Student loans and medical payments were the first debt that I ignored when I was crawling out of debt. I contacted my creditors and explained the situation and a few were willing to work with me, but not all of them. Month to month…

Agreed. The cost involved in buying non-flammable spill clean-up is not gonna break the bank and it makes for a much cleaner and safer workplace.

I wasn't too concerned about heartbleed, but I did patch in a timely manner. I was much more concerned about shellshock. I don't think any of my servers had any exploitable vulnerabilities, but I'm much more concerned about a code execution bug than a bug that dumps random blocks of memory.

I appreciate your enthusiasm. Pointing out factual inaccuracies is the high point of my day. Before the internet, it was a lot harder. You had to be sitting in a public place around a group of people discussing a topic, then you'd have to interrupt with "Actually, that isn't right..." and most of the time, they didn't…

Botanically speaking, peanuts are legumes. Coconuts, almonds, and pecans are drupes. Pistachios and cashews are seeds.

Other than the pedantic complaints that there are non-nuts in this infographic, it omits peanuts (also not nuts), which are great buttered. You can also make peanut milk!

I also do the regular business hours thing. I'm never at a full work load. That is a key to the "Who's paying" method of picking customers... when you get too busy, raise your rates until you aren't busy anymore.

Picking out the right client isn't actually that hard. You accept clients until you have a full work load, then you increase your rate, rinse and repeat. A good client is one who keeps you busy and pays you consistently.

My knife collection consists primarily of Kiwi brand knives purchased for very little from an Asian market. For cheap knives, they work wonderfully.

I liked their old logo better. I'm not gonna go on a hunger strike over the new one.

Technically speaking, a buckling spring isn't a mechanical switch. Yes, the spring buckling does provide mechanical feedback, but the switch itself is actually a capacitive switch (IBM Model F) or a membrane switch (Model M, Unicomp,etc).

Technically speaking, a buckling spring isn't a mechanical switch. Yes, the spring buckling does provide mechanical…

There will always be a contingent of users who demand more from their devices than stock allows. This is because it is near impossible to design a cookie cutter product which meets the needs of every single person ever.

I often use fresh grated tomatoes in some dishes, but I wouldn't really use it raw... way too much liquid. I guess you could shove it through a chinois, but that isn't really a quick hack and far from neat.

I did not like the RK-9000. I went through three of them, all of them failing at the USB port. I have one sitting in my work office which is running fine, but it sits stationary. My home office PCs have sliding keyboard trays and a toddler, and the little plug couldn't make it.

I did not like the RK-9000. I went through three of them, all of them failing at the USB port. I have one sitting in…

I was in the list... it had a very old password.

I tried getting my report, and it was a pain in the ass. It asked lots of questions about stuff that happened a very long time ago that I didn't remember very well, and locked me out from trying when I answered wrong.

These tools which provide your credit report on demand are invaluable to folks like me who spent many foolish years actively destroying their credit score. I'm glad that more companies are making this available and the credit score isn't some secret number that your banker holds your future hostage with.

I think it's even worse when publishers ask the players to actually PAY to help make the game.

Most security protocols don't allow for formatting disks when sensitive data was stored on them. They require physical destruction of the disk. The cost of a disk is significantly less than the cost of a security breach.

NEVER loan money to a friend unless you are willing to give it to them as a gift. Losing a friend over a debt is a silly thing.