I may be simple to please but I have found most of the stock HTC apps to be quite good. I ran a Galaxy Nexus for a few years and wholly subscribed to idea that a 3rd party app maker that focuses on nothing but making an excellent app will be better than a large developer making a whole range of apps. For example,…

I'm VERY jealous that you can get Sculpin for $11 at a gas station. This weekend I freaked out a tiny bit when my local beer store in VA had Ballast Point. I've had it on draft a few times around at all the best beer bars, but never seen it in bottles. I was going to grab a couple before I realized it was $16.

Wakelock Terminator, but I've since disabled it because even though it's waking the phone while the screen is off, it's not really draining the battery that much. HTC did a great job in battery efficiency and I'm seeing 70% or more sometimes of battery left when I get home at 6:00 with everything syncing and location…

Too bad none of the features on this list include not killing your battery. I like Google Now and it's great for a quick look at my route home or tracking packages. But it can destroy a battery with it's location reporting.

I recently upgraded to a HTC One M8 and it's battery is good enough I can leave these…

Under app settings in FB you can edit favorites and it doesn't mess with your FB on the website. Keep scrolling past the feeds section on that screen and choose edit favorites, then star the Most Recent Feed and drag it to the top.

You can go to the app settings and add the Most Recent feed to your favorites. Keep scrolling past the feeds section on that screen and choose edit favorites, then star the Most Recent Feed and drag it to the top. Then all you have to do is click the 3 lined icon and Most Recent will probably be the 2nd option on…

No, he specializes in candid photography. He followed us around while we were all getting prepared and before the ceremony he had us both do some staged shots that were meant to look candid. Obviously he got the whole ceremony and then we did the whole family photoshoot after the ceremony. He stuck around a little…

Yeah, it was his least expensive package. It didn't even guarantee that we would get him directly, possibly only his assistant. It also didn't get us the CD of the touched up digital copies, that was an extra $1500. His next package was like $6000 and then something north of $10000. We were lucky that he actually…

You are right, we could have. But I was a 23 year old fresh out of graduate school and beginning the climb from under a mountain of student loans. My wife had just turned 24 and still had one year left of graduate school which after she finished left her with an equal amount of student loans. I had just finished…

We are currently buying a home on a VA loan. The big difference is that you can have 0% down. They also don't require PMI but they do have a VA funding fee that is financed into the loan. Our 275000 home has a funding fee of about 6000 so it's still less than PMI but kind of the same concept. There are a lot of…

That's surprising that the owner of the land wasn't required to pay taxes on it and was able to pass if off to the new owner. If the argument is that no one resides there therefor school taxes aren't due then that means they shouldn't hold you responsible for years of unpaid taxes when you weren't living there.

Also,…

We signed on a new construction home 3 weeks ago, we'll probably close in about 5 months. Our lender has already given us a very detailed outline of estimated closing costs, including prepaids. I imagine any worthwhile lender will do the same. I also suggest having an agent you can trust to review these fees. Our…

Yup, exactly why I think it's so important. We went with our guy because he advertised his specialty in candid photography. We wanted the pictures to be organic and not staged. While some of them were staged, he mostly just followed us around for 4 hours prior/during/after the ceremony and took upwards of 2000…

Admittedly the reception was lame, but it was more for the families. We were passed from person to person and thanked them for being there. We barely got to try any cake and all we wanted to do was just sit down in a corner and relax. We were so hungry at the end that after we left we changed back into comfortable…

I completely agree and think we mostly did that. We were fortunate enough that our entire wedding was paid for by the parents. Even our honeymoon was a wedding gift from my parents. I just paid for the flight to the destination and our wedding bands (which were half off due to sister-in-law being a jeweler).

Unfortun…

Got married 5 years ago when we were both 24 and I tend to agree completely with this list. My advice to any of my friends who have gotten married since is to always think about what is most important to them and put the money there, everything else doesn't have to be extravagant.

Thanks for that calculator, it confirmed our reasons for buying. We went under contract on a new construction home 3 weeks ago that should be completed by mid-September. According to the calculator, it will only take 5 years to be better to buy. We currently rent a 15 year old home for $1500 a month and the new…

You are absolutely correct and something that I forgot to differentiate. I'm fairly certain they've covered the difference before. He'd still have to wait for the bootloader to be unlocked though wouldn't he? Or is that something that is accomplished the same way on every phone?

Root it... which could take a few days to a few months to accomplish. Just depends on how fast they can unlock the bootloader. Once you do have it rooted though, you can uninstall whatever you want. You could also install a ROM but in my experience the ROMS for the newest devices need some time to mature. You'd be…

My wife is in her 4th year in the Air Force. Fortunately her career field only has 6 or 7 options to be stationed at so we don't move a ton like other military families, but we have already moved twice. Each time we move, I have a very difficult time finding employment because I have a master's degree in classical…