Oh FFS.

I don’t tolerate any caller’s decision to mess up call audio. Car bluetooth, taco-talking, speakerphone, whatever. I just tell them it’s a bad connection and they should call back.

Angry grilles are so common around here that it’s shocking to see a regular one.

This is something people do? I only ever do it if I know I’m using all of the remaining eggs in the carton. I typically just toss egg shells into the sink as I go, don’t see the need to dirty a bowl. 

Actually I used LastPass for over a decade, entered pretty much everything into it passwords, notes, credit cards, etct - switching to Bitwarden was quick and easy. The only reason it took me longer than 10 minutes is because I decided to take the time to edit my password database to get rid of some old and unneeded…

I loves me some McDLT... the hot-side-hot, cold-side-cold concoction.  So long as the folks behind the counter don’t confuse which side is which.

Like many Americans, my first job was flipping burgers at the local McDonalds.  This was 1987, so the McDLT was the bad boy in town.  And it.  Was.  AWESOME.  Especially when you pulled a sneaky and added a second quarter-pounder patty and more cheese for your break-time meal (I only did it once, honest).  But the…

No, I’m with andrew on this one. I’ve been a ton of places that would be considered touristy, (both pre and durring current pandemic), and nobody knows how to shut the fuck up. Was just in Charleston a few weeks back, and there are some great local bars in neighborhoods. But non-locals being there loud as fuck,…

Good thing angels use the decimal system like we do.

Check out Soundiiz - a great web tool for moving playlists from one platform to another.

This looks like just one more thing for the cable company installers to come by and cut in half the next time they’re around.  Xfinity has left one of my properties a wasteland of chopped-off ends of rooftop antennas and disconnected grounding lines where I’ve had the temerity to use the same coax access point that…

In a house I would say the most important thing is the status of the connectors and splitters.

Good question! I don’t have a great answer, tbh. I think this house I’m working on was built in the 90s or so, and I’ve had no connection issues or slowdowns whatsoever. (If that helps frame things)

You aren’t missing anything. There is no reason to do it. I have a hard last name to pronounce. I do not pre-emptively show people how to pronounce it. If they do mis-pronounce it, I can correct them nicely or just ignore it. I certainly don’t get offended. That isn’t any different.

You nailed it with that comment. Every once in a while I’ll want to create something, be it an info-graphic, a meme, or just a helpful unofficial hand out for a work-related task.

It’s fine to use soap. Residual coffee oils go rancid very quickly, and will destroy the taste of your coffee. A little soap and thorough rinsing is no problem.

Yeah, that’s not going to cut it for the french press. Maybe for an every-day cleaning, that’s a fine method, but if you’re doing a deep clean, you really need to take apart the plunger. Once you take it apart, you’ll see probably a decent amount of coffee grounds, built-up coffee oils, and other assorted gunk hiding…

Hear, hear. You also need to really look honestly at your listening setup. If you’re in a noisy car, any benefit of lossless will be obscured by wind, engine, and road noise. If you’re using bluetooth, you’re throwing away any gains as soon as the signal gets transmitted (this is the likely reason Apple Music doesn’t…

I think one reason people go from Spotify to Tidal and think it sounds so much better is because they don’t realize they have Spotify’s volume normalization turned on. It’s a handy feature in theory, but it ends up compressing songs that aren’t mastered super loud. Some people might not care (and that’s fine!), but…