Excellent article.

Another ploy that marketers use to make people spend is using a high price to encourage people to spend more. Think of a wine list. Having a $500 bottle of wine that no one ever buys suddenly makes the $50 bottle of wine seem like a bargain - and also a better choice than the $20 bottle of wine which now seems…

They said that DVDs would require separate software. They didn’t mention Blu-Rays, so unless there’s an unspoken change, those will still play. For everything else, there’s MasterCard VLC.

Excellent way of troubleshooting the budget. Most people have one big one they cant see until they record all transactions for a month.

I believe the one you’re warning people off is their “American Vodka,” which is perfectly serviceable for most all of your vodka needs. Why pay a premium if you’re just going to mix it into a Bloody Mary or with Sunkist Sparkling Lemonade (PS do the latter. It’s bomb.)

Why does socializing have to equate to “going out somewhere” at all? Having a group of friends over at your house costs next to nothing—just any food/drinks you serve—and that food is going to cost much less than it would at a restaurant. It’s even better if you can get friends to either potluck it, or decide as a…

I thought I read something about encrypting the phone and then doing a reset would remove part of the problem of recoverable data.

Built in with SlimKat, and (I think) CM11.

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Surprised this one isn’t up yet that I can find.
Xbox Music.

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I should say that Google Calendars has helped very much with the variety of schedules I have as a student. I have personal calendars, a calendar for my work schedule, a calendar I give to my boss to help him work around personal appointments while scheduling, an extra curricular calendar, and a calendar that reminds…