It's probably not EXACTLY what you want, but Windows Live Sync lets the "cloud storage" part be optional. If you disable it for a particular share (you can set up many synced folders, rather than just one) it will only sync via direct device-to-device file transfer. I used to use this, using a home server as my "cloud…

Sure hope you didn't set them up with a Mac, or they'll be just as vulnerable, if not more so ("I'm invincible" syndrome). Oh, so their applications require Windows, so you're virtualizing it? Right... that's... better...?

I have the opposite problem. I don't have enough on my to-do list. Things that should be done regularly are often neglected. Maybe I should instead spend my day adding 5 things to my to-do list...

Wow, I pretty much came to the comments to say this exact thing.

Small talk is just that... it's small talk. It isn't meaningful, but it's polite. When someone calls you on the phone and asks how you're doing, they aren't asking for you to give them detail, they're just trying to be polite by showing they acknowledge you as a human being rather than just a work machine. Just say…

Perhaps you haven't been reading news... Apple may have long warranties, but they tend to refuse to honor it when a problem actually does occur. Doesn't boot? Sorry, but you'll have to pay the repair cost, even if the cause of it not booting is that a part under warranty went bad.

Don't discount the following facts:

The only winning move is not to play. Political arguments themselves aren't the issue, but the underlying morals behind them. For example, on the political topic of abortions, I believe that life absolutely starts at conception, and abortion is murder. Many people are simply missing that set of morals and believe a…

Carbs before, but understand that carbs aren't metabolized instantly. You're better off eating carbs in the 24 hours leading up to your hard exercise. If you're exercising hard all the time, you'll want a constant supply of carbs in your diet.

He also forgot the part where he now must either re-lace his shoes or lose one of them while running away (makes it rather hard to keep running, depending on the terrain).

I use honey for allergy relief. Roughly (I don't measure) a tsp per day will greatly relieve allergies. HOWEVER, the honey must meet a few requirements to work:

I prefer to just be careful with it. Baby your phone, and it'll last you a long time. I've had my phone for 2 years, and it has only a single scratch on it (not on the screen, either) from the one time I've dropped it (due to being mentally hectic at the time, compared to my normally calm self).

The release tab on flex cuffs (and often on any cheapo zip-ties that are larger than the ones shown in the video) are recessed quite a bit. You'd need a pin or other small object to open them.

I've noticed a trend that smarter people tend to be more eager to learn. My theory is that the majority of intelligence is dictated by one's willingness to learn, and diligence with which one seeks out more knowledge. Of course, there are genetic and neural factors, but I believe that most people who are dumb simply…

Agreed on this point. Here's what I see in the stances, starting at the top center moving clockwise:

People like you is why our scans are scheduled during working hours, at a random time somewhere around noon. =P

This. I'd also add that a budget is worthless if you don't follow it. If you spend $18 more than your budgeted price, you have just violated your budget. It isn't the budget's fault. It's yours. Your budget is a HARD limit, not a soft one. Treating it like a soft limit, you might as well not have one at all

I'm pretty sure this won't work. Generally, people who aren't considerate enough to think of others in the first place won't respond to this type of thing with any positive reaction. Yeah, every once in a while you'll find someone who will apologize and change their behavior, but the vast majority of the time people…

I've seen 3 main motivators among people: DRM, price, and preview.

Jezebel has a link to LH. There are inevitably going to be a few drama queens that find their way over here.