I used to try a similar method with my son, to little effect. When he was younger (3-5) I found success in putting a time on everything. He had his little digital mickey mouse watch, and I’d tell him toys went away at 4:53 (random times worked best for whatever reason). He’d keep his eye on his watch, and when it…

My son does this game in school and out (1st grade) and absolutely loves it.  He thinks it’s awesome he gets to “play video games” in school and I have to agree with him.  Maybe if they had this when I was in school I wouldn’t have hated math so much.

Try driving in Florida during the winter.  45-50 in the left lane on the interstate (70 mph speed limit) is incredibly common.  I don’t know if people come south for the winter and forget how to drive or what it is, but it’s bad.  

While I can definitely see several of these happening, the PS5 or Xbox “disastrous fuck-up” is one I would be money on. Now I am slightly biased towards the Xbox, full disclosure, but I think this console generation will have the PS5 either over-priced (see PS3) or some shit DRM / hardware decision (see Xbox One /…

I went through the same thing, or at least similar, and the fine print was that the credit rating the lender / banks were using was an average over a certain amount of time. As of a month ago, when I was looking at financing, my credit score was 795, but the banks / lenders all showed 753. I believe it was the average…

While I don’t primarily play games on PC, there are a handful that I prefer on PC as opposed to a console. One thing I never understood, and probably never will, is the freaking out about games being exclusive to Epic. It’s just another launcher. If you could only have one per PC, OK, I get that, but it’s just a…

If you aren’t leveled or properly equipped in this game, you sure as hell feel it. Fortunately you can get away with being a couple levels under, but more than that and it can get real old, real fast.

I like to automate what I can, and have already set this up as a routine with google home.  After work, I open my door, say “Hey Google I’m home” which then drops my AC, turns on my kitchen light, closes my garage and now turns on my Xbox and TV.  By the time I have but my bag down everything is on and ready for me to…

Even if you don’t want to get your kid into piano long-term, or if they don’t care for it, there are not many better ways to learn music theory than on a piano/keyboard. Once you learn that, you can play nearly any instrument (once you get the technique down.)

The Dark Tower books are the only King books I like. It’s true, they are all over the place story-wise, but that’s part of what makes them so unique (and good).

Fortunately Hurricane Irma is fresh in everyone’s minds, so people are being proactive about this storm.  Luckily it’s small-ish (but strong), yet somewhere on the east coast is going to get blasted.  Think Charlie from 2004 as far as potential damage, not track.  

The Google call-screen function is amazing, it’s just too bad it isn’t available for more phones.  Every call I get from a number in my contacts goes through the call-screen thing, and when it’s actually people they sometimes aren’t sure they have the right number, but it does wonders for weeding out crap calls. …

Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and don’t like change, but I sure wish they would have just made a Pixel 2 XL with beefed-up guts.  Best phone I’ve ever owned, that is, once I got a replacement with a decent screen.

The dumb thing is it’s all mental with me.  When I’m eating I damn near swallow my food whole, but if I know it’s medicine I just can’t do it.

I can’t swallow a pill. I either chew it, or get kids medicines. Given the dosage, a headache results in nearly half a bottle of liquid Tylenol.

So many of these studies are biased right from the beginning. I’d pay to find a neutral study that did not begin by trying to find the negatives of this plant.

I believe the intent is to have the new stores as a consignment-type store for the manufacturers, which probably won’t float very well. It’s probably their only option at this point, as I’m sure the capital isn’t there to fund the inventory. That will also mean sales, or at least the old TRU sales that were damn near…

Hopefully when game streaming becomes mainstream, these ISP wills adjust caps as needed. Unfortunately those with a sub-par connection are a totally different matter.

The “locked down ecosystem” is the exact reason why I’m so against Apple products. I can get why they are so restrictive, it certainly allows for a consistent experience, but I personally would rather have freedom to do what I please with the hardware I purchase. Also, hardware choices are a plus as well.

Reading this article I was thinking the same thing. Their work culture is, or at least was, pretty intense. At least for salary-men, their life was work.