Torch is right, 1 is a little young for a powered car. For his first birthday, I got my son a Schylling Speedster, which looks a bit like a late ‘30s Maserati Indy Car. He loves scooting around the house and working on 3-point turns when he gets stuck in a corner.

Giving away any hot lap rides? I’ve seen the R8 LMS going around the track between races in years past and wondered how folks can luck into that.

Thanks for the process! My AOS reads low by 20+ compared to a calibrated hygrometer. So even at the lowest setting the built-in hyrgostat tries to keep the room at 60 - 65% RH, which is way too high. Looks like I may need to send mine in for replacement.

Thanks for the process! My AOS reads low by 20+ compared to a calibrated hygrometer. So even at the lowest setting…

I have a similar AOS unit, and the humidity reading seems pretty far off. I didn't see anything in the manual for the 7147, how do you calibrate the reading?

I have a similar AOS unit, and the humidity reading seems pretty far off. I didn't see anything in the manual for…

Radio Shack rabbit ears (with a UHF loop) have the best reception for my location. I'm able to get every broadcast station clearly by aiming the plane between the two poles at the transmission towers and adjusting the opening angle until clear. I managed to hide it in a recess behind my TV stand since it's tacky…

I had the same issue when I bought my KDL-40V3000 several years ago. Turns out the auto-dimming "feature" is disabled in the Game/Text mode. Go into your menu, under Video Options Settings and turn on Game/Text Mode. You can still adjust your picture settings (Color, Picture, Brightness, Backlight, etc.) to have a…

Come to Austin. We have the Pubcrawler, and it's fantastic. There's something special about working with 11 friends to cap off your beer fueled pedaling with a shot at a local bar.

There have been a few Falcon sets. The last one was the huge UCS version. This is more like the one from 2004. I don't have that one, but it looks like it has more pieces and some design differences. [lego.wikia.com]

@sublimnl: Robert Reich (Professor of Public Policy at Berkely) wrote an article, referenced here on Giz, that outlines steps that should be taken to minimize the disaster: [bit.ly]