That Crucial M500 deal looks to be gone*, I'm seeing $247.25 now — which is odd because there's a newer model Crucial MX200 for $200.

That Crucial M500 deal looks to be gone*, I'm seeing $247.25 now — which is odd because there's a newer model Crucial…

On a related note, I wish Roku had a “broadcast TV” channel and support for an OTA antenna; then I would have everything in one UI.

Dang. I would be all over Sling like a cheap suit if it just had DVR. I’d even pay for DVR in the cloud if they won’t let me attach my own USB storage. I’ve suggested to Dish that they add the option — it could be a real moneymaker for them. They could offer (say) 10 hours of storage with a sub, with additional…

When I first looked at Sling, it didn’t have DVR capabilities for any channels (although it did have some “replay up to N days later” VOD-type capabilities.) You couldn’t pick your own shows and time shift or repeat-view them forever. Did that change, or are we using the term “DVR” differently?

Imagine somebody took a small sheep, sheared it, then stuck their hand down it's throat, grabbed the base of its stomach, and pulled until it turned inside out. They then stuffed it with grains and the kind of root vegetable you would push to the side of your plate as child, tied it off, and boiled it. That's haggis.

Pig's trotters, in Lyon. Nauseating. And haggis, which is basically a sheep that's been turned inside out and boiled.

A friend of mine who is big into "natural foods" told me never to eat anything I couldn't pronounce, which is why I don't eat quinoa or acai.

Don't you be putting mixers in my vodka. Except a slice of lime, maybe, to ward off the scurvy.

That works too. I'm a bit of a Luddite and don't always have a smartphone on me (stop looking at me like that, everybody...)

Great post. I would add two more lessons:

Is it too cynical of me to suspect that was a setup? That maybe Eric Schmidt and the person responsible for diversity at his company got together beforehand and said "You know what would be really powerful? Instead of just talking about it, let's have you demonstrate the kind of thing that happens to women all the…

Barry Schwartz wrote an excellent book for the layperson called "The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less" that discusses this idea in more detail, along with several other ways to increase your satisfaction in a world of information overload.

I only changed my own spark plugs twice, and the second time was because I screwed up royally the first time and had to do it over. On the plus side, it did mean that I was well placed many years later to diagnose the problem when the dealer screwed up royally changing my spark plugs...

Those tumblers look stunning: shape, proportion, heft, everything looks right. I've been a fan of Bodum design for a very long time, and these are right up there with their best.

Those tumblers look stunning: shape, proportion, heft, everything looks right. I've been a fan of Bodum design for a…

Missing: 16 - 21 — drive you to and from bars as designated driver.

I worried about that for a long time, until a very smart friend pointed this out to me: "Maybe fulfillment is too much to ask of a job. Maybe the right answer is to accept a job that is just OK, but gives you enough time and money to get fulfillment elsewhere." Some people are lucky enough to find both in one place,…

The most helpful guilt-killing advice regarding gifts I ever read was this: the point of a gift is in the act of giving and the receiving. After that, it's just another object.

Absolutely. 2% is my personal choice.

I also recommend steaming the milk if you have an espresso machine. Not only does it give a rich, creamy texture to the milk, it also means you don't have to worry about a skin forming on the milk either as it heats up or as it cools down.

My experience is that the biggest relationship killer is uncertainty. If you have some deadline that you can count down to (like imagine01, upthread) or some specific event ("just till I complete my PhD") even a long separation is manageable. But if there is no end in sight, or only some ill-defined one ("once my…