I have a side-by-side and all I can say is Never Again. The freezer side is so narrow that a regular frozen pizza (don’t judge me) won’t fit, and in general there’s a lot of wasted space. Next (?) time I would go for the French Door style. It seems like the best compromise between the smaller doors of a side-by-side…

I’m going to get one for my wife. It’ll be an even bigger hit than the vaccuum cleaner I bought her last year.

I’m going to get one for my wife. It’ll be an even bigger hit than the vaccuum cleaner I bought her last year.

Along with “No good. I’ve known too many Spaniards”?

I can count the number of times I needed to signal for help, had a can lid, and did not have a whistle on the fingers of no hands.

About 15 years ago, while on vacation in Florence, I bought an absolutely beautiful three-quarter length brushed leather overcoat. Thinking about what I spent still gives me palpitations. And I almost never wear it. I don’t wear it in the car because I don’t want to crease it. I don’t wear it in rain or snow because I…

That’s some good advice, Doc. I’m 5'4" on a good day and yet somehow I’m married to a woman who is an MIT grad, a professional nature photographer, and by the way, so hot that when we walk into a room together other men stare at me trying to figure out what the deal is.

I attempted the DIY Amazon Echo project last month, because I love the idea of a digital assistant I can have some control over. I got as far as getting the Pi running headless and connected to wifi... then lost the network connection, spent an hour failing to get it back, and gave up. I feel like I should turn in my…

Came here to say this. SMART will probably tell you when something is already wrong (such as lots of bad sectors), but as a way to predict impending problems, it’s not much use.

Does “Darling It’s Cold Outside” play over the credits?

My biggest problem when I first lived in France was that my accent was far better than my language skills, so as soon as I said a couple of complete sentences, the locals would assume I was completely fluent and would speak to me at full speed in idiomatic french.

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

I read the headline as “goats galore”, so you can imagine my disappointment.

I read the headline as “goats galore”, so you can imagine my disappointment.

This is awesome.

True story: the League Cup was originally created as an incentive to English teams to install floodlights. From those inauspicious beginnings, it really hasn’t increased in significance.

So much this. One of the characteristics of people who take advantage, in my experience, is that they usually have an excuse that’s just this side of possible, however implausible, for each instance.

You had me at “wi-fi”. I’ve had a Pi since they first came out, and to this day I have failed miserably at getting any wi-fi adapter to connect.

I have this and it is so much better than my previous method. Let’s just say that “needle nose pliers” is a completely misleading name.

I have this and it is so much better than my previous method. Let’s just say that “needle nose pliers” is a…

Also, why are government entities exempt from the surcharge ban?

For a long time now, I have not understood what people mean by “doing email”. I got in this morning and started work. I did some research on a Build issue, contacted another group to see how they had solved it; researched and responded to a question about Linux distros; debated some proposed business model tweaks;…

Happy Socks Big Dot Sock. Not only are they fun, comfortable and good quality they also — and this is really important — come in two sizes, so even guys like me with small feet can buy well-fitting socks. If you have average-sized feet you’d be amazed how (a) hard to find and (b) important this is. (“One size fits…

Happy Socks Big Dot Sock. Not only are they fun, comfortable and good quality they also — and this is really…