I bought a Chromecast before Christmas of last year without doing enough research. I'm a disappointed owner and I am replacing it with a Roku3. I had some mistaken ideas as to what it could do - but in my defense, some of these features were advertised. Here are the shortcomings that led me to abandon Chromecast:

I saw these youtube videos about the fake chicken eggs... and you know what, i don't buy it. Those things are basically a molecular gastronomy trick that costs way more than what an egg would cost. it would take ingredients, time, labor. Not only that, the way the shell has to be formed around the fake albumen and…

Perhaps it was carved from the femur bones of Chinese dissidents. I posit they have a steady and plentiful supply of those compared to authentic plastic.

why does captain Bryan have to explain to Deckard what a Nexus 6 replicant is?

Along the lines of Fight Club,

Pretty sure American cops would put about as much effort into this case as the Russians.

detachable penis.

Iraq war 2 comes to mind

This. Also, note how this guy wrote the instructions in less than 10 words instead a long giant rant.

unless they sold them near sandwich making items

no, I don't think so. You'd be reading that shoe choice wrong. Such a shoe would be an indicator of not being shy about one's style. Now on the other hand, a red soled shoe would be the indicator of high maintenance. If it's a fake, she's wanting to emulate a real one, and if she can, she'll get a real pair of…

drinking liquid latex paint will kill you but if you live in a house painted with latex interior paint, you are not getting toxins poisoning you. If you eat or inhale some dried latex paint chips or dust, it's not going to affect you any worse than whatever the pigments in the milk paint will. I don't even know what…

that anime just plagiarized Terminator

If you have small children (2-5yrs), playgrounds and parks. Kids start playing together and sharing toys (or are encouraged to) and the parents end up chatting. Kids is a huge subject and an easy icebreaker. Unfortunately, if the kids don't get along, the parents kind of understand there's no future in…

The multitude of GM brands confused the hell out of me when I was younger. They had Pontiacs that were identical to Chevrolets except for the brand name. What the hell kind of inefficient business model was that? Now, things make a little bit more sense although the whole legacy of Chevy having mostly "affordable"…

Jesus, it's great that they made something neat but today's interior paint is latex based. That's natural. it's from a plant. Once the stuff dries, it's not toxic at all. I mean the stuff is pretty much inert so even if you eat chips of dried latex paint, it should go through you unlike old lead based crap. So I…

yes, I tried it and it worked. Then I used it again, and sure enough, it worked again. Every time I felt the need to cease the hiccups and used this vinegar+sugar method, it worked. It's disgusting and it turns my stomach inside out (without actually puking) but once it goes through, the hiccups are gone. It's…

the cure is sometimes worse than the disease

The real cure that has worked 100% of the time for me is similar - a teaspoon granulated sugar onto which you pour white vinegar until it is fully saturated.

time to call Saul.