That’s some crazy timing on this article. My father just asked me yesterday to have a look at his “pregnant” Macbook Air. A quick google turned up the fact that this issue is a lot more common than you might think. Everything’s still working with his at the moment, but we’ll see how much Apple wants to replace the…

Be a little bit careful with this method. The pressure that's generated in the bottom of the french press on the downstroke of the filter, can lead to the glass cracking and shattering outwards. 99.9% of the time, you won't have any problems, but there's always a chance that a small knock to the glass may have…

I'm with you, Dick Tracy. I can't really see any reason to go with this over the completely free DiskUsage. It's simple to use, and you can view and delete files from within the app.

Please don't do this! The truth is, patent leather is about the easiest form of leather to clean. just slightly dampen a rag, and rub it over the shoes. The chemicals in Windex will damage the leather, and you'll lose that nice patent sheen over time.

I'll second the idea of the main pot bit being able to go onto a stove. I hadn't realised how useful it was until I got one that has this ability. Easier cleaning, and better tasting food by being able to do your browning and main cooking all in one dish.

As another option on the hybrid front - I've loved my slow cooker that has the option to use the cooking pot as a dutch oven directly on the cooktop (http://www.breville.com.au/the-flavour-ma…). This way, I can brown my meat right in the slow cooker pot, and them move the whole thing directly into the base for the…

Has anyone go any thoughts on how this compares to the previously reviewed Ultimate Windows Tweaker?

Just be aware that lots of foods are on there multiple times at multiple levels. Using Garlic as an example, there's "No Evidence" to eat it for cancer treatment, "Slight Evidence" for cancer prevention, "Some Evidence" to avoid colds, and "Strong Evidence" that it'll help your blood pressure.

I'd definitely agree that INDEX & MATCH is a better technical solution, which won't give you the occasional false-positive errors that you can sometimes get with VLOOKUP if you're not completely clear about the structure of your data. Although, I still prefer VLOOKUP in most situations, as it's quick, easy and…

I cannot believe how much I've used VLOOKUP since I learned it! It is an absolute wonder of an excel function. I might not use it in my personal financial management that often, but I'd use it at least once a day at work.

I had a seven hour stopover in Changi airport earlier this year. It was actually quite painless. There's lots of good food options, a couple of free cinemas, free internet, and if you're in terminal 3, head to a little corridor around the back of the Hard Rock Cafe (it's not too far from the Koi Pond and the…

This is very similar to the way I cook rice (white rice, that is - obviously you're playing a different game with brown/wild/etc.). As long as you follow the water:rice ratio and heating time, you're pretty much assured it'll be good.

Working as a footwear importer and dealing directly with a variety of manufacturers around the world, I can assure you that shoe sizing is not very consistent across manufacturers/brands (and sometimes even across styles of one brand). So even if you know exactly how big your feet are, you should probably be trying…

You know what - if you're not suggesting that things like chicken or mushrooms go well with thyme, then I'm pretty skeptical.

If you don't have a tie clip, or don't like the look of them, you can use a bobby pin (hair pin) to just clip the back tail of your tie into your shirt. This will hold the tie in place with nothing showing at the front.

So what's the difference between this (for $20) and using a free personal TeamViewer account to access apps on your home computer?

Yep, I've tried it with the wife. You end up getting no valid data at all, as it can't differentiate the movements. So if there's someone else in the bed with you - this isn't going to work.

I'd definitely agree with that, Deanes. I've seen much more financial success with people buying stock in gold mining companies, rather than just buying the gold itself.

The problem here is the concept that people's sleep cycles are 90 minutes "on average". So be aware that if you're shooting for 7.5 hours of sleep and your sleep cycle is actually 82 minutes, you're actually going to end up 40 minutes short of a full cycle (so pretty much right in the middle of your sleep cycle).

I started with mine wrapped like this, but then kept on worrying that something would slide out the end (though, if the band's tight enough, I'd imagine that you wouldn't have that problem). That was the reason for my switching to the diagonal wrap technique.