To completely do it, I figure you'd want to have something that regularly takes an image of your C: drive from a second computer while you aren't using your desktop - I'm thinking like 4 AM or the like. I don't think (though I'm not sure) you can image from the drive the sw is running on. Not sure if you can even do…

I found that it was my learning outside of the classes that has helped me most in my career - as soon as you can, get out there and get an intership, a summer job, something that is in the field you're working towards. If you find you like it, keep going. If you find that it sucks, seriously consider shifting…

I'm actually looking for a low array failure rate (RAID 6, possibly 5). I have an old computer, but it has multiple fans, none of which have been particularly reliable, and which are all very loud. It's also 8 years old, so it's not even just semi-old, so I have a hard time trusting it with my files. Plus, I have some…

Question 3 (last one, I promise): Anyone built a NAS/local server RAID storage solution recently, and have any hardware suggestions?

Question 2: There's a cool iOS app called 'Fahrenheit' that takes advantage of the notification system to show you at a glance what your local temperature is. Anyone know of an app that does this for iOS (non-jailbroken) for your data plan? I'd rather not have to rely on Verizon's notifications or going into their…

Question 1: Does anyone know of an app for iOS that will allow you to scan your groceries as you put them in your cart, so week to week you can have a good idea of what you're buying, to track your food?

It also has to do with dust and water in the air. Their are places west of the mountains that the telescopes are on that have never had recorded rain, which keeps the suspended moisture down. Plus, they're up at around 14,000 ft, higher than is practical here in the states. This keeps the telescopes higher than most…

I think it depends on what you do with it - for ye olde commenting account? Not insecure (certainly not a dictionary word), but nothing that's terribly complicated or long. For my gmail, which has references to a large amount of financial and personal information? Rather long, very secure, with computer verification…

I don't tell them my password (do you REALLY think I'm that stupid?), but I've had to log into computers displaying on projectors, and they laugh as it nearly fills the Windows login password box.

I have a 4-word randomly generated passphrase (I think I even generated it using the XKCD generator above). It's something like 30 characters long, with some caps and numbers randomly thrown in. People at work are amused by it, but it's actually fairly easy to remember, and it would take darn near forever (as shown…

I got my home office chair at a place called Desks Incorporated here in Denver - they buy all the used furniture from offices, either when they're closing or just upgrading, and then sell it for cheap. I got a chair that would cost ~$250 new for $50. Try looking for a place in your area.

I know this is cheating, but what I do is sous vide 6 or so chicken breasts ahead of time, then chuck them in the fridge or freezer (depending on how long it'll be before I use them). Then, when it comes time to use the meat, just get it out, (defrost if frozen), cut it up, and throw it in just long enough to get some…

I certainly do for hiking - there's a rather large learning curve for going from a map and coordinates from a GPS to GPS only, and I don't want to be dependent on GPS only because so much of my hiking/mountaineering is done in subfreezing temperatures. A paper map is very handy for getting a look at what's around you,…

Something that you can do is get a used router, put DD-WRT on it, and use that as a range extender (or to increase the output power, at your own risk). I ended up paying $30 for an older Linksys WRT-54G and power supply, and got a pretty useful little tool out of it.

Same here, and it would be more annoying, except I just leave the ones on the front plugged in all the time.

We always used a mix of vinegar and tomato paste, but I'd try the MythBusters mixture first.

Maybe see if you can find a Fed-Ex office near you that has a suitable scanner, and see if the machine can email the recipe cards to you. Yes, you'll probably spend a number of boring hours, but take a book, and you wouldn't have to pay nearly as much.

Directly to the right of 'Chat', there's a drop down arrow - click that, and in that list, the section section says "Size of chat list:" and select "medium" or "large" to get the desired size. Thanks for asking, it helped me figure out how to do it myself.

I just wonder, by what grounds can they prevent you from selling it?

It's been pretty consistently in the 20's and 30's for the last two weeks in Denver, and I know that back home in Fairbanks, AK it was close to being the coldest January average on record.