Does this simulate the different phone manufacturer's versions of Android? I'm not a developer, but I have a hopeless father with his first smartphone. I have the S5, and he has a Samsung phone. Accessing menus is just annoyingly different, and I cannot give him instructions over the phone. This may be a…

If you're in your first couple weeks in an open office, you are going to feel like pulling your hair out. Eventually, it does get better, and while it may not be the most productive, it does encourage collaboration. Even the best music does not always do the trick in muting out the guy eating a bag of chips at his…

The idea of someone cleaning their dishes with a yucky sponge or nasty washcloth, and only using luke-warm water is completely disgusting to me. I wash my pots, pans, and knives, but I like the peace of mind of putting things in my dishwasher, and letting it heat the crap out of everything, as well as doing the…

I always feel like my feet get really hot, and am afraid to use anything but cotton. What is your experience?

I'm going to put myself out there, and tell everyone that I wear clothes that fit tightly, but not constraining, because I appreciate looking at the muscles I'm working as I'm lifting. Even when on a treadmill, I like to look at my posture and movements, and tight clothing doesn't hide anything. If I don't like how…

I read an article somewhere that recommended spending more time in the kitchen in order to lose weight. I think this works for me. I've always loved to cook, but rather than seeing food as a fun adventure in the kitchen, it was a necessary task that I tried to cram into as little time as possible. Swapping out…

I work out really early in the mornings, and if I don't have some kind of snack before bed, I tend to get light-headed during my workout. I eat something with some simple sugars for breakfast before my workout, but nearly every time I skip an evening snack the night before, regardless of what I eat pre-workout, I…

I've painted nearly my whole house since I moved in, and I was stunned at how little paint smells any more. As a kid, I remember it was terrible. I used latex paint from the Home Depot, nothing particularly special about it, and within a day or two, you could hardly tell I painted. Do people still use oil-based…

You have to think about video games like any other entertainment. Personally, I get as much or more from a good video game as I do from a movie. Video games are like interactive books, often with some kind of narrative. Or they're like social gatherings, without being in the same location as the others. Crappy…

I find that some people are 'busy' because they just have not found efficiency in some things that they do. Running to the grocery store every night before dinner can be time consuming, but making a meal plan and grocery list one day a week is both practical and a time-saving mechanism. The more you plan, the more…

My husband and I are very adventurous. We camp, hike, travel, and are on the road very often. We haven't committed to having a pet for the same reason we decided not to have kids. If we decide to venture into parenthood in the future, I don't want to feel like the child is preventing me from taking adventures and…

I try to set goals each day and meet my goals. I'm ok working hard on and staying late for things that matter, but when I am busy with busywork, I start asking questions. If I'm getting too much work thrown at me, I show my management my work pile and ask how the new work stacks up against the work I already have. I…

This is perfect for baked-on crock pot foods and I love using it on my ceramic cook top. I tried everything to get the cooked-on drips of food off of the ceramic, and this was the only thing that did the trick. I also have an antique porcelain counter/sink in my basement as a utility sink, and the previous owners…

I agree that it is about respect. Even with my current roommate (husband), I work at changing my natural tendency if I know it bothers him. I've had friends 'crashing on my couch' for the weekend, who completely trashed my livingroom, making it nearly impossible to walk through, and I never offered my couch to them…

I lost my cat as a child because the door came down on it, as he tried to escape. At that time, there were no safety mechanisms on the garage door. I'm pretty sure it broke his back, but I didn't do a lot of analysis at the time because it was extremely disturbing. It was an extremely heavy, wooden door that was…

Egg shells are not air tight to begin with - how else would those little chicks breathe? If you've ever put eggs in water, you'll see that their shells breath and release air. Eggs also have a much longer shelf-life when they are uncooked. You run a higher risk of growing bacteria by keeping cooked eggs in your…

That was eggsactly what I was going to suggest as a reply. It works great!

I like this graphic! It's simplicity is what makes it good. One comment though...once you have a mortgage, you don't consider paying that off before you start planning for your retirement. Long-term 'investment' type debt is a different animal - small business loans and mortgages will hopefully help you in the long…

Before experimenting with a substitution, always make sure that the ingredient isn't a 'structural' ingredient. For example, a basic cake recipe is going to call for a few core ingredients. Replacing eggs with mashed potatoes is not going to work.

If you have an emergency fund built, you're meeting your company's 401k matching threshold, maximizing your Roth IRA contribution, aren't saving for a down payment on a car or home, and you don't feel that you can invest money somewhere that would return more than the value of the loan, by all means, pay it down.