I tend to buy last year's model when everyone's going crazy for this year's and unloading last year's on eBay. But I never buy Version One of Gadget One under any circumstances. :)

People who read Giz do seem to be early adopters, which is why I am always amused when the fanpeople who ran right out and bought Gadget One on Day One then throw hissy fits when something on Gadget One doesn't work right.

Oh look, someone who believed that rumor about Bert and Ernie.

Amazon offers a lot of those classic episodes for streaming. If you've got Amazon Prime you've got Sesame Street for life. :)

Wait till next year and you can get a better one for less money.

See if Goodwill or the Salvation Army will take it.

First you read the manual cover to cover, including the part that tells you where to get service if your gizmo conks out. Then you file it, with the receipt for the gizmo stapled into the back. Seriously. Do not assume you will never need it again or that an electronic version is better.

I had already been online for 15 years. My, how time flies.

The problem is that the minute you click Advanced, your selection gets un-selected. I have been using the Printly extension that kind of lets you get around that, but this looks like it'll work better.

If I had access to that kind of scanner, or a ScanSnap, I'd do the same.

I hope House is on that list.

My husband wants to save everything on paper pretty much forever. I don't. Our compromise, which I admit might not work for everyone: We have 13 folders in a file cabinet drawer, one for each month and one for medical receipts. After paying the bills each month, we put the paperwork in the folder for that month (we…

I guess all those Cold War missile-tracking sites were a waste of money. :)

Right! Cats did not evolve to eat corn, and if there's corn in your cat's food you should buy another brand.

Browse your local thrift stores and take a tape measure with you. At least around here there are always a ton of large ghastly-looking "artworks" on the shelves that are priced at next to nothing. If you can't find a frame the exact size, you could mount your print on mat board and put it in a larger frame. Use…

Go to Michaels. Buy frame sides that match your picture's dimensions. Assemble. Buy glass if you want to, but be sure to tell the glazier it's going in a picture frame. (I used to work in a frame shop.)

MedicAlert has plenty of different styles of bracelets, necklaces, shoe tags and sports bands and has been in business a lot longer than these guys. Each of their tags has a number to call for your vital information and emergency contacts.

You have no idea what is helpful to others. So don't make assumptions. And don't quote back.

Kids don't come free. :) A college student has expenses for food, clothing, laundry, etc and it can be a real drain on parental finances. My kids both paid rent when they lived at home. We didn't charge much, but it was the principle of the thing.

When my daughter was working toward her Ph.D. she had a fellowship that paid all her expenses so she didn't have to get a job.