Yeah, same here. Dropbox for manuals, though Evernote is a reasonable alternative too!

LOL.. Yeah. Whenever I find one I like it goes in the Recipe folder.

I have notebooks labelled "Diet Research", "Neuro Research", "Health Research", and "Political Research" where I file away research that contains information I want to be able to find again. Abstracts and citations, and often whole papers if they aren't behind a paywall.

Yeah, this is a lifesaver. Whenever I buy anything that has a model/serial number plate, I snap a note into Evernote. "What model of dishwasher do you have?" "uh, one sec."

Yeah, sorry, it was fairly boorish of me to judge. Sorry about your situation and I hope it improves.

http://money.usnews.com/money/personal…

There's one article that discusses the current situation.

Here's some food for thought. I know quite a few people ( myself being one - I was booted out of my house abruptly, shortly after graduation ) who, like yourself, have gone on to have a pretty decent life and are proud of…

Wow, that's pretty rough. I certainly would never do that to my kid.

Yeah, I'm certainly not signing up to support my daughter until she's thirty so she can party and play video games on the couch. I'm just saying I'm not in any particular hurry to see her go as long as she isn't abusing our relationship that way. If she's contributing a bit and moving forward in life, I have no…

Now see, that's a reasonable "handoff". I was booted out at 18. Of course, my folks never paid for any of that stuff, so I didn't have it when I graduated :D.

I'm not saying I'll support my daughter until she's thirty so she can drink and party and sit on the couch. I'm just saying that I'm not in any hurry to boot…

Rent one if you can find it. Drive it for a few days.

Interesting. I really like Google Docs, and use it a lot for documents I'm going to share, but for fiction... you just can't beat Scrivener. You can mimic some of its functionality with GD, but in the end, you just can't beat it.

As you move through a professional career, this concept can be misleading. You can end up wasting a lot of money thinking about things this way. It's not unusual for professionals across a wide variety of industries to make $50+/hr by the time they're well along in their career. You can spend a shit-ton on $5 coffees…

My folks just booted me out. Perhaps that's why I'm not in such a hurry to do the same thing to my kid.

Yeah, our parents were neither inclined nor capable of helping my wife and I along the way.

I'm not saying I advocate allowing your kid to live on the couch until they're fifty. I'm saying that the target is a full and happy life for your kid, not some arbitrary concept of 'nest exit' that's essentially novel in human…

I remember names when I've met the person three times. I explain this by saying that most of the people I meet I will never meet again, but after three times it's likely I'll meet 'em more. But I have no idea why it's really true :D

I don't mean "never charge your kid rent"; I was just imagining why I would charge my kid enough rent that moving out would be a better option. But, unlike most parents I meet nowadays, I like my kid.

Everybody who is well off has a story about why they are where they are. Everybody who isn't has a story explaining…

You musta bought the last one! LOL

I've been thinking about this problem. I'm contemplating putting a small lipo battery and charger with a rectifier to keep from powering the rest of the car with it (LOL). Then detect 12V on the input using a GPIO pin and some circuitry. That way when I shut the car off, the PI can detect it and hibernate or shut…

Letting kids use you: You want to help your kids financially, but it is more important for them to develop financial independence. Start with baby moves, such as taking them off your cellphone plan or ceasing to pay for their car insurance. Eventually, they should be paying rent so that they'll be more encouraged to…

Ignoring company benefits: Most people don't plan to stay with their first "real job" for many years. In fact, for most 20-somethings, their first job out of college is just a stepping stone or a place holder until they can get some experience under their belts. Just because you don't want to stay with the company…