I've been casually researching prepaid cell phone plans for a while, but it seems like all of them fall short of the popular contact carriers because 1) their phone options aren't that great and 2) they don't have roaming capabilities, which could be a real drag. Does anyone have any experience with any unlimited…

Wow, for Father's Day? I've always just gotten my dad a card and called it good. Now I feel so inferior. How about a Nook Color? My friend has one and uses it for way more than just reading books.

If it's a simple site and you're just going to use a template or Wordpress, it will probably only take you a few hours, so I wouldn't charge much—maybe $100 or $200. If it's going to be more labor intensive and take a few days, get some quotes from professionals, tell your friend how much they're charging, and then…

I did some A/B tests within my own library before, which was mostly ripped at 192. I could only sometimes tell the difference between 192 and 320, but I could very often tell the difference between 128 and 320. I re-ripped my collection anyway, at VBR 0, because, well, why not? I get the highest quality mp3s at the…

You're wrong about patronize. Look it up.

Patronize can be pronounced either way regardless of context.

Turns out it was only happening in Firefox and I had some search hijacker that no antivirus or malware program was detecting. It was called overlay.xul. No idea how I got it but removing it seems to have done the trick.

I'm having a problem on a couple different computers. Clicking on search results in Google intermittently redirects me to sketchy looking ad sites. If I go back to the search results and re-click the offending link again, I can get to the real site. I have antivirus and Malwarebytes running on both computers and both…

Ha, it was probably me. I remember mentioning it before.

I'll be the first to admit that college isn't for everyone and that we as a culture should stop pushing everyone into a four-year degree as if it's the only option after high school. With that said...

A dishwasher repairman told my folks that, before starting their dishwasher, they should run their kitchen faucet until the water is hot. This apparently allows the dishwasher to use hot water right off the bat and thus provide better cleaning. I can't vouch for it as I don't have a dishwasher myself, but my parents…

I avoid HFCS at all costs—not for ethical reasons, but because any time I eat/drink something with huge amounts of it, like soda, Gatorade, or certain candies, I get one or two huge boil-like pustules on my face within 24 hours that take four to six weeks to go away. They're painful, ugly, and embarrassing and only…

Haha, I've tried that. Still there!

When signing into my company's web mail in IE, I accidentally typed my personal email/password into the pop-up and now it's saved in there as suggestion. I can't figure out how to get rid of it. Deleting form data and telling IE not to remember anything hasn't helped. Anyone know of a solution?

"Twitter Will Now Send You An Email If A Follower Retweets Or Favorites Your Tweets"

VLC doesn't have a library view with search-as-you-type, does it? I've used it before and couldn't find those features.

I currently use Winamp, but I'm looking for something less bloated. My only requirement is that it has a library view and search-as-you-type functionality. I don't want to use iTunes and Songbird has always been really laggy for me. Are there any other good options out there?

I have a spider problem in my apartment. It's in an old house and the windows and door aren't sealed very well. There's probably not a ton I can do about that. So what can I do to help keep the spiders from attacking me while I sleep?

Thanks. I ran the test for Google's DNS and OpenDNS, which is what I'm currently using. Both tests reported 0% loss.

For the past few days, I've been getting intermittent "The connection has timed out" messages when I visit web pages. Usually if I reload the page once or twice, the web site will load.