Agreed, I have a postage sized yard, so the mower doesn't get beat up, and I did opt for a stronger one. I'm hoping mine will last more like 10. I feel like the manual labor of shoveling keeps me healthy and money in my pocket. I'll pay the neighbor kids when I stop feeling like doing it. My neighbors use blowers here…

I think lawn care alone is what surprised me, a lot of one time purchases..... lawn mower, blower, trimmer, spreader, mulch, flowers themselves, hose, hose coil, shovel, snow shovel, 2 rakes, saws, gloves, weed and feed, sprinkler, salt, potting soil, etc. Other things, like shower curtains, washer & dryer, and those…

When we got our membership, we told the guy we had to go to member services. He let us in. Then we went shopping but had to get a cart. It was literally 2 minutes after he just saw us, and he watched us get our membership and when we walked in with the cart he hounded us for the band new cards we had just gotten.

If you are checking in late, always ask for a free upgrade if you are only staying one night. As the article points out, many people try to get rid of bad rooms first...... so the hotel is holding onto a suite in case a guy walks in off the street in order to force him to pay the higher price. If that room isn't taken…

Hopefully they finally got it right. They've had embedded audio for awhile, but audacity was easier....... thanks for the reference.

Yes, but it's finicky and harder to use than audacity.....

I'm a big fan of Audacity........... Another good use is to voice over power point to create a stand alone presentation.

I find life is much more fun when you turn it off for the entire duration of your trip, unless you are going for business or will be living somewhere for an extended period. Traveling internationally for most people is a rare occurrence. I carried mine to make sure I had it in case of emergency, but in the last three…

It's the same with friends...... you always assume that you're paying your way. If you like them, are celebrating something, or know that they'll hit you back later, you offer to pay. If they insist on putting some in, always let them, if it's paying their own way or buying the next round, doesn't matter. Good people,…

This is exactly how my wife's mom paid for three kids to go to a top university for free. I work for my school and so far it's paid for two graduate degrees, one for me, one for my wife. I cannot stress enough what a wonderful place higher education is to work, especially if you work at one that promotes the same…

Great perspective! It's all being mindful.

So true. As soon as I read the opening line I thought, what?!?!? Especially with cocktails...... all you have to do is correct the proportions, or like any other cooking season it until it tastes better. Get creative. That's what bitters, acids, and any number of other things are for, to make it taste better. Only a…

It's mostly messing with the port forwarding when setting up a service.

Anyone on your wireless network illicitly could find the IP address of your router in other ways than just guessing at it. tracert google.com will have to go through your router. Mind you is is one extra step rather than just putting in 192.168.1.1. Changing the security to not alter router settings over wifi is good…

Mike, not a big twitter user, but I see where you're going and like it. One audience you may want to try out is faculty at a university. They always bring in experts for special speaking events. The largest cost of this is flying the person in. Your tool may allow a faculty member to bring in experts from around the…

If you are moving to a big city, that's one thing, but if you're going to a smaller city or whatnot, see if they have a medical school. Typically there are a lot of good rental options for adults who don't want to be in a bad neighborhood, an overpriced hipster neighborhood, or a college neighborhood with beer bottles…

One thing that needs highlighting is that when you research a fair salary, don't get greedy and consider the cost of living if you are relocating. I have a unique position in that I manage my boss's budget. So I'm on both sides of the table for myself and telling my boss what he can afford to offer others. I'm now…

#2 on this list is key.......... because the small things turn into forgettable ones. If you pay attention to the small items, and schedule the big items for when you have time, you'll be all set. Plus, it always helps to get some small items out of the way because then there's a mental feeling of accomplishment when…

Let me just put in a plug for not necessarily planning a big refund, but paying enough to know that you'll get something. If you have variable income you could get hit coming and going. My wife works optional part time. She signs up for as much or little work as she wants, and makes bank when she does work, but she's…

I stream a lot from my mac to apple tv. When I'm in the living room I find that my mac was either sleeping/off or does not have itunes running - therefore no streaming. I'm going to try to get my pie to send a wake on lan request and then check if itunes is running, and if not open it. This saves me from opening my…