Agreed, my wife and I carpool about 7 miles to work each way per day, while another couple we know who work at her company commute about 40 miles each way per day. We have similar sized houses, but their place out in the boonies ran them about $60K less than our house. Given the commute, gas, tolls, depreciation and…

This. Ever since my wife and I started having kids the household cleanup became a real battle and pain point in our marriage ("I cleaned the bathrooms last week, it's your turn" and such). We decided to sacrifice eating out and hired a guy to come once a month and deep clean the house, and it's worth every last…

This is the kinda stuff that makes Dendi so legendary...

Boy I wish I could've played that game instead of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The cutscenes in the game itself were usually pretty janky, and boy was some of that voice acting horrible. And this was my experience playing through the game a few months ago on my recently upgraded rig and not almost 3 years ago when it…

It depends on what electrical. I recently had a subpanel installed in my basement and had a professional come out to do that one, as I was a little unsure of how best to handle the run from the main panel and wanted to ensure that the subpanel got wired up properly. But on the flipside once the panel was in it was a…

Definitely agreed, we only get to host once a year, but we managed to pack in 33 gamers in my basement last year, and my argument for offline multiplayer is that with that many people, we can buckle my 40Mbps DSL connection at various points during the weekend. Google Fiber might change that, but alas Denver still…

I suppose I can see that if you hire a company to finish it for you and then go nuts with Home Theaters and wet bars and stuff. Makes me extra happy I only spent $14k when I did a DIY basement finish in my last house, and that included a home theater...

I had the same issue after 5 years in French class between middle and high school. They definitely taught using the traditional methods this guy rails against, and I think I would have done better under the methods he mentions. I did remember just enough to get through 24 hours in Paris last year, and it's very true…

Yup, so be wary of your now umpteen GB PST file...

Yup, this a thousand times. I've had TP-Link, D-Link, and for a time my shitty centurylink router's built in wifi, and nothing was either as stable or could penetrate the whole house like this router. Just wish it could broadcast more SSIDs so that I could get back my dream group of networks to advertise:

I'm glad you had more fun with it than I did, I felt like the game might have actually been trying to kill me, so I wouldn't recommend it to all but the most hard core of gamers. To each his own though...

No, only these ones. I'm not sure what's up with that coating either, but according to a quick search it appears to be there to keep the glass surrounding the LEDs from shattering if the bulb was dropped or something. A little off putting, but given how rarely you'll touch the bulb once it's in place (depending on…

Indeed, this is one of the best sub-$20 tools you'll ever buy if you're planning to do electrical work. Yes, your family might be a little peeved if you end up shutting more circuits off than you might normally, but trust me on this, electricity hurts...

I'll vouch for those Cree LEDs, we put some in our master bath a few months ago, and they definitely put out a nice normal incandescent like color without any startup lag or weird buzzing. I've also got a couple Philips ones elsewhere in the house, but the look of those when they're off is still a little strange, so…

Owen's not here man...

Agreed on Portal, it's probably the closest I'll ever come to a perfect game. I played it through in a couple of hours and then had a bit of a "what the hell just happened?" moment the rest of that evening. To this day I've enjoyed a lot of other games but never had that same feeling. It's really hard to explain,…

It looks like you can't buy it anymore but I still absolutely love my HL2: Deathmatch mouse pad. It's spacious enough, response times seem fine, and it takes me back to so many good memories of getting hit in the face with a toilet on overwatch... :)

It's seems a little expensive, but I'm all for this one because then I could keep my regular custom built desk largely alone and work in multiple positions easily. Time to see if it's on sale on Amazon or something...

Yeah, if there was a shot of this hitting Steam, it would be a given at our LAN party this summer, but if it's going to be Origin/XBone only, I'm going to be very conflicted about it...