Another possibility is that it is a counterfeit drive, e.g. a 32GB drive with some firmware and silk-screening to make it bigger than what it can actually store. SanDisk estimates 1/3 of SanDisk products sold are fake, specially on Amazon.

Use nuts like pistachios, or sunflower kernels instead of croutons. You can also use nut oils (walnut or hazelnut oils are traditional in France) instead of olive oil.

There are more than that. The AstraZeneca/Oxford and the Russian Sputnik also have demonstrated 90+% effectiveness, but for various reasons having to do with bureaucracy and not a little protectionism have not been approved in the US yet. The Oxford vaccine is the only one really viable for the developing world…

What do you mean, *a* label maker, *singular*? I have three Brother TZ, three Brother QL, a Rollo and a Dymo POS I am trying to foist onto an unsuspecting victim. You can never have too many label makers and a single one is clearly inadequate.

What do you mean, *a* label maker, *singular*? I have three Brother TZ, three Brother QL, a Rollo and a Dymo POS I…

It’s ridiculous, my 1996 Nokia phone could beam contacts to other phones using IrOBEX (infrared object exchange) but somehow that standardised functionality was lost in the era of smartphones, even though I am pretty sure Bluetooth also supports OBEX.

That’s why Europe is moving towards banning single-use plastics altogether. My rule of thumb is the only material that actually gets recycled is aluminum. Estimates are that 75% of all the aluminum ever produced is still in use thanks to recycling, so perhaps we should move towards replacing plastic with aluminum in…

Thanks for getting the authentic Andalou ingredients of stale bread, olive oil and vinegar bit right. You can also add nuts like almonds or pistachios to make it more hearty.

Absolutely. Airlines have been raising the cost of awards, and adding capricious expiration dates, not to mention blackout dates that make it impossible for a working stiff to get them. Having an American Express card with AMEX universal miles that are treated fairly is one thing, but you’d have to be crazy to trust…

They are clearly wimpy. Try the Heroclip instead.

They are clearly wimpy. Try the Heroclip instead.

Try vichyssoise, a cold leek, onion and potato soup enhanced with a touch of cream. The astringency of the leeks and onions gives it an interesting kick, like peppers in gazpacho.

Mondelez owns Suchard, it is the real stuff. I don’t know if they changed the formulation to suit American tastes (crank up the sugar to 11, substitute peanuts for nobler ingredients like hazelnuts, and so on).

The English are responsible for the EU allowing mockolate made partially with margarine instead of cocoa butter to be sold as chocolate. The reason why? To protect that cloying menace that is Dairy Milk. The US FDA, on the other hand, will not allow anything made with anything but cocoa butter to be sold as chocolate.

I lived in Amsterdam 1999-2000.

Anne Frank’s family applied for asylum in the USA and were turned down because of antisemitic American immigration policies.

You’re missing the best:

The china we put on our wedding registry 9 years ago is bone china sold under the Waterford brand, but actually made in Japan (probably by Noritake). It’s plain white with no metal, so microwave and dishwasher-safe. We use it every day, except for the unpractical soup bowls, and it’s so much nicer than the heavy…

You want the OpenZIM version (compressed and searchable), not the raw XML version. They can be read without decompressing by the Kiwix app on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. It’s 75GB for all English-language Wikipedia including pics but not videos, or 14GB with no pics. Use BitTorrent to download it faster.

When simple pressure doesn’t work, the nasal decongestant oxymetazoline (a.k.a. Afrin) will because it is a powerful vasoconstrictor that shrinks the bleeding blood vessels.

I like Rogue Amoeba apps, yet they seem to have omitted the most important feature missing from Apple’s menu bar or control panel: the ability to set the sample rate and bit depth (because iTunes is too dumb to match them to the song’s own rates, and you have to delve into the obscure Audio MIDI Setup app to do that).

Analysis paralysis is a good way to stop overspending on stuff you don’t need.