Actually, the linked article on sourdough has a number of errors. A number of recent microbiological studies show that the yeast concentrations are highest in active sourdough starter, then in flour, and finally in the air.

Why not just go to a photography store, like BH Photo or any of a hundred others, and buy a real tripod dolly for $50?

I am sure that many Catholics will be surprised to learn they aren't Christians. Every Catholic I know seems to think the are a Christian. The usual distinction is Catholic and Protestant.

OK. I can get OpenOffice or LibreOffice for free which are far more comparable to MS Office.

Sadly cute goes away, but grumpy is forever.

If you don't live where you can catch your own seafood, many times a good frozen seafood is fresher and better than what you find in the seafood section of your grocery store, and even better than much of what a seafood store carries. However, you need to respect the frozen food and thaw it gently to maintain its…

It's a matter of perspective. As so many things are. Are you applying to a company with less than 50 employees? If so, you should expect personal contact. Or to a company with 50,000+ employees where you will be treated like a number? Or to a staffing agency which is trying to fill thousands of jobs per month,…

Cell phone range depends on a number of factors. In urban areas, cell towers are erected every mile or two to handle the device density. In dense urban areas, the range can be as little as 1/4 mile.

@FooSchnickens - dorifutooooo

I use a press pot. GREAT coffee. No plastic crap to throw away. The cost for the equipment is MUCH lower, and the cost per cup is much lower. Having had k-cup coffee, it seems like a tremendous waste. Sub par coffee, high costs, and too much environmental footprint. On the bright side, it IS cheaper than…

If you have dense clay soil, putting the water down all at once isn't a good idea - it needs time to soak in. We water in three cycles, with about an hour between them.

There are two costs to an air conditioner - the purchase costs and the energy costs. If you live in a dry climate, an evaporative cooler works very, very well and they are less expensive to purchase and much less expensive to run than an a/c.

If you're listening to music with an unmodified i{something} or other similar device, you're not an audiophile. They really deliver a compromised audio stream. Even if you add an external headphone amplifier.

Tip 1 - buy Koss headphones with a lifetime warranty. They pay for themselves the first time you have to replace your headphones. Check the packaging before you buy, not all of their headphones have a lifetime warranty. And, for the money, its really hard to beat their portapro model.

Or - you could get a USB stick you can put on a key ring, and put it on the key ring with your car keys. Most of us won't make it off our employer's parking lot! A great candidate for this approach is the LaCie IAmAKey.

As a long time baker, I have a simpler suggestion. Get an oven thermometer. For around $5.00, you can know how close your oven is to reality. Also, it will let you see other problems, like an oven that starts out accurate but whose temperature drifts during a long bake. Also, instead of a pizza stone, get unglazed…

@TheFu: I bought an HP Laptop some months ago that had Sp1 already installed, so I suspect that its OK.

Rowland Cellars has an interesting article at [www.rowlandcellars.com] His points are interesting - when wine is returned to the vendor (or restaurant) it is declared to be corked and returned to the supplier. However, no testing is done and many times the issue is customer dissatisfaction in one guise or another. …

You can save even more by not going out to eat at all.

I used a swamp, or evaporative, cooler when I lived in Colorado. You can find portable units - similar to portable air conditioners, window units, and even roof mounted units.