Who checks email any more, seriously? I look at it when it commands me to aka getting a notification.

Well that is unfortunate to hear about your foray into home buying as it seems like one way people do ultimately increase their total assets/net worth and become independent. I am in the process of buying a home and hope that in 10 years I will have some considerable equity.

70-80% is a low figure IMO. Freedom would include owning your home and having the freedom to not feel burden by Rent, Mortgage etc. Something only like 8% of people can really say in my seat of the pants observation. That being the "1%" and a bunch of old people lol.

I think I will have to take my computer in to the Microsoft store nearby that I got it from. Frustratingly I updated my computer to Win 8 myself since I bought the laptop about a month before Windows 8 was released. They would have done it for free. After experiencing problems, they wanted $100 to evaluate it. So I…

I am not sure of the brand, but is a regular HDD, 500gb in my Dell XPS 15z. The computer has been running stupid slow. Hitting Windows key and typing T A S K to get the task manager is about a 15 second ordeal.

Thanks this is helpful. I wonder if others have found Search from the Win 8/8.1 Start Menu to be PAINFULLY slow? In 8 it was slow, in 8.1 it is painful. I look forward to disabling the Internet search results to see if that speeds things up to just "slow" again

As a current WRX owner... Meh. I don't see this in my future at all. Being a wagon/hatch guy, I think they are going to lose a niche of their niche.

I've drove 2 CVT's, the Nissan Murano (hated it) and the Audi A4 Convertible (also hated it). So to sum up my expectation for the new WRX''s, yeah hate it.

Got mine in the last days of 2000. I was to report to my first duty station in the Military on 1/1/01 and picked up a Verizon Qualcomm device. Man I spent hour marveling at the thought of a pocket able phone bored in the barracks. Wish I had a picture of it or even the model name. I remember the front was silver,…

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About $151 for my cellphone, home internet, Google All Access and Netflix or $220 including my fiances line

I know this guy, he looked long and hard to get this car. Think he ended up getting out of state.

...Well maybe don't show us ALL your bathroom hacks"

Same with me except for I am about 2 years into being a photographer. But I have recouped all the expenses of my gear and have regular assignments from the local newspaper as I grow my Wedding Photography business. I enjoy it all and put some extra coin in my pocket.

I got my coffee paid for by the people in front of me this weekend at my local shop. Awesome. Tried the same thing at Sbux a few days later and pretty sure the girl pocketed the money.

I try to share a quote I made up every chance I get, and think it is applicable here. So here it is...

I tried the site for a Logo. They all looked like they were made is MS Paint and were mostly terrible. I tried 3 different vendors at once. One failed to meet the deadlines to respond so I was supposed to get refunded, not sure if I ever did. And the 2 others were not worth it to me.

Another factor to consider is that people just like to see things re purposed. Given a new life. I use a napkin holder as a laptop stand and it tickles me silly.

Any word on what the names of A & B were? I know Cupcake was the first public release, I was just wondering if Android 1.0 had a codename internally like Almond Joy or Apple Pie

Step 1, do not live in Arizona...