Since the ATV3 jailbreak is supposedly almost here, I would love a head to head of the two (using Plex for local content). I would like to convert my HTPC to something more like a NAS/torrent box that is WOL and scheduled power on and off, but I want that perfect set-top box to play the content. Amazon on the Roku is…

Good advice, thanks.

I need to figure out how to train my boss to be more direct and boss-like. I am sure most people who have had bosses for a long period of time can see it is a bit like a long-term relationship: the little things start to get really annoying. For example, my boss beats around the bush when getting updates from me.…

This is my favorite thing at Walmart... there is no unit pricing on labels. And to make matters worse, often times the bulk items are priced higher per unit. It seems that they are openly admitting that their shoppers are idiots, which is pretty offensive.

You mean backup, not archiving right? I think CD/DVDs really are only used for archiving.

Great choices, and some others I would have added: Bartender http://lifehacker.com/5906565/bartender-cleans-up-your-macs-menubar , Max http://sbooth.org/Max/ and Chuck http://lifehacker.com/5818323/chuck-is-an-super-lightweight-customizable-application-launcher-for-mac

Wow, I just went on a kimchi kick and this comes up. I have been using David Chang's recipe (as a starting point), and it's been great. You can add basically anything to it terms of greens. Everything in it should be in season right now. (below is a video that isn't the best recipe, but is funny).

Seems like you left out pubmed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ , which goes along with Google Scholar as my two primary search resources (I am an academic researcher). Something I like to do when getting into a topic I don't know is to do a search in pubmed and specify "review" in pubmed search results under…

Does anyone still try to hide their email address from bots when creating websites, published signatures, etc? If so, how, and does it work? I know some institution emails seem to get hammered by bots, but gmail at least seems to keep spam at bay.

I married a co-worker, though we worked in different divisions/labs. I think it's a great emotional boost and treat to work near the person you love (though not directly with them), and since getting a new job miss having her down the hall.

Not to sound like a kissass but I think more so than other new LH writers, I feel like you have brought a very distinctive set of new interests to LH, and I appreciate that. I don't know if it's true, but since you've been here, there seems to be more posts about food (beyond sustenance) and life (beyond numbers)…

Got this stuck in my head now. "I can't get off of The Facebook."

awesome. thanks.

I second this great comment. I have a very affordable K-x and a prime lens, and it has been perfect for me, and didn't kill my wallet.

Best advice ever. They will ask for it back, but make some interest on it in the meantime. They do it every year to our with holdings, so turnabout is fair play.

As bad as it is, that and movies are what my preconception is based on. Some folks are dealing with customers, and then its moving papers/receipts around and writing reports and then making presentations to and between different levels of management. It's those mid-level jobs that seem so weird to even define.

Thanks to everyone who answered this somewhat random request. I have a feel for jobs like research, industrial research, programming, IT work, or anything service oriented (from F&B to general contracting where it is working directly with a customer to give them what the ask for), but it's these stereotypical boring…

So what sort of tasks are those? Are you cleaning up someone else's rough product, compiling reports/figures from raw data, or something else entirely? Do you work with that person who has the abstract ideas and then implement them to folks downstream or present to those above?

Although a bit off-topic, this type of advice always makes me wonder what other people's jobs or days are like. Personally, I am a Ph.D. working in academia in hard science, and from grad school to post-doc to staff scientist, my days have essentially had the same layout, or at least theme if you will. This means I…

Velveeta + Rotel. makes you feel kind of horrible, but easy and classic.