I've also found airplane mode is useful for resetting my connection when my Galaxy S5 shows connectivity but isn't able to download anything. I used to have to reset my phone in order to get the signal working again, but recently realized that turning Airplane mode on and off achieves the same result in a fraction of…

To bad it's a Black and Decker. I have had nothing but bad luck with their stuff. It seems they have gone cheap in the past 15 years or so. I had a drill that lasted 20 years from them when it died I replaced it with another B&D and it only lasted a year.

I'll just repost what I did in other blogs for others consideration, on the idea that Amazon did this not because it wants to take posession of said technique, but rather that it's afraid someone else could patent it and then proceed to lawsuit their asses:

Yep, that's basically it. When people say that the patent…

You think that's kicking it old school? I have the very first iPhone. No, not that one. This one:

Well, it's a model from six years or so ago: the Pioneer Elite VSX-94TXH, so I'm sure it's long since discontinued and there are newer models out. It does scale every input signal for output through a single HDMI, which is nice, though it only has 4 HDMI inputs (I had to grudgingly add an HDMI selector into the mix…

Hey, which receiver did you go with? I'd love a receiver that could handle 5+ svideo/RCA inputs, especially if they can be upscaled to HDMI.

Audioengine A5+

They are studio monitors, but fairly cheap. The M-Audio AV40s sound amazing, I would highly recommend them

Wow, I get to use this twice in one week! First that guy doing a handstand on the edge of a 40 story building, and now this crazy broad.

VOTE: Dualshock 4

Vote: Xbox 360 Controller

Why: I know there's a big debate over Xbox vs PS controllers, but the Xbox controller has always been my favorite. Its curves fit perfectly into my hands, its buttons depress very far and have a satisfying "click" to them, and it's control sticks are very comfortable. Some people have…