Let the Hunger Wars Begin!

I think you can almost certainly get a Fire Stick to work for this out of the box. You would need to keep the remote with you to control it (no buttons on the device). It displays an interface (that says “broken” but is navigable) when there’s no internet. You can access the settings from that interface, which will…

If this is true it is not consistent. I just watched a 1080p youtube video over my binge on T-Mobile with no problem. I tested by watching a screencast with text so that I couldnt fool myself. On 480p the text was a blurry mess. I put it on 1080p and it went very clear. And if I’d disabled it after reading this I…

Not working for me on mobile

Not working for me on mobile

Does “call [contact]” work without internet? Because that seems obvious but I’m not really sure it does.

No camera that can get a decent picture but it is pretty! Don't know if I can stay up until it is really red though; too early to bed...

I teach an entire 3 week mini course that leads up to this topic to freshmen and sophomores. We build really simple one string instruments to explore the different intervals and connect them to string length (since tension is constant on a single string instrument) and use the software package Scala, which allows for…

I have a note 4. I keep an sd card in there for local music caching but could live without it. And I never keep a spare battery. BUT my original battery had been acting crazy lately: not lasting long, phone shuts off at 18%, etc. Did some troubleshooting, refreshed ROM, no change.

I teach AP Statistics, so I’m pretty confident I know what he was talking about.

Another budget article, another plug for Goodbudget, my favorite budgeting app. It uses metaphorical envelope budgeting - isn’t that a Dave Ramsay thing? I don’t use it for top to bottom budgeting - don’t track fixed expenses in it, only variable ones - but you certainly can. If you have the pro version it also allows…

The Thermos King Max coffee tumbler has a large enough top to fit the aeropress. That was my main reason for choosing it over the Contigo. The model I got also has a nice handle which I love. It's just as insulated is the contigo and give me at least 12 hours of hot to warm coffee. The only real disadvantage is that…

The Thermos King Max coffee tumbler has a large enough top to fit the aeropress. That was my main reason for…

What color are these cards? (Hint: one is blue and black, the other is white and gold).

Get a fire tv stick, buy SPMC (an android focused XBMC fork) from the Amazon store (it is free, so using "buy" loosely). It won't install to the stick directly, but you can easily sideload the apk. After you run it from an annoying submenu a couple of times you can sign out and re-sign in on the stick and the app…

I always bought brand name Bounty after trying many generics - something I almost never do as usually the generics are fine with me - but have recently discovered that the Aldi house brand is just as good. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they are rebranded bounty though I haven't done a detailed side by side…

Yeah its not compatible with my Note 4

I wrote the nomination thread for the Note 4, but I have no real love for Samsung in general and am not surprised that no other ones made the list. I will say that the Note 4 is the first Samsung phone I've ever seen or touched that has anything close to an upscale feel, but it's still not as nice as the HTC One. I…

I mostly agree with those saying there is no best. But for me...

I am a bit of a coffee snob and like making my own, but if I wasn't I would be on this like white on rice. McDonald's coffee is quite good for the style. I would put it at the top of fast food chains that aren't Dunkin and way ahead of the coffee in most offices.

The Quick-Access Mostly Monochrome homescreen

I use lightning launcher as my launcher, and I'm pretty sure that it can integrate with Tasker to roll your own version of these guys. I haven't really tried it, but it's on my summer tinkering plan.