I know of an office still running XP and Vista too, and their LAN doesn’t connect to the Internet except maybe once a quarter for an hour or so, usually on a weekend when all the computers but one are powered down. Gutsy.

Cadbury Roses.

I had to drive home from work at a time when the sun was directly behind me during summer. The glare from the rear window of the car in front of me was murder. Polarized lenses were a great help.

I got prescription polarized glasses from Costco with a dark brown base tint at a really reasonable cost. Had to argue with the clerk who said Grey tint was better, though.

Polarized lenses with a brown base tint are probably the best at increasing contrast. Polarization reduces the contrast loss due to glare and the brown tint does the rest.

That’s the beauty of PIA, they have so many servers and it’s easy to switch on the fly. So if you find yourself blocked at the Utah node, just switch to the Denmark or Singapore node. Easy peasy.

That’s the beauty of PIA, they have so many servers and it’s easy to switch on the fly. So if you find yourself…

I’d avoid free VPN solutions. Maintaining exit servers (especially in other countries) that are bound to see heavy traffic ain’t cheap! How do these “free” VPNs handle that? By selling your info? Who knows. But as the immortal Heinlein once pointed out, TANSTAAFL.

I’ve been running PIA pretty much full time for the past two or three years on my Windows laptop, Android cell phone and tablet. I like it because it makes it easy to switch exit servers on the fly and amazingly there’s not that much bandwidth and speed overhead (if you pick an exit server that’s geographically less…

Mind your medicines’ expiration dates now!

If the electrical systems fail that Tesla isn’t going anywhere so I wouldn’t worry about it.

I live in a flat where the interior walls are concrete and not drywall. Most routers I’ve tried choke under these conditions (802.11ac can barely manage 240 mbps). I have dead spots not 20 feet from the router. I just wonder if this portal gadget will perform any better.

I live in a flat where the interior walls are concrete and not drywall. Most routers I’ve tried choke under these…

I used to suffer from heavy nosebleeds when I was younger that were difficult to stop due to a deviated septum. One trick I learned was to put a few drops of Afrin Nasal Decongestant on a piece of cotton, stuff it up the bleeding side, and pinch my nose closed for a few minutes. The Afrin is a vasoconstrictor so it…

Sounds like you’re saying we should go for total nuclear saturation because frankly I don’t see any way to make naval vessels invulnerable to missile attack. So start tossing nukes with wild abandon?

So would I. I was once yelled at by a TSA agent for not taking out a tissue in my shirt pocket when I went through the scanner. Geez Louise, if those fancy machines can’t deal with a snot-soaked tissue, what hope is there they’ll find anything?

And make sure the patch itself is securely sewn on before using.

Won’t take a kid long to realize what that code is for. Never underestimate a child who really really wants a pony.

I once put a portable 1TB hard drive into a checked bag. When I got it to my room there was a dent in the casing where it had been struck with a sharp tool. Not only that but the TSA-approved luggage lock I was using had been cut apart. I thought the whole purpose of using those fancy pricey locks was so the bag could…

Regular Scotch tape as well as duct tape. Scotch tape is the worst. Duct tape lasts longer. I haven’t tried clear packaging tape yet.

You could but tape tends to fall off if you keep the jar in the fridge.

If you don’t intend to keep the contents for any length of time get a sharp knife and punch a very small hole in the lid. Jars are hard to open because they have a vacuum inside. Once the pressure of both sides of the lid equalize the lid comes off with no effort.