Does the same rule apply for automatic recurring donations? I'd assume the overhead would be lower in that case.

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I did alright having done an English degree in my undergrad. My advice to anyone going into a major where it's not a sure thing you'll be able to find a related job is to make sure you pick up some hard skills that are a little bit transferable. Learning journalism, you'll probably have an opportunity to learn about…

For me, the hardest part is getting started. Inertia is a powerful thing. If the whole house looks overwhelming, I just start with something small, and I keep gaining momentum until the house is done. And yes, crank up the music.

My family is going to start asking for a Christmas list soon. What's going on your list?

Is it possible to transfer a bootable partition from one hard drive to another? I have a Windows 7 partition that I want to transfer from my HDD to my solid-state drive. I'm dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu. When I tried just using gparted to copy the partition, I couldn't figure out how to boot into it.

What do I need to know about Network Attached Storage? I primarily want to use it for ripped movies that can be streamed to my Google TV and other devices and to locally back up some files. Do NAS units just work on DLNA or another standard protocol or is proprietary software necessary?

I may be alone in this, but I did pretty well with setting up an emergency fund, contributing to my retirement fund, and paying off my debt. What I struggled with when my "getting-by" job finally turned into a career is figuring out what lifestyle upgrades will actually best impact my quality of life. Upgrading my…

For those of you whose job has peaks and valleys in terms of how demanding it is, how do you stay motivated and get ahead when work slows down so you're in good shape when it ramps up?

I have a custom-built desktop that's reasonably powerful, and my girlfriend and I have an Android tablet and a Chromebook that we share. The portables do 95 percent of what we want to do on our computers, and for the other five percent, we can go to the desktop computer. Each machine was about 500 dollars, so the…

To the best of my knowledge, T-mobile is the only major carrier that has discounted prices for bringing your own unlocked smartphone and not getting a subsidized one. That's the top factor for me.

I'm split between Catch and Google Docs. Pretty much anything that I have an interest in maintaining or currating goes into Docs. Anything that I expect to not be important within a week or two goes into Catch.

CVS, Radioshack, McDonalds, Jamba Juice have paypass terminals.

Keep with it! It's much easier to stick with a workout routine than to pick it up again after missing a few days.

I got EA Sports Active 2 for PS3 on the cheap last christmas. It's been good for me. It keeps you honest—the motion trackers don't give you credit for a rep until you actually complete it, and it breaks up the pure conditioning activities with games. Don't know if EA is planning on coming out with a new one—I don't…

Just got a google TV (the new Sony one)! Other than the fact that at the moment it's not pulling my cable listings into the "TV and Movies" app, I'm liking it so far. Anyone have recommendations for apps, TV-optimized websites with good content, or YouTube channels you like to watch from the couch? Any general tips to…

Pretty much, at least the Android version. Looks like it was made using some sort of cross-platform development tool that doesn't give the right UI for Android and makes performance suck. I wish these companies would get it through their head that a quality mobile-optimized website is better than a crappy native app.…

This is earily close to a description of myself. Though my workout routine is circuit training 30 minutes four times a week. I get results from that, but it's hard to maintain that schedule when I'm traveling or have people coming in from out of town, which happens a lot over the summer.

What's the best way to do strength training at home without investing in a whole lot of equipment I don't have room for? I have a couple 20-pound dumbbells, but that's not enough for some exercises and too much for others. Are resistance bands a good option or would you just recommend finding the right exercises to…

Do you have any favorite tech-focused nonprofits to donate to?