I found that most "entertainment speaker systems" were a stone cold ripoff. Too much buck for too little bang. I eventually went with some M-Audio AV40 powered studio monitors. Cost me all of $150. They aren't going to give you a lot of sub-bass frequencies, but they're flat and uncolored and sound better than…

I like the ham sandwich rule: I decide and I eat the sandwich.

I researched like a man obsessed, did listening trials, and ended up with the MDR-V6. I use them to monitor my music recording. They just disappear.

Terrific tip! I can't wait to try this out in my cast iron skillet. I already fry 'em hot so they get crusty, but with this method it'll be even more so!

Perhaps if Google hadn't withheld features from iOS maps we wouldn't be where we are now.

Ick. Isn't there enough bad bread in this vale of tears? If you're going to make your own bread, why not make it so that it's better than what you can buy in a store? No-knead or bust, I say.

Once upon a time Apple put the Shuffle feature in iTunes. It randomized playback. Due to people's remarkable tendency to detect patterns, even when none are there, they complained that it couldn't be random because "two Bob Dylan songs came up in a row!" etc. But of course it was actually random. Random doesn't…

Actually, I think Apple's way is the more correct behavior. If I select shuffle while looking at my entire library of tracks, it randomizes the track order. If I then listen to 10 tracks, one of which is Glory Box by Portishead, I don't want there to be a chance for it to come up the next time I start playback a few…

I know why it is, but it still is. Either performance matters to the best browsing experience or it doesn't. Those other browser comparison articles weren't competitions to determine which company had the cleverest engineers. It was to determine where the best browsing experience could be had—regardless of the…

I can't recall a single other browser "showdown" article here at LH in which performance wasn't used for comparison.

It should be noted that iPhone users pay for apps. Lots of them. It's Android apps that are being neglected. I've had a smartphone for five years running and I think the only one of these stupid things I'm guilty of is 4, distracted driving. I don't mind waking my phone at a stop light to see if any calls or texts…

On my Sony MDR-V6 studio monitor headphones I never use any EQ. Flat for me, thanks. However, I sometimes use EQ when listening through my apple tv > tv > m-audio cheapo studio monitors with the 3" drivers. On that, I tend to do two bumps: one around 64hz and another around 2k. The dips being around 250hz and 16k.…

Total BS so far. Their signup process (which isn't remotely free) failed with Safari then failed with Chrome. If Amazon sold books this way they'd still be in their garage.

The higher test score and the presence of water are more than likely both caused by a third thing: having their crap together that particular day.

I'm a fan of the Alton Brown method. Toss your cast iron into the oven at 500. Let the meat come to room temp while the oven heats up. Dry it off, give it some kosher salt. Take the pan out of the oven and put it on stovetop on high for another 5 min. Throw steak in, do not touch for 30 seconds. Flip the steak…

Hm. I sear my steak in a cast iron pan and then cook it in the oven already. No freezer. No hour-long cook time. Thanks, Alton Brown!

I've been thinking about purchasing a set of powered "studio monitor" type speakers to hook up to my television. (My TV is the main source of video as well as audio entertainment.) They're a heck of a lot cheaper than "home entertainment" surround sound systems. You can get a pair for $125 or even less. And I'm…

I don't know exactly how fast that is, but it must be very fast indeed. :)

Mr. Balmer might have a super BS detector, but most interviewers don't. Most of them are super BS shovelers. They want to feel clever by asking you questions which they hope will make you uncomfortable. They mostly don't listen to you, but sit staring at you trying to decide if they like you personally or not. …

Does the Kindle app support open formats? Does the iBooks app?