If the fish is an inch thick ten minutes probably won't overcook it too much (especially fresh salmon, which can be pretty forgiving although I like to avoid drying it out), but if it's a two-inch fillet I'd say 20 minutes is going to be way too long. Maybe 15. It really depends on the fish though. If it's a thin…

One of my coworkers walks a lap around our office every 30 minutes or so. I keep telling myself that I should do the same.

I shoot candids and portraits using both a DSLR and more compact cameras (usually a micro four thirds camera with a small but fast prime). I've noticed that my subjects are usually more at ease when I use the smaller camera, and if i want to interact with them I can compose using the LCD while interacting with the…

Just be careful on windy days.

Personally I enjoy having a glass of wine or a beer with my food, so I usually splurge on that (even though it is the easiest way to run up a bill). Another solution to get your food to go, and then enjoy it at home with a bottle of wine that cost about the same as a couple of glasses at the restaurant.

So the app is free, but the desktop software costs $20 a month? That's some pricey software! I use iThoughts for mind-mapping on the iPhone. It's an $8 app, but it can import/export with many desktop mind-mapping apps... including free ones.

I often do both. First I write my ideas or thoughts down in a journal, diary, or project plan. Then I might map it out to help me organize my thoughts and hide some parts of the map while I focus on a different part of the map. It can be a useful tool for organizing and finding new perspectives on complex thoughts and…

Cool but expensive. There are cheaper options for being seen that are just as effective. As for helping you see in the dark, this does not look that great, but it's hard to tell from the video just how brightly it illuminates the road ahead. I live in the Pacific NW where I have to ride to work and home again in the…

For awhile I switched from Evernote to Springpad, and then back to Evernote. I really like things about both services, but in the end I think I use Evernote more often for its simplicity. It used to be too slow on my iPhone 3G, which was why I went to Springpad. Then Evernote released a new version that was…

Heh - maybe it's time to bring back those keyboard-shortcut references that you tape to the top of the keyboard ;-)

I'm amazed at how many people don't know Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V

My brother, who is a doctor, has said pretty much the same thing... that a glass of wine won't hurt, especially in the third trimester.

I researched this a year and a half ago while my wife was pregnant. I wondered if the spaghetti sauce I make with red wine would have any significant alchohol. As I suspected the trace amounts would not be a concern. I use about 1/4 cup (or less) red wine per serving of sauce, and then it simmers for at least a couple…

I worked in a bar during college, and I'm not sure I want my home to smell like my old place of work.

I've been using Treesize and Treesize Pro for years and always found it to be excellent. You need the Pro version to analyze network shares. As a system administrator it has been incredibly useful for quickly figuring out who just sucked up 100 gigs of storage on a share. I also use the free version at home to…

Monkey Hooks and Gorilla Hooks are hands down the best things I've found for hanging pictures... especially if you have circa-1930 plaster and lath walls in your home like we do. Finding studs can be pretty much impossible for walls like ours. The hammer method doesn't work, and the variable thickness of the plaster…

I've been doing this a lot lately because our one-year-old is about to start walking. You also want to figure out if there is anything a baby or toddler can pull down on top of themselves. Toddlers can climb and topple bookshelves or example, or they can pull down your flat-screen TV. Anchor bookshelves to the wall…

What would you do if you knew you could not fail and what would you do if you only had months or years left to live are very different questions. What would you do if you knew that you could not (I believe you mean "would" not) fail makes me think of solving the world's big challenges... like curing cancer. The…

Most people aren't storing the vast majority of what they download... they are streaming HD video or audio to watch or listen to in real time. A lot of smartphone customers listen to Pandora all day at work over 3G, and then they might watch a lot of video when they aren't working (or even when they are). Even though…

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