This is all good advice. I literally just replaced the detectors in my house 2 weeks ago right after we closed on the house we just got. Wish I would have seen this a few weeks ago. I got the dual sensor ones you linked to on Amazon, they had pretty good reviews, and the little amount of research I did suggested that…

Every kid is different at every age. My 18 month old is usually pretty tired by 9PM, as am I. I just make sure to keep him in the same routine every day so he knows what time bed time is. Granted, a few months ago this was different. Your kid could just be going through a phase, or maybe they just have a different…

Ooh burn!

Our local town charges stupidly high fees for pickup of yard waste, something like $75 a year. Which isn’t bad if you are throwing stuff away on a weekly basis, but if you only need a pickup once or twice in the Spring or Fall cleanup time it sucks. I just burn most of it since that is allowed here. I’m careful with…

I didn’t think about the comfort factor, that is a good point. I’m thinking just in terms of raw filtration performance, as long as they aren’t dirty they should still work as intended I would think.

That seems a bit...excessive just for the average guy cutting a few boards in his garage from time to time. If I do want to protect myself from these fine dust particulates, am I just fine with using one of those cheap throwaway dust masks? Doesn’t that work all the same as the expensive ones with the replaceable…

So if I’m still on Chrome 39, I should probably update? Sadly my work laptop is completely locked down. You would think IT would be interested in keeping software up to date for security reasons. FYI I work in IT.

I’m actually thinking about doing the Windows 10 upgrade on my desktop this weekend. I use to be the type to do a fresh install of Windows every 6 months back in the XP days and before then. Since Windows 7, I haven’t done a reinstall in probably 4 years, not since I upgraded to a solid state drive. It just keeps on…

I just moved into a house last week, so I already performed most of these tasks for the year! I should be pretty much ready for the upcoming winter, I just need to clean out the dryer vent, clean the gutters, and clean out my garage. Nothing too crazy. I actually just knocked down a load bearing wall (with the help of…

Those cereals have nothing but sugar in them. As the article stated, you want “complex” carbs, not sugar carbs. You can get carbs from sugar, but it doesn’t give you any energy and makes you feel like crap. I avoid cereals unless I’m just snacking on them by the handful.

That looks like my first desk. I basically had to filing cabinets holding up a piece of wood for a work surface. It was a bit clumsy, and a bit shaky, but it worked at the time and didn’t take up a lot of space. That desk chair looks amazing.

I spend $70 on the router/ap so it wasn’t crazy expensive, but not what I would call cheap either. I went with it because I heard the tp links get pretty decent reviews.

Everything looks so...big! Sure, its designed for larger screens like my 24” desktop LCD, but what about my 4” S4?

I like that all these older top 10 articles are coming back around again!

Pretty much anything Logitech. Since the original MX series of optical mice, they have always been the best in the market. Okay, sorry I violated rule number 1. I have like 5 Logitech mice.

Pretty much anything Logitech. Since the original MX series of optical mice, they have always been the best in the…

I have this exact same mouse on my work laptop. It works great paired with my Logitech Wave keyboard! Logitech makes the best stuff.

I have this exact same mouse on my work laptop. It works great paired with my Logitech Wave keyboard! Logitech makes…

“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” I can’t count the number of times I’ve joked about Windows with that exact same line before.

I’ve been using Unified Remote on Android for a couple years now after I heard it mentioned previously on Lifehacker. I like that it has infrared support as well as media center control support and works directly with VLC and can be used as a remote keyboard and mouse for a media center PC. The interface is a bit…

It does indeed sound like you like to get your hands dirty! I’ve been in the IT industry for many years myself, and more recently been involved in the large enterprise space, but I found my roots in small business / mid business Windows server consulting. I am currently running my NAS on an old desktop with 8 GB of…

I usually wipe mine down a couple times a day depending on what I use it for. If I cut open a box, I might have a bit of tape residue on it, so I’ll wipe it off with a damp paper towel. I actually do use my knife to help peel an orange if I can’t get a finger nail under the peel, or to cut up an apple or something. It…