Boy, I'd sure like to look at this, but it crashes Safari in a hurry.

Read! The best way to keep your brain from going soft is to keep using it, and one of the best ways to keep using it is to read. It doesn't even have to be hard stuff, the newspaper will do. But reading activates many parts of your brain at once and keeps you sharp. My 87-year-old grandfather doesn't walk so well…

Color me stupid, but should I be assuming this is Intel-only, or is there some hope for those of us still running PowerPC?

I've used this the few times over the last couple years when I've needed to talk to Amazon support. It's always worked as described. Tell them when to call ("right now"), wait for the phone to ring, start talking to someone. Pretty good stuff.

Oh, I should note that the families I see using the "kiddie" chopsticks are Asian, not anglo.

Every time I go out to eat at a family-oriented, chopstick-using restaurant I see parents doing this with their kids' chopsticks. Oh, and Kangarara, I vaguely remember the president of LG or Samsung saying that Koreans build better electronics because they have the best manual dexterity from using those pointed, metal…

So how do you correct an otherwise intelligent person who mangles common phrases? I have a manager who says things like "for all intensive purposes" and "mute point." She's kind of my boss, so I can't just come out and correct her, but there's no great way to lead by example, as parroting back those phrases would be…

Lactoso read my mind — I care far more for how a pen feels in my hand than the ink it uses. Plus, once you get up into that $100+ pen category, they all write pretty well, it comes down to look and feel. Somehow I doubt that cramming a Mont Blanc cartridge in my Pilot pen will make it lightyears better.

This beats my own homebrew system handily, thanks for the article.

See, the problem with not subjecting people to your conversations is that the examples he gives don't jibe with reality. I have to be subjected to others' conversations on the bus or train, so why shouldn't I be able to have my reasonably-volumed conversation on my phone? While I agree that loud conversations about…

98 with all mistakes corrected, so I would've been faster if i hadn't gone back. I think this is a little inaccurate, though, I usually score around 75 WPM.

This isn't just something thought up for exotic animals, this is the basis of modern dog obedience training and even human child management. If you don't want your dog to jump up on you, your child to have tantrums, or your husband to pick fights when he's being a grump, don't respond in any way to those behaviors.…

My dad discovered this a few months ago. I think it works best if you carry a common phone, he has a Nokia. He accidentally left his charger in one hotel, and when he got to the next one he went to the front desk, and they pulled out a basket full of chargers for him to choose from. It's very karmic, since someone…

Actually, while zillow can't take your neighbors' upgrades into account, there's a "custom" mode where you can add on or subtract value based on changes you've made to the property. In theory, if you know your neighbors well enough, you can adjust the values of their properties, too.

Actually, craigslist deserves mention. I found the FSBO place I'm buying right now on craigslist. They posted it there before they posted it on the MLS and I jumped on it. It was on the market for about 2 weeks before we made an offer.