Completely agree beestrofowler, it doesn't really appear like they have any interest in doing an application, but for all we know one could be in development. If I understand their business model (and maybe I don't), it doesn't make sense.

Amazon is in the business of selling content, so it's advantageous to them to have their content available on as many platforms as possible. Maybe they're pivoting so they are making more money on selling hardware, but I mainly see their hardware as a means for content delivery (compared to Apple which aims to make…

While I agree saying it does everything is a bit disingenuous , the ability to stream from the browser is a very powerful feature. I haven't come across any content I haven't been able to stream to my Chromecast using the browser. Amazon is the trickiest, but you just need to change a flag in Chrome.

From day one Chromecast has always supported streaming from a tab on computers and beta versions of Chrome on Android can set a flag to enable this — though I haven't tried streaming from Android yet so YMMV. I think it's still listed as a "beta" feature, but like most Google beta features it's worked well for me. I…

I bought a rain barrel mostly for the purpose of watering the plants at my girlfriends house, but it also could serves this purpose.

What makes you say that? I can't say I agree with everything he says, but he's exceptionally knowledgeable at the topics he goes into (at least in regards to security) and isn't afraid to admit when he got something wrong.

LastPass gets the thumb's up from Steve Gibson, so it's good enough for me!

Agree on all accounts. When I started playing keyboard, I kept reminding myself that I'm supposed to suck and that it takes time to get better.

Hadn't done what? This was elementary school so no hip checks.

I'll have to take your word, I'm still more bad. Very more bad.

I kind of disagree with this as I don't think it applies to everything. I remember enjoying hockey in gym class when I first played it mainly because I was good at it, which made me want to keep playing. This however absolutely applies to learning how to play an instrument or programming.

The "Ok Google" is actually super useful for when I'm in the car. The ability to simply press the home button and then use voice commands to reply to text messages or launch navigation is super useful. I really hope they expand the functionality to other apps like navigation or messaging (or hell even if the screen is…

Dispersed camping is definitely the way to go if you're looking for an inexpensive way to go rustic camping. You'll have to be cool with carrying in or collecting and filtering your own water, but the trade off of not being surrounded by people is amazing.

I don't have the jeans anymore, but I believe they were cotton or at least mostly cotton. The dye definitely took, but it left the jeans with a cheap off brand jean looking color.

I've done this before, but I'm not really a fan as the color blue that it dyed was an odd shade of blue and it really seemed to do a number on the fabric, as the jeans seemed to degrade rather quickly (or at least at an accelerated rate). I suppose it could breathe new life into a pair that you would normally toss or…

From the article, it sounds like the water feeds via gravity (he poured the water in), so no suction needed. Like the article mentioned, it removed 99.9% of bacteria, which sounds like a lot until you realize that something like the Life Straw removes 99.9999%, so definitely something good for an emergency situation,…

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for!

Anyway to easily force the update? It would be nice to have the ability to opt in to early stable releases.

That makes sense as I would think that you would probably take longer strides when pushing a stroller.

I usually don't consider insurance worth it, because I'm usually pretty careful with my electronics stuff. I've only broken one screen in all the smart phones I've owned (damn Nexus 4), but the time and money to replace it was well under what insurance would have cost. The other option is to buy used off of Craigslist…