If you live in a house with stairs, get a vacuum for upstairs and a vacuum for downstairs

I commute to work to a nice/high-end-ish office building. Bike needs to look clean and presentable. Nobody here cares if you drive a Civic or a Maserati but your stuff needs to look like you care about it. 

I fire the bike up and let the engine come up to temperature, then take a short, fairly spirited ride around the block. It blows out the majority of the water, which I wipe down as soon as I get back.

Though not a Harley owner, I hear it’s essential to properly detail them so people can truly appreciate what a cool badass you are as you trailer them to whatever meet you’re going to.

I’m wondering why you suggest working from the bottom up. I do the opposite. My logic is that this way the water and soap are moving in the same direction I’m washing, down. Also, the “bottom” parts; wheels, engine, chain area, etc., are dirtier than the rest of the bike and should be done last to avoid contaminating…

I value my time a lot more than I did in high school. In high school, money was always very tight but time was plentiful. So it didn’t matter that it was $200 to untangle the broken serpentine belt, replace the broken pulley, and put it all back together. I’d spend the $50 in parts and fix it myself. Now, time is…

This should go without saying but live on less than you make. Credit is not free money, you save a lot of money by saving up and paying cash for things instead of financing.

Re: Corporate tax rate

Our corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world.
We also impose tax on earnings made overseas (which almost no other country does).

You remember those tax inversions that made headlines a few years ago. Wanna know why they do it? In part because of those two facts.


Very much something…

That does bring up an interesting point. The way Obama handled Immigration and Marijuana legalization was by publicly announcing that he would not be enforcing federal law on those subjects. Trump could very easily announce that he will not enforce this federal law and allow drilling.

Because it doesn’t fit the Carlos Slim mandate that all Gawker-Ghost posts must clearly state that Trump is a 100% evil poopy-head.

I’m beginning to think this isn’t real.

LOL. You’re right.

Nice catch. Should have been carrying “condition 1" with the hammer cocked and the thumb safety on.

Please let me know when Gizmodo stops being a website which focuses on politics and starts to focus on tech again. Thanks.

#0. Buy shirts that fit.

My mother-in-law asks for a to-go container before she starts eating.mshe immediately puts half of her food into the container and sets it aside.

When I’m at a restaurant that over-serves on the entrees, I always ask for a to-go box as soon as my food arrives (or before), and I immediately portion out 1/3 - 1/2 of my plate and set it aside. I am never tempted to dip into my to-go box.

Save a little bit of everything so you have a good lunch the next day. It really shows you how you are eating two meals at one sitting. Easy diet, cut 1/2 the food and half the calories.

Working in a newsroom 101.

Our daily newsroom budget meetings start around 3:30 p.m. and never start on track. The editor will spend about 30 minutes talking about Arcade Fire, the Arctic Monkeys and "Good Morning America," schmooze with the much younger staffers and then maybe chew out a senior editor for not sending the A1 pdf to Newseum the…