Looks like they need the app too?

I had learned BASIC and HTML on my own, but the first language I was formally taught was C++, as a senior in high school. (This was around ten years ago.) The first half of the class was great — made a lot of sense, I grasped the concepts easily, and I was having fun.

This is wonderful! I'd love to see a collection of less formal learning resources, as well. I know there are sites like Codecademy (with its excellent Code Year) and the ever-popular Duolingo for languages. I'm sure there must be other, similar, highly polished web apps, but I'm not familiar with them!

Let's see... I've never done this before, but I think this should do it!

I do a similar thing, but electronically, using Google Spreadsheets. Typing a "y" in a box lights it up green, typing "n" lights it up red. Score tallies line the top of the sheet. Then at the end of the month, I compare how I did to previous months.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks to you and @LinSakraida!

How does this reconcile with what you said about stores wanting to lure customers into their brick and mortar stores with third-tier brands so they make profits on the impulse buys?

Pixelmator recently added an entire vector mode to their program, they call it Vectormator. I think if you hit Command-Shift-V you switch modes.

Fantastic idea! In the past year, I've discovered that YouTube isn't just a place for cat videos, but actually an incredible educational resource — but for some reason, I hadn't considered going there for self-sufficiency techniques. Thank you!

Is there any good website for self-sufficiency, survivalism, prepping, or whatever you want to call it, that doesn't seem to share the same "end times" vibe or political leanings as many others? I checked one out recently, and the number one recommended item to have on hand wasn't food, it wasn't shelter, it wasn't…

Is the benefit that it's passive, that your friends go to the files rather than vice versa? Otherwise, I'm not sure I understand what this does that Dropbox doesn't already do.

I believe it! Privacy is sort of a facade anymore — I don't like it, but I do what I can to hold on to some semblance of privacy.

Wow, I didn't realize my phone was keeping tabs on my location every hour of every day. I hate to be alarmist about that sort of thing, but as I didn't see a true advantage to it — even though it is "private," and the Dashboard info was interesting — I decided to delete my history and turn off location history.

Agreed! I just discovered Lightning Launcher a couple weeks ago, and was surprised it hasn't had more attention. I had just about given up on my HTC One V, which had been acting sluggish, but LL gave it new life. It's not like I feel like I have a Galaxy or anything now, but I can count on my phone to behave pretty…

You mentioned it offhandedly, but this is an interesting article I recently read about how Facebook lost one of its most valuable territories: Photo albums.

Do any of these alternative New Tab pages — including Google's official new one — support the "Other Devices" menu?

In case any Android users are jealous, the Yahoo Weather app is available for Android as well.

I don't much care either way on this one, save for one thing: The "Other Devices" menu at the bottom of the old "new tab" page. Is there some other way I can be accessing this list? I can't believe they'd axe the whole feature, considering they recently aired a TV spot centered on it.

I've never had a problem when I said, "Just a trim, not too short, not too long."

Ah, totally forgot. So much for that idea. I wouldn't be so reticent to buy a Kindle if 1) They would adopt the ePub format, and 2) Were as comfortable in the hand as the Nook Simple Touch. I know that's pretty pie-in-the-sky, and Nook is already dying a slow, slow death, so I guess I'll have to swallow this bitter…