Apologies to you and to your John Varvatos sunglasses.

As a current BMW owner, I can confirm this. Also, all three mirrors are permanently angled to show me a reflection of myself (so I can check my hair, make sure my Ray Bans look fly, etc.) rather than what’s behind me.

In your haste to post your hipsterish snobbery, you failed to read the first sentence of the last paragraph.

The footnote is key for Chicago: “Combination of metro divisions”. Depending on which definition of “Chicago” they used (Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, etc.), there could be low-property-value cities like Gary, Joliet, and/or Rockford in there throwing off our numbers.

It always cracks me up that when a drivers license expires, it also magically ceases to function as photo identification.

That’s handy. When I first got this Samsung, I tried convincing friends to switch to WhatsApp, but alas, no dice. They’re too used to using Apple’s messaging app.

Totally. If you’re okay with starting within the Apple ecosystem, then the iPhone is the king of “push a button and make it go”. But for the type of user who decides, “you know, I’d rather use Opera than Safari” or “I don’t care for Apple’s calendar, I’d prefer to use Google’s”, this is where Android shines.

User experience and iMessage.

Holy cow, that’s beautiful! Well done, sir.

Even taking into account what @PraytoCheesus and @THERANTGUY said, this is still a viable plan if you substitute “double-sided tape” with loops of archival-quality mounting tape (or archival-quality double-sided mounting tape, but that appears to be harder to find), and you use either small-outside-diameter washers or…

I starred this, then unstarred it, so that I could star it again.

Yes, digging this. Sounds like they’re staying in their wheelhouse for the second album, style-wise. That pleases me.

You need to look at jobsite table saws! I bought a DeWalt DW745 on sale for $329, and have easily gotten my money’s worth out of it. It’s been invaluable not just for stuff like ripping a plywood sheet into shelves, but also for being able to accurately repeat the same cut over & over & over...like the time I turned a…

TJ’s must’ve changed their sriracha formulation (for the worse, from the sound of it) pretty early on. We bought a bottle of their sriracha when it first appeared on shelves here in Chicago, and it was a garlic bomb. I can’t even remember whether it was too sweet or not, because all I remember is garlic.

Vote: GE Reveal LED bulbs (both BR30 (65W equivalent for recessed fixtures) and A19 (60W equivalent “normal bulb”)

All of the recessed lights in my house (which was built in 1989) have trim that can be removed without having to remove the socket. The outer ring is held in place by a little lip at the end of the reflector piece, and the reflector is hung from the can itself with two springs that have hooks at each end. The sockets…

Agreed. My neighbors & I had a shared wood deck (legally a fire escape) that was, at 25 years old, warped/cupped, splintered, worn, basically at end of life. We had it torn out & replaced with Azek PVC, and while we’re all very happy with it, it’s not fooling anyone.

Or if you’re too lazy to get out the ladder, pop open the battery door on your opener. If you see six little switches, it’s vulnerable to this hack. If you just see some circuitry, it’s not.

If you go back and read what I wrote properly, you’ll see that I never wrote “what IS your greatest weakness”. I phrased it as “tell me your greatest weakness”. I specified neither past nor present tense. Only an idiot would limit themselves to the present tense and start confessing current & unresolved weaknesses to…