Are there good reasons to rent a car when you own a car already? In short, it depends. 1. Being somewhere your car isn’t (travel) – Yes 2. Car in the shop (or know something is wrong with your car) – Yes 3. Car isn’t big enough for hauling people or stuff – Yes […]
Few would argue that the sandwich was one of the most important culinary creations mankind has ever made. There are so many combinations of ingredients it is hard to be surprised by a new variation, but today I stuck by the question, why didn’t anyone think of that until now? What is the most […]
It has been generally understood that the internet would change the way written news is disseminated and consumed. What hasn’t been clear is what forms news would take. A distribution technique called Rich Site Summary (RSS) was introduced around year 2000 that has surprisingly not seen wide-spread adoption. Paper news reporting and consumption […]
A yearly family event in October at an organic farm in Worcester township. Montgomery County, PA. Activities Animals to view – chickens, alpacas, sheep, goats, pigs 3 food trucks + brick oven pizza stand Wine tasting Beer tasting from Victory Brewing Viewing of “farmer” competition – pulling tractors, throwing pumpkins, eating turnips, etc. Live music Cost […]
Problem There are many things that do not need to be purchased immediately. It is also not clear what the lowest price for a certain item could be. One could spend hours researching best prices and still find it cheaper weeks later. The following technique requires almost no work and is likely […]
1940’s household items were found deep in Ukrainian caves in the 1990’s and the North American people who lived in the caves explain why. IMDB 2012 – No Place on Earth
The voodoo lily has been out for spring through fall growing season. When the daylight decreases in October, it will start to wilt and yellow. Bring the pot in before a hard freeze and place it in the basement and don’t water it. In March or April, it will flower in a very rude and […]
BioLite stove is a modern solution to an old problem; cooking over fire. In short, the BioLite burner was developed to efficiently burn almost anything for use in rural areas. The innovation is that the fire creates electricity using a thermoelectric generator that in turn drives a small fan. The fan increases […]
If you have an iPhone on Verizon or AT&T on a 2-year contract, it is generally wise to upgrade the phone every 2 years. Sounds wasteful or financially irresponsible? Executive Summary – The simple trick is to look at the total price per year rather than the price per month along with the features […]
Geneva Labs sells high-quality amplified speakers for iPhones and iPods. Apple changed from the proprietary 30-pin connector to a proprietary Lightning connector making the Geneva labs systems unusable without some additional hardware. Options 1. knock-off 30-pin to Lightning connector – $7 – does NOT work 2. 1/8″ to 1/8″ male-to-male patch cable attached to […]