What's the forecast for oil in Key West in late June?
Going to Naples and Key West for vacation in late June -- would you be worried about oil spill? Any other tips for the trip? Will be heading down to Naples to see family during last weekend in June....
View ArticleGifts for my 20-something world-traveling motorcycling brother?
My younger brother (late 20's, American ex-pat living in Sydney) is planning a solo motorcycle trip across Australia then up through South Asia to Russia (skipping China). What should I give him for...
View ArticleOu est le Michigan-Michigan State game?
A colleague of mine is in Paris for work this weekend, and being a loyal Michigander, he needs to watch the Michigan-Michigan State football game on Saturday. I'm aware of the various options for...
View ArticleCommand line basics for dummies
Need help auto-deleting folders clogging my SSD... Long story short: I've created a .cmd file to do some daily task manager maintenance on my newly built HTPC (moving recorded tv from the SSD to the...
View ArticleDave, my mind is going. I can feel it.
My homebuilt, always-on HTPC has ground to a halt. It won't boot past the BIOS, which slowly - slowly - fills the screen like it's being downloaded by a very old dial-up modem. What's my "checklist"...
View ArticleIs there a single Windows based media center platform that does it all?
What are the best ways to watch and record live, broadcast TV in a Windows environment without using Windows Media Center? For the last couple of years, I've made my Windows 7-based HTPC the...
View ArticleThe revolution will be tweeted...
I'd like to keep up with the ongoing crisis in Syria on a more real-time basis. What are some good English-language Twitter feeds - preferably from inside Syria or at least in the region - I can follow?
View ArticleHelp us plan a special, multi-generational birthday in Paris!
Traveling to Paris next week with family, and looking for ideas for something special for my mother's upcoming 60th birthday... Our group will also include my wife, infant son (8 months old) and my 30...
View ArticleNursery in a loft: are we crazy?
Would you set up a nursery in a mostly enclosed loft area? Wife and I love a potential new apartment, but a steep staircase is making us a bit worried. We have a wonderful 8-month old son, who is...
View ArticleWhat's the verdict on bluetooth multicasting using Windows 7?
Mrs. Van and I enjoy watching movies at night using XMBC on our HTPC (which runs Windows 7)... But in a Manhattan apartment with two kids under the age of 2, we're usually stuck watching foreign...
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