Genghis Khan, paragon of scientific rigor. Read more

We posted a holiday party playlist here. Just didn’t rank among the most popular, I guess. Probably because it’s such a recent post. Read more

I hate this advice. I don’t like you for posting it. It’s still a good idea. I’ve missed a lot of events because I don’t feel like getting off my ass. I’ve also started some of the best nights of my life with an “Ugh, do I have to?” I remember the latter far more often than the former. Read more

“None of these chicken wings are natural. We have always filled gaps in the taste pallet with the sauces of other dishes. And if their taste was pure, many of them would taste quite different. But you didn’t ask for reality. You asked for more hot sauce.” Read more

I’d settle for B.D. Wong’s Fashion Tips videos. Read more

We could probably summarize a lot of articles that way, yet people still do dickish things anyway, so we’ll keep the education train rolling. Read more

This is a really important point. It’s also the kind of thing that gets lost if you’re only paying attention to symbols in stores. This is why you talk to people, folks. Read more

This also touches on another aspect I couldn’t really get into in the article because it’s much more cultural than religious, but many cultures value an equivalent exchange of gifts. Namely, if I give you a $20 gift, you’re required (or at least very strongly encouraged to the point of being shamed if you don’t) to… Read more

Everyone I talked to while researching this (which wasn’t nearly as many people as I’d like, but still a good indicator!) said more or less the same thing. I think that any conflicts boil down to simply being respectful of someone’s beliefs...but most people like getting gifts. And even those who don’t, they aren’t… Read more

Then make her pick the first five. Easy peasy. Read more

Whoa, back it up for a second. How is that a major issue with a relationship? Bickering about dinner plans is, like, the quintessential non-problem. It’s the problem you have when pretty much everything else is going okay. You’re not fighting over money, or the kids, or where to live, or who’s cheating on who.… Read more

If you have an internet connection, why would you download the videos at all? Why not just stream from Netflix? Read more

As of right now, Netflix only allows you to download videos to Android and iOS, and those files don’t work (that we know of, anyway) outside those apps. Until something changes, Chromebooks probably won’t have an option that’s easier than...other means. Read more

Well I tried to go with “How to Download Netflix Movies, TV Shows, Comedy Specials, Holiday Specials, Trailers, and Yule Logs to Your SD Card” but Alan said it was too long. I maintain it is a better representation of what Netflix library really consists of. Read more

I think part of the challenge of that level involved doing things that aren’t just boxes you can check in existing apps. Tasks that might require you to use more than one tool or creative problem solving. So, in this case, one way to do it is to run a Gmail search for emails from John Smith, then a second search for… Read more

Maybe in this case, it’s not viewed as a “complete failure” for all time, but I think the logic still follows that it’s a “complete failure” for the day. Read more

This is a fascinating development to me. I feel like I grew up roughly in parallel with consumer electronics. When I was like five or six, we used a DOS computer. By the time I was 10, we were up to Windows 95. XP landed around high school. Windows 7 just after college. Now that I’ve got a solid start on my career,… Read more

If we called it that, I wouldn’t get to shoehorn in a Back to the Future reference. Read more

I know around 30% of the words you guys are saying. Read more

They sent it to us, too. Thanks for passing it along. Updated. Read more