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I tried everything I can, looked in every menu, and even tried a few things I'm not sure are strictly legal, but I can't seem to post a link to a YouTube video! I first tried the "Link' icon and pasted the url into the text box. It looked like it worked, but when I posted, it had become an...

I never used to have to log in each time I visited the site. I've deleted all the old cookies and checked the "Keep me Logged In" box, but whenever I close my browser and reopen it, I have to log in again. I'm using Chrome under XP. I don't post often, but if I have to log on each time, this...

Just a heads-up -- I picked up an Arduino Uno (Rev. 3) for $14 from Radio Shack's going out of business sale. I've read that store closings are staggered -- some are already shut, some will close this weekend, the last will close at the end of March. I don't know if the discount schedule is...

The only ways I've ever worked with fiberglass are as home insulation and shooting it into commercial molds. I'm thinking of using it for something different and will really, really, really, really, really appreciate any advice, tips, and warnings. I recently purchased an older SUV. Some of...

I have a great opening for a story, but I'm wondering if it could actually happen . . . A university senior is given a photograph. They are to draw/paint what the camera didn't capture of the scene. I know so little about art and art education that I'm totally clueless whether that type of...

I just bought a 2002 Chevy Tracker. (It's nothing at all like what I was looking for, but it's a great little vehicle and cost far less than I was expecting to spend.) Everything's great (so far), except it has those cursed Daytime Running Lights! They are an exceptional pain! I can't breeze...

Within the next month or two, I'm probably going to replace my daily driver. It's been literally decades since I bought a used car, and I suspect the rules of the game have changed significantly. I've been looking at car-sales sites and found some fairly interesting possibilities. What bugs...

I know it's old, but the newest version is more about fiddly bits and lacks the panache. I come back to it every so often, whenever I get an idea about how to solve one of the problems. I just did one city to test a theory and it worked out really well (tunnels connecting Residential to...

A character in a story I'm writing has to go about 150 miles where there are no roads. It's in American Midwest landscape (woods, hills, streams, and I feel like there might be an incident with a marsh), approx. 52,000 B.C.E.. The vehicle has to be absolutely civilian stock but can have any/all...

In December, 2011, I stocked up a lot, wanting to see what I'd actually need in case the supply chain became disrupted (anything from an FDA ban to import restrictions). I hoped to get through a full year (2012). I actually did much better -- I'm not in dire need at the moment, but some cartos...

One of my hobbies is woodworking, usually building simple toolboxes and small cabinets (nothing furniture grade, no carving or turning, etc.). One of my undesirable habits is saving cutoffs/scraps. I have eight boxes and bins full of everything from 5mm plywood to 3/16" dowels to 1x12s, most of...

Fun little site: GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world! It shows you a Google streetview of somewhere in the world, and you guess where it is by clicking on a map. Then it shows how far away you were. The closer your guess, the more points. You do that 5 times for a 'game.' I use Chrome under...

Maybe someone's asked, and been answered, this before, but I can't find it. I see a lot of interesting cartos and clearos for eGO808. These are different from the 510-threaded eGO-T apparently. Is the standard eGO thread compatible with 808?

I write science fiction. One of my ongoing projects (something to do whenever I'm avoiding working on a story) is what an alien grade-school primer might look like. I posit for this that the aliens weren't good at rote memorization but excelled at understanding and recalling concepts. In doing...

I expected the beginning of 2012 to be a little tight, financially, and I had some spare cash I had to spend it or watch it evaporate, and I was wondering if it was possible to go a whole year . . . Anyway -- I stocked up in December of 2011. On 01Jan12, I made a list of all my equipment and...

Hostess Brands had decided to call it quits! They've been in bankruptcy, and a major union went out on strike, so they're throwing in the towel and are going to sell off all its assets. Production is also stopping production of Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, and Wonder Bread. No more Twinkies! The Mayans...

I have some programs written in Atlas Autocode which need to run on modern computers. I can't just write new programs to do the same things; it has to be as close to a line-by-line 'translation' as possible. What would be the best language to write this in? (I used to program in C, but I've...

You inherit an odd great-uncle's crumbling old mansion. The basement looks like a set for a Frankenstein movie. Shelves and benches are filled with glowing and buzzing gizmos. In the center of the room, instead of a body, is a hacked-together terminal. One of its screens shows a strange...

(Sorry this is so long, but it's the minimum you'll have to know to form relevant opinions, and I don't want to get into the: "that's a good idea, but it won't apply here because . . . " loop which helps no one and always comes across as ungrateful or argumentative.) I'm working on a spec-fic...

As part of my exploring an idea, I latched onto a basic premise: Our intrepid interstellar explorers discover the remains of an advanced civilization. Within the rubble, they find what they believe might have been a school, and they fax back images of one of the books they find. (When I began...