I've always turned mine off at night. At work, we restart them at the end of the day, so they're left on all night. Monitors are turned off overnight, though.

Thanks Splomo! I've got a LT account and entered about a zillion ISBNs/titles by hand. I briefly considered buying a wand scanner, but they're too expensive for me to justify it.

Can this be combined with Library Thing? (I don't have an iPhone, so can't test it, but it might make this technology more useful to some folks if they can use the iPhone barcode scanning ability ...

That's a really bad idea. Even if they put holes in the box, the temperature inside the box will not rise and fall as quickly as the air in the room, so the thermostat will not be able to respond ...

Magmae, I use an old dish drainer to store pot and pan lids. They stand upright between the plate dividers, so it works well. The whole thing sits on the bottom shelf of a lower cupboard.

I almost always add soy sauce, garlic, onions, and shredded carrot to the rice while cooking it, and I cook it in veggie stock, instead of water.

Bali2, Interesting! I crack mine directly into the pan, as well.

Jetsaredim, That brownness has nothing to do with cast iron! I cook in cast iron almost exclusively and I never, never, never have eggs with even a hint of brown. And no, I don't like them u...

Capricorn Pig, Is it just a popping sound, or more of a crackle and pop? Some newer freezers make a crackly-poppy sound while auto-defrosting. Scared the daylights out of me the first time ...

Yes, location was a definite deciding factor for me, too. Just a few blocks from grocery and shopping, but also on the edge of town, but alsotoo, only about 10-15 minutes from campus/work. And it...

ChrisGal, That depends. I'm in Bloomington IN and am paying $520/mo for 700sq ft, 2br 1ba with large patio. The real selling points, though, are A) that it's super pet friendly (no size or ...

I use my ladle all the time. In fact, I've got two of them, in case one is in the dishwasher when I need it. I almost never use my chef's knife, though. It's just too unwieldy.

Fairly minimalist. No cell phone, just a laptop and iPod. I do have several cameras, but I don't tend to think of them as gadgets.

I would assume that if the kids are trick or treating, then their parents don't mind them eating candy. I'd forego the healthy snacks. I'd also think twice about bulk or homemade treats, not for ...

Growing up, everyone I knew kept their butter out on the counter permanently, because it's too hard to spread when refrigerated. I still do, but only a small amount, so I go through it quickly eno...

It didn't say that butter does not spoil. It does, but it does not turn rancid overnight. If you leave it out long enough, though, it *will* go rancid, and some people will be able to taste it. ...

I love cauliflower just about any way you can eat it. Raw with dip, steamed with salt and butter, in salads, roasted with olive oil then sprinkled with toasted black mustard seeds, sauteed in oliv...

TipsyMongoose, We did that when I was in first grade. We all sat around in a circle took turns shaking the jar of cream, while our teacher read to us from one of the Little House books. The...

I'm a painter, and I've always used mild dish soap to clean my oil brushes. (I don't use any turpentine or paint thinner whatsoever, because it's difficult to dispose of.) However, filling a cont...

When I was a kid we used to make butter in the blender. Easy peasy. The only remotely difficult part is kneading the residual buttermilk out of the butter.