I lived in an apartment with double keyed deadbolts once, and it kind of freaked me out. What if you misplace the key and there's an emergency? I'd rather risk having stuff stolen than getting lo...

Misting spray bottle. I prefer that to a regular humidifier, even, because the difference is immediate.

I keep some, but only if they have images suitable for collage. Everything else goes to the "free magazine" table at work.

I'd be concerned about the types of inks, but also about what sort of bleaching process your office copier paper went through.

I store my iron skillets in the oven. Occasionally I forget to take them out before pre-heating, but it's no biggie. They just get better seasoned!

How is it any germier than any other fruit? I'd guess it's less so, because no one is touching it with their bare hands. When you buy an apple or a pear or a bunch of green onions, you have *no* ...

That's where I shop, so yep, I've seen that exact same set-up.

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.