i would highly recommend Plex on the mac mini, or an mac for that matter. its a great media center. more functional than frontrow. lots of streaming plugins, netflix, hulu, etc. plus its free. simi...

i would highly recommend the steelcase think chair. i only paid a little more than 300 for mine new, about 2 years ago. i still have a life chair by knoll, which i bartered for. but i would much ra...

check with your local soft drink manufacturer, coke, pepsi, etc. they use large (often white) food grade barrels that contain syrup (probably corn). often they will sell them quite cheap. $10-15 bu...

i am a registered architect. while i appreciate the goals behind LEED, i think that you should reconsider that requirement for your position. i really think you are limiting your selection with thi...

almost any tile or stone store will have remnants laying around. usually because they don't want to pay to dump them. i have picked up quite a few over the years. they make great cutting boards & t...

pc at work. mac laptop & hackintosh (mac OSX loaded on non-mac hardware) media server at home runnin Plex. each has there own function, and do it well. although i would trade my pc at work for a ma...

i don't have kids, but the post caught my eye. as a music lover, glad to see this discussion taking place. i have given several friends kids the Medeski Martin & Wood CD, Let's Go Everywhere (check...

this chair is incredible. even if i had the money, i still would not buy it. there is so many better things i could do with 4k. if it only takes 5 craftsman 12 hours to produce this chair, thats ap...

alabama has almost every type & variation of barbeque, white sauce in north alabama, mustard based, ketchup based, sauceless barbecue in thomaston, west alabama, its great, just don't ask for sauce...

count me in.

i would feel very disgusted with myself if i ever spent $60,000 on a mattress. i couldn't sleep knowing how many other things could have been done with that money.

i found several fiberglass shells and inquired about bases via email to their customer service. when it became apparent that the bases i had would not fit there frames, all responses to further ema...

any suggestions for cleaning fiberglass shell chairs? i emailed modernica directly, but recieved no response. any help?

the idea that people should pay more for good design is ridiculous. i think ikea's goal of affordable design for everyone is great, but they seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel with qualit...

can anyone tell me where to find a measurement for the bolt pattern on the base? i have 4 vintage shells that i picked up for a dollar a piece & would like to purchase new bases. i noticed on moder...