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How to Beats always seem to make it into Apartment Therapy posts? They're way more than a bit over priced. For those are don't know they're made by Monster, the company that charges through the roof for their AV cables.

The price point is set as a social status, not the audio quality of the product. They're just like Bose headphones 85% marketing and 15% quality sound. There are a ton more of over/on ear headsets that beat both Beats and Bose models out of the water for much less.

I'm surprised that nothing from Grado, Klipsch, or Sennheiser made it onto this list.

Or you can simply go to the point you want the video to start on youtube, right click on the video, and select copy url at this time. Or you can add #t=XXmYYs to the end of the URL, which is what YouTube Time does.

I use DeskSMS on my phone and respond to texts via the chrome extension when I'm at my computer.

When I upgraded my mouse last year from the Logitech Revolution to the Logitech Performance MX, I was pleasently surprised to find that its built in rechargable battery is just a single Eneloop.

If you have a Container Store near you, you can actually just bring your entire drawer in. Any of the employees will be happy to help make sure everything fits and you can organize it right then and there. Also all of their products have a lifetime return (that's right RETURN) policy so there isn't much risk in just grabbing a few options and returning what doesn't work out.

@jpb It's easily realistic. You don't need a tower to have a computer, the bookcase is the tower. It's essentially a spread out Thermaltake Level 10 chassis, putting separate parts in separate compartments. As long as it's properly cooled, you could easily fit the parts within the shelves.

Clearly you must be thinking of the infamous hot dog toaster

I would have made the strap out of some IDE cables.

I'm going to have to call out the second half of 6. Yes, desktops can weigh a lot but they're not meant to be portable. I've never wished I could pick up my desktop and haul it to starbucks.

7. Everyone has a choice of OS on any system. Also, why would you say Microsoft made us all believers in the "hate" section?

@puck73 On a desktop you also have cables for your keyboard, mouse, 2 for speakers (power and audio) and power for the tower. It's about 7 at a minimum for desktops and 0-1 at a minimum for a laptop based on its power requirements.

@minimalist1750 Just use a program like RStudio. It works extremely well. On the preventative side make sure that you're constantly checking the health of your drive through the S.M.A.R.T capabilities.