@StrongBad said:

@thanksaj said:

Google, you are a cruel mistress sometimes...

That's what the Gerbil said to Richard Gere.

ROFL

Awesome!

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@Dashrender said:

It's not that I'm not willing to pay for the hardware, I'm totally fine with that. As I mentioned I don't trust the vendors to properly secure their networks anymore and as such I want my solution to be completely self contained.

You can setup system's completely internal. and if you want to acess it elsewhere just use a VPN.

The Raspberry PI and Arduinos are great for projects like this as well.

@IRJ said:

@thanksaj said:

Staples is currently working to rival Amazon

That seems like an unattainable goal.

Yeah, I agree that it's a pretty lofty goal. However, that's who they are quoting as proof that they aren't a monopoly at this point with the recent acquisition.

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksaj said:

@Minion-Queen said:

@thanksaj said:

@Minion-Queen said:

@IRJ said:

@Minion-Queen said:

I hate being cold. I mean I HATE HATE HATE being cold. Warm is awesome. I lived in an African Jungle for a year and loved the hot, sticky I can deal with but hot I love.

I don't like the humidity at all and I've lived my whole life here. I can deal with it during the day, but I wish there was some relief at night. It can be 80 degrees at night and you will sweat strictly from humidity.

Right now I would take anything warmer than say oh 1 I am so sick of the cold and negative windchills.

I would call you a wimp of a NYer but you have legit reasons... 😛

I should not be from NY. I am Italian and I need to be in my homeland where it doesn't go below like 40 ever.

And @scottalanmiller will be just on the other side of the bay from you! 😄

It's a Gulf. The Gulf of Lion.

Oh whatever... 😛

I have a Moto X first gen with very little bloatware. The crap that verizon installs ontop i just go in and disable the apps. No big deal so now I have a stock android phone with no bloatware.

Sigh I am so looking forward to it getting warm. But the 6' of snow melting in my area is going to cause lots of flooding issues.

wut?

@scottalanmiller said:

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/23/did-pebble-just-leak-its-color-screen-smartwatch/

I hope it isn't that ugly. That's also pretty pricey... or maybe I'm just a cheapskate.

@Dashrender said:

This weekend I'm doing a RAM upgrade on a VM host, and installing a wall mount for a pair of monitors.

OK the first part went off OK - RAM upgrade complete.

Here is an article that popped up in my twitter feed: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/02/a-79-story-residential-tower-in-dubai-is-on-fire/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=54e8588d15bb3b1998000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Best wishes!

@IRJ said:

I would take the free lunch over the cake anyday. Generally you get a cake and no free lunch 🙂

Me too 🙂

Would you make apple sauce from apple tree leaves rather than apples? Part of what makes coffee good is being roasted. Would you roast the leaves?

@dominica and I visited the Volta monument in 2012. Very impressive.

@tonyshowoff said:

I've noticed that jeep owners sort of subtly wave at when passing each other on the road, have you experienced this?

I know it is common to do that while riding a motorcycle, never seen it from any other vehicle.

@Minion-Queen said:

Awww there was a pop up suggesting you get away from this stupid winter and you should go to the Florida Keys.

Oh ok. Lol