Your proposed build, from what I can tell on Micro Center, would cost nearly $200. And as great as Micro Center is, it’s hardly ubiquitous across the country, sadly, so most people would pay a lot more. Read more

But you can use any GPU you want with this build. That’s the whole point. You’re just cutting major costs on the motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Read more

Scrapyard Wars is AMAZING. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=… Read more

Keep in mind that if you uninstall Catalyst/Scarlet entirely, you won’t be able to make use of a few improvements mentioned in this article. (But it’s also much less hassle, so it’s your call.) Read more

HA that’s still a classic. Thanks for reading and the kind words (and for grabbing the new feed ;-) Read more

I kind of like the “No Spend” Challenge. From Budgets Are Sexy: Read more

I can’t believe a company would release a product and not make it manageable from the web. That’s just so, so stupid. Read more

Sadly, Tim left to go be a DIY editor at Popular Mechanics. Workshop’s fanbase, while dedicated, was very small so it’s been shuttered. Read more

I thought it was meow-meow. Read more

Here are some ideas. :-) Read more

It’s okay, robots are welcome here. You may prefer this post on how to change your oil. Read more

It really depends on where you live. Verizon was great back when I lived in Michigan, but they were so crappy here in California that I switched to AT&T (well, an AT&T MVNO, but you get the idea). Haven’t had a problem since. Read more

Not to test, just for an example of what kind of music it works with. Read more

I’ll be taking over as editor-in-chief of How-To Geek! So I’ll still be doing tech guides and all that fun stuff :-) Read more

Ah yeah, that. Well, my leaving is completely unrelated to all of that and kind of just had really bad timing. :-/ Read more

I don’t understand what regime change people are talking about I’m the first long-term writer to leave in like a year and a half Read more

I’M THE ONLY ONE SO FAR GEEZ Read more

Ahahaha an all too familiar tale. Well I’m sure I’ll know all about it myself in a couple years here. Read more

Thank YOU, static, for the kind words and for being a loyal reader. I hope you’ll stick around and maybe even come check out my new stuff at How-To Geek :-) And above all never lose that Lifehacker spirit! Read more

Where have you BEEN?! Read more