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    I like turtles

    Get a Goldfish. Pet stores will run specials on 5 or 10 gallon tanks for $20-30. A 'feeder' fish (comet goldfish) can be had for less than fifty cents. You don't need to heat the tank; just use the simplest of filters that comes with the set-up. They're not cats or dogs, but they do respond when...
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    The Netflix Thread

    Slightly off topic, but you can now stream 'Capote'. Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar for his performance in this movie.
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    Home Improvement

    I've used sound deadening material on outside walls over plywood and under the final finish, in this case it was cedar shake. I don't think it helped much. I would concentrate my efforts on the windows.
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    House cleaning services

    http://alittlebitdirty.com/
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    Justified (Season 5 - Jan 7th)

    OK, thanks. Makes sense now.
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    Justified (Season 5 - Jan 7th)

    Ok, I lost the plot somewhere along the line. Why is Art so pissed at Raylen for the shootout on the airport tarmac? Maybe I don't remember, but I thought a bad guy got eliminated by some other bad guys.
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    RIP Harold Ramis (Spengler)

    He also directed this. Check it out if you haven't seen it. I think it's gold.
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    RIP Harold Ramis (Spengler)

    That's too bad. He was a genius.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    you fall asleep at the Lego Movie.
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    I saw them at Best Buy this week for $27.
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    Streaming video from PC to TV

    So using Handbreak, a copied a DVD I own to my hard disc. I encoded only the 5.1 soundtrack. When I play this movie using VLC I get the Dolby Digital Soundtrack (5.1) and using an HDMI cable from computer to receiver, my A/V receiver confirms this. However, if I use PLEX and cast it through a...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Thank you, I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand that sound. My neighbor's house is a plumbing disaster. Hot water fills the toilet. Good in the winter I guess.
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    Google Glass

    You think the feds were the stupid ones here?
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    Repairing laptop DC jack

    Good job, but buy a solder sucker for the next project instead of the braid.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    That's what I was thinking. Pisses me off when people think yield means stop.
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    WTF Story Thread?

    Seven week erection. http://gawker.com/man-treated-for-se...ium=socialflow
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    Okidokeys Smart Lock

    I'm sorry keys are too tough for your kids.
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    Okidokeys Smart Lock

    Your kids can't figure out keys, but they can use a smartphone to unlock the house? I must be missing something here. Personally, I would welcome the help of grandparents.
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    The Video Thread

    Pigs can do that, too
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    Thanks, That's perfect.
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    Right now, if I want to stream last nights episode of say,Almost Human, I plug an HDMI cable into my laptop, the other end of which is always plugged into one of the HDMI ports on my A/V receiver and with the right switches thrown, I get a picture on the TV and 5.1 sound out of the room...
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    ...or the water.
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    Streaming video from PC to TV

    UPDATE I upgraded the firmware on the router and now it seems to be working. Thanks all. EDIT Yup, that was it. Now streaming from laptop to Roku in bedroom. Yipee. Thanks again
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    Streaming video from PC to TV

    Yes that's correct and I've installed the Roku version on the Roku box. Reading the FAQ and troubleshooting stuff on the Plex site gives me information on whether my router supports such and such protocol (uPnP or NAT-PMP) and how to manually configure it if it doesn't, all of which is several...
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    Streaming video from PC to TV

    Vvoid-Thanks for all that info. I've installed Plex on my laptop, a Sony Vaio, made an account with Plex but under Settings___myPlex I get an error message saying "there is a problem connecting to your server". I'm thinking my router, a dlink DI-524 is too old school. What are your thoughts...
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    The Video Thread

    this one mo better
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    The Animated GIF Thread

    Ultra Ever Dry
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    The cop that pulls you over is younger than you are.
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    American Hustle

    You know how Amy Adams wears those blouses so that all the people she's conning aren't paying attention to anything but her tits? That happened to me at the theater. I went to see a movie but all I remember is cleavage. I don't know if the movie was good or bad. I was conned.
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    Tablets

    Do you think the screen will stand up to a lot of stylus use or do you use a protector? TIA
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    Did Sinatara get mad sex back in the day?

    I think he did OK
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    BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE.

    The Santa Clausewith Tim Allen. The first one, not the second or third, although as sequels, they aren't totally awful. But the first one is the best and if you have young children, it doesn't spoil the whole Santa Claus thing for them.
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    The help finding products thread

    Maybe herehttp://www.mcmaster.com/#push-in-grommets/=pslm4m
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    Health Care Thread

    Well at least they fixed the site Clicky
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    What did you just read?

    Just finishedUnbrokenby Laura Hillenbrand. It has a five star rating after 5000+ reviews. I guess I'm not a big biography fan because it was really a struggle to read. Good story but it felt like some little kid telling it "...and then...and next...and then...and then." Maybe they all read that...
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    The Video Thread

    My embed-fu is week. 35 years ago today this happened Jonestown
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    Terrible Jokes Thread

    The Penquin Joke
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    The Video Thread

    The point is not that people are not reporting income. It's that people receiving a wage via our tax dollars are coaching other people to break the law.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Someday soon I'm going to take a Community College course and learn how to run one of those.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Whoa there. Don't you worry your little bleedin' heart. Nobody went hungry. Turns out little Johnny's mom was able to make him a lunch after all and she still had money left over to replenish his account. And who called the news and told them there was a story here? And thanks for the neg...