Why note simply replace the thermostat with a programmable one so it turns on an hour or so before you get home (or however long it takes for the apartment to cool down)? They can be had for as little as $20 at Home Depot.
I read that site and apparently 20-30% of leakage happens in the duct work in your attic. I second the programmable thermostat idea. Leave it off all day, have it tick on an hour before you get home. You get comfort but at a smaller cost.
Is this a brown recluse spider? My cousin found it in her laundry room and wants to know if she needs to call an exterminator ASAP. Spoilered, because I literally stumbled backwards when I saw this photo. BTW, she lives in New Jersey, not South America. Spoiler
I think brown recluses are typically quite small. Now I am no expert here but it looks a bit like a wolf spider, which aside from being capable of inducing a heart attack are pretty harmless.
I repped this, but the easiest giveaway for a brown recluse spider is a violin shaped mark on their back. They typically dime to quarter sized. Spoiled the pic because spiders are fucking gross. Spoiler <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider</a>
I agree with Mya about this one. It does look like a Wolf spider. Brown Recluse spiders are typically between the size of a dime and a nickle and you usually don't find just one. From what I've seen down here(FL) if there's one in the house then there's dozens.
I'll repost this here, since who the hell reads the tech support threads, anyway? I need a new laptop soon. I would like to spend as little as possible, and I'm considering refurbished units to save a buck. I need some professional expertise: are the refurbs going to cost me more in the long run? I'm hesitant to spend $1200 on a system that's one good drop away from being a paperweight, but I'll be depending on this thing while I'm out of the country and getting it fixed will cost me exponentially more there. Also, I'm looking at tiger direct & newegg. Any better sites I should consider? What I'm looking for is the beefiest thing with a 17" screen, hdmi, webcam and windows 7 I can find. I'm using a 4gb/500gb hd system now and I'd like to upgrade both of those, because I'm running out of space and this thing is running slow as balls. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
whats the processor you have now - if its running slow as balls its likely a shitty as fuck processor or temp issues inducing thermal throttling
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20 ghz. The temperature thing is definitely possible, but I've had this thing for over three years (yeesh) and I've never had to reinstall Windows. I don't have a copy of Windows 7, or a backup disc with the OS on it, or I would have tried that already.
I mentioned this in the R&R thread, but a really good friend of my sister suffered a bad brain bleed last night and is in a coma. They're not sure how long it'll take him to recover, or even if he'll recover. His wife just had a baby girl two weeks ago and the whole family is really devastated. They're putting together a fundraiser, and I've been asked to drum up donation items for a silent auction that they're planning to hold. My question to you all is, I've never done this before - who do I approach? What's the best way to approach businesses? Should I stick with big corporations, or smaller mom and pop places? Are there general "dos and don'ts" for asking for donation items? Your help is most certainly appreciated.
I have always had more luck with mom and pop places giving items or services for silent auctions. You looking for big ticket items or just everyday stuff? Tanning salons are fairly easy to get on board, we had 3 or 4 at the last auction give monthly memberships away.
Just a quick answer... I've started and run a silent auction, and just saw one that was very successful in our little town a few months ago: -don't discount the ability of your friends/family/contacts to get great items for you. People have more hookups than you foresee...put out an email asking for items (and let everyone know what businesses you will be contacting so that they don't try and contact the same ones). -which businesses: doesn't matter small or large, but having a personal connection works best. -have groundrules for the items: what price range (who is the target audience for the auction and what will they pay?), be clear items have to be new (some folks are well meaning but want to give crappy used stuff), try to get the items as soon as possible (and have somewhere to store them), if it's services that are being donated, make sure any questions are addressed with the donor beforehand (ie for a vacation rental, what dates are blacked out, when does the offer expire, etc). Works out well, if you get smaller/less costly items to group them in gift baskets as it makes sense (ie spa basket, gourmet foods) -handwritten thank you notes afterwards to all donors -works well to promote the good auction items to the target audience beforehand -clear rules on the day of so that it doesn't turn ugly (ie what time all bids have to be in by, whether winners have to be present, whether it's cash/check only, etc) -the recent one I saw, these things worked out well: chair massages by professionals on-site for donations, nice decoration and display of the items, bake sale at the same time, photo display of the beneficiary and nice heartwarming story next to it, went for about 5 hours.
I graduated college in May and I was incredibly fortunate to land a job back home and move in with my parents. The company that hired me was started by my godfather 16 years ago and has enjoyed revenues of $150 million in the last year. We are a top 100 (nine consecutive years) third party logistics provider (3PL), and I was placed into our Market Development department. Considering I was just a Business Administration major in school, I know next to nothing about the logistics and supply chain management industry. I am being trained to start reading, understanding, and negotiating the contracts between our client and the carrier (trucking) company as well as a number of other things. Like I said I do not know much about the industry and I have been learning on the fly for the last two weeks; I was wondering if anyone could suggest quality reading material for the industry and/or contract reading and negotiation. I have already purchased "The Box" by Marc Levinson and I'm very excited for it to arrive, but I'm not too sure what could help beyond that.
What program(PC) do you photographers use to keep your photo graphs organized? I know on mac there is on called aperture. I am just using the one that came with my Canon camera. I have roughly 1000 photo's at 20gig, i know it isn't alot, but i am starting to get annoyed with it. I haven't found a way to say bulk delete a bunch of photo's i don't want. Any suggestions?
I'm looking to get a tent and some camping gear for my trip to Sturgis with the old man. I'm looking for a small tent, 1 or 2 person that's light and will do a good job of keeping out the elements. Does anyone have any good suggestions on a tent. Would the Eureka! Solitaire - Tent do a good job for just me?
Blackberrys: The "e" key on my bb has gone kaput, and the best part is, it's is making me type the word "blackberry" to unlock it. I've tried compromising by typing the word "blackbrry," but the phone just laughs in my face. There has GOT to be a way to dislodge this. I've been getting texts and phone calls the last two days and can't fucking answer them or find out who it is because this damn thing is locked and there is no way to unlock it properly. I went to Verizon, but they just told me I need a new phone. Has anyone experienced something similar? Can I unscrew the back end, jiggle a few things around, and put it back together? I've tried taking the battery out (multiple times), this thing just won't budge and it's driving me crazy. Any help, would be much appreciated. Thanks.
For one person, yeah that looks fine. Wayyy too small for two or holding much gear inside. As far as the elements, applying seam sealer once a year and using a ground fly correctly really help keep you (and the tent) dry.
I can't remember if anyone here does anything related to this for a living, but I figured it was worth a shot. Last week, my landlord had a bunch of guys from a bank come to the apartment to "complete the appraisal process." They really aren't giving us any details. A few weeks before that, I had written the landlord saying that we had a new tenant and that we were all interested in staying and asked when he wanted to do the whole renewing-of-the-lease thing. When he wrote back he completely ignored my question about the lease. So, I've been panicking ever since they wrote me asking if someone would be around to let them in. To me, this means one of two things: either our building's going co-op and we're going to have to either buy the place or move, or he's looking to drastically increase our rent. Does anyone have any experience that can give me insight into which one's more likely? Or if there's another option that we're not thinking about?