@mrjeremiahross: baron is definitely not alone. iTunes is a terrible, terrible piece of software that everyone uses. I would get rid of it if I could, but as an App developer I don't have a lot of say.

I am hopelessly dependent on GPS, but only in so much that if I didn't have it I'd be hopelessly dependent on physical maps.

@minibeardeath: But it is still XBMC not XMBC

@LANjackal: Wow I thought it was obvious.

So I have a 4 year old Macbook 13". And when it hits a flash video, man o man do I fire up the CPU. Unfortunately this was at the time where Intel graphics was used and I don't get the nice NVidia hardware assist. I think this may help what is otherwise a very fine machine.

Snob is right. The preparation for using a French Press is wholly too long for what should be a 4 step affair. But it is fun to see what a obsessive compulsive would do to make coffee.

@Ninja Nemo: Some people prefer not to have the oils that come from a cup o' french press coffee. Some believe it makes the coffee "heavier."

@skaorsk8: Well it can handle it, it's just a pain in the butt to encode it correctly so that it doesn't skip all over the place

@DefineStatutory: Well technically it is impossible. If you can sense it you can record it. If it has no USB ports and you really wanted a recording of whatever, whip out your phone and click the camera button. Not saying anyone would really do it, just saying that just like drm on consumer media, absolute security…

@Bisnicks: And yet easily improved. Attach a normal 3 way light on the side. Colorblind people can use the light positions for stop and go plus can read the timer for timing. Non-colorblind people can still get all the benefit too.

@cc: [lifehacker.com] For the absolutely no icons on the desktop clean.

Oh man Sacramento, how I love you. I love the way you always keep it classy.

I used this handy little trick to upsize my desktop icons when I first set up my computer. I like to leave a very clean desktop(I even put my "Recycle Bin" on my taskbar) so when I do have something on my desktop, I know that I have to deal with it. It's large and in charge.

If you use greasemonkey, then you must get greasefire. It automatically finds compatible scripts for the current website, and integrates with greasefire quite nicely.

@ARP: Woo. As I do spend a few minutes everyday thinking about zombie survival I'll go next to add to your own.

@moe52: Absolutely. I got my probe thermometer for $15 last thanksgiving and it makes things way easier. Just wait for the beeping and bam. Done. Or you can set it for a few degrees before done to make sure your prep is done. Or you can use it for a whole lot of other things around the kitchen. Good stuff.

@darmor09: Yep. it's just that the new xbox's have the special kinect port that can be used for data and power. On the older models you need to connect both to the usb and an external power source.

@mrisinger: I'll second that. It's just when my thumbs get a little sweaty. I have to take a break and wipe them off before continuing, it's terrible slipping around them.

I'm rocking the Asus RT-NT16, and running it with Tomato firmware instead of the either the stock or DD-WRT. I haven't tried it strictly with DD-WRT, but Tomato kicks ass compared to the stock firmware.

@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I'm in the habit of using Bluetack's Blocklist Manager, which just downloads from a few sources lists of ip's to block(which you can choose) and converts it into the format needed for whatever program you are using. Since it isn't just a static list, I just convert it for uTorrent…