The four complainants are all assuming that I wrote the so-called "screed" just for this occasion. I'm not young. I've explained microwaves many times before. And I keep a copy of everything I've ever written. A lot of what appeared here, then, was just copy-'n-paste.

Oy. Gimmee a break. Are there really truly-experienced microwave users out there who don't know about stopping about two-thirds of the way through the cycle and turning the item one-quarter turn to change how the microwaves hit the food... and what part is hit? Are there any users who don't know about either doing…

Sorry I offended you. I assumed both the you and her were younger. I should never have assumed...

@GrumpyGrizzly: You don't say what the "it" is that you're looking at to use on your home computer. But you compare "it," by reference, to TeamViewer, so I presume the "it" you mean is not "PocketCloud Explore," but, rather, either...

NOTE: I originally posted this as what I think was the very first comment beneath this article, but then one of the moderators accidentally moved it (thinking that he was moving a post right next to it... yes, his aim was a bit off) and he subsequently learned that the Lifehacker system wouldn't let him move it back.…

@Tomales y Atole: Good questions! I LOVE good questions. [grin]

Alan Henry wrote: "The new Springpad is a little like Pinterest—if Pinterest were insanely useful!"

@Tamales y Atole: Regarding TeamViewer plus Dropbox... a perfectly fine alternative... though still not as elegant as using something like WYSE's PocketCloud Explore, if for no other reasons than that PocketCloud Explore can be used at any time, whether or not TeamViewer is also in use. In other words, TeamViewer is…

@GrumpyGrizzly: Instead of using a completely free program like PocketCloud Explore which is MADE for file transfer, does it well (and better and more effectively than what you suggest), and which may be used for same even when not in conjunction with TeamViewer? Yes, your workaround gets it done, by hook or by…

Regarding the volume thing: The EU's imposed volume limit is stupid, I agree...

Okay... so... hmm... it's a little bit of a pain in the youknowwhat... though I'm sure they'll eventually get it right.

@atomicrabbit: Indeed... I know EXACTLY what you're saying... and I agree... kinda'. It's actually something of an acquired taste, and it must be both learned and habituated. Whenever I stop somewhere for lunch or someting, and if I'm alone, I try to get caught-up then. It has saved me tons of purchasing…

@donniezazen: Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is a means by which one computer connected to a public network (in this case, the Internet) may connect to either another remote private computer (a single machine, not necessarily connected to any private network; in other words, it's only connected to the Internet), or…

The problem with many of these remote access/desktop tools on the ANDROID platform (for use in connecting from one's smartphone or tablet back to one's desktop/laptop), at least, is that many of them will not do file transfer. It's... oy!.. maddending.

I wonder if it might finally be time for Lifehacker to back away from its seemingly unmitigated support of LauncherPro...

Much of this is available in both Vista and Win7 via the "Administrative Tools" menu; and all one has to do to make said Administrative Tools menu even more potent than this WinPlusX app is manually create shortcuts to all the apps which do all those things (and more), and add them to said Administrative Tools menu. …

Oh, for the luvofmike! What a stupid thing.

@webslappy: Hmm. There probably needs to be a Chrome extension made availble in the Chrome store. I've noticed that some Chrome extensions out there in the universe genuinely add capability, but others are to simply make stuff work right. Sounds like maybe the latter what Fetchnotes needs to offer...

In the world of note-taking, be it on smartphones or, before them, on notebook/desktop computers, there will always be the two schools of thought...

@ImSpartacus: I agree... at least when it comes to simply figuring out what is x percent of y... the simple stuff. For calculating tips, I actually don't even do a formal percentage calculation. Instead, I use one of the little "tricks" that elementary school teachers sometimes teach their kids... in this case, the…