@RenRen: On the other hand, this would be a great way to store illegal material at your own place under a fake identity.

@GBot: That's pretty much where I always start, and often end up buying one of the top 3. My new video card being the latest example.

I live in an area with almost no light pollution, when it's dark, it's dark. I went outside about an hour ago and I could go wander the desert without a flashlight if I wanted to (get eaten by a pack of coyotes). And since the 'blinds' in my bedroom don't do much to keep the light out, it's going to be a long night :)

@Raul Montana: I have an old (P3) laptop that went 'Bam!' while installing Xubuntu. Now it just randomly reboots for no reason. I don't blame Xubuntu for this of course, it's just old and overheats a lot.

@anticitizenone: Seconded. I think I would rather sit through a new install than grab DLL's off the internet.

"... but you did a great job training your replacement."

The local Fry's is always running the Pirates Of The Caribbean Blu Ray on the latest high-end giant HD LCD. While it looks really sharp and vibrant and all that, there's just something about the picture that looks a bit unnatural.

I have actually seen a slight up-tick in spam the past couple of days. I use gmail, and on most days nothing gets through, but suddenly there are 2-4 a day getting by the filter.

@CanadaBlue: I was about to say the same thing for Sky Harbor (Phoenix), but I always fly Southwest so maybe it is just them. They have power and USB charging ports all over the SW terminal and free, fast WiFi.

@Jagged Toaster: Same here. I could easily have spent an entire weekend playing Nintendo / Sega when I was a kid. Now I can't get into a game even if I try. It's really kind of ironic, back then I was the geek for being so hooked on video games, now I'm the outcast for not playing WoW (or whatever it is the kids are…

That picture reminds me of Lawrence from Office Space, only with short hair.

Having been self employed for the last 2 years and working from home, I have started to miss the human interaction and collaboration that comes with working in an office. Lately I have been going into work with my wife a couple of days a week to get out of the house. The business owners are nice enough to let me use…

It's not much of a hack (more of a re-purposing), but when we bought a new dining room table we converted the old Forsby (butcher block style) into an entry table. We completely disassembled it, cut the top in half lengthwise, added a decorative trim and stained it a different color. The supporting structure under the…

Clearlooks + Ultimate Gnome icons for me. Then I pick a color for the title bars that ties in with my background image. Compiz for a bit of opacity in the menus and panels. I like the simplicity of the built-in themes but I'm not a big fan of the brown/orange themes or icons (despite the fact that my home office is,…

I was a big fan of the original MS Natural keyboard myself, and I still have one in all of it's yellowing glory up in my closet. I eventually gave it up because I wanted to go wireless. I'm now using a Logitech Comfort Cordless and I'm pretty happy with it. I find that the split style ergonomic does a better job of…

Thank god this list only applies to competent men. Guess I'm off the hook... or did I read that wrong?

We have a Littermaid for 2 cats right now and it works out fine as long as the collection tray is changed regularly. The only time we really have an odor problem is right after they use it. Unfortunately for us, the only good place for the box is in the vicinity of our A/C intake vent. Once in a while the cats will…

It seems that most people, myself included, are against cell/voip use on flights because of the annoyance factor of dozens of people gabbing on their phone for a couple of hours. I would like to think that if cell/voip were allowed, that these same people would exercise a bit of self control and stay off the phone…

Curiosity mostly. My work machine is still Windows XP, but I also now have a second machine running Linux as an email/im/web browsing/vmware machine. There was a steep learning curve in the beginning, and I would still consider myself a Linux novice, but I enjoy the process learning a new system. I would switch…

Great timing, I actually just started looking into something like this last week. My goal is to forward my home office line to my laptop/bluetooth headset while I'm working outside the office and connected via VPN. I'm not even sure if this is possible, but if anyone has experience with this setup I would like to hear…