When I rip CDs I back them up to FLAC so I have a lossless copy if I want to reencode them to something else.

Reply to approve. To much well written text to pass up.

"If you're traveling, you'll probably need additional power ports from time to time and a good surge protector will do the job"

I recently, err, "got" a copy of Sony Vegas. Now I actually feel like making videos for the interwebs since it's a lot easier to deal with multi tracks, PiP, etc than Movie Maker.

For bare bones simple, core FTP has a simple free sftp server:

If it's going to be your primary computer, consider looking at something like a 12" model.

Here's a Lifehacker article of interest:

Bus drivers around here like those erlenmeyer flask shaped mugs. If they can handle their driving they must be stable!

Go in device manager and try to find the hub. Go in to properties and see if there's anything untoward.

I use an electric shaver. Six years ago I paid $30 for my Philishave.

Remember the days of 40MB hard drives and 1.44MB floppies *shudder*? You had to curate your collection to be able to keep the computer running.

The protocol is not optimized for sending large attachments. Tell me why SMTP (email) and FTP (file transfer) are still separate protocols?

Here (in Canada) I buy my milk on sale at Shopper's Drug mart. Every couple week 4 litre bags are on sale (everyone east of Manitoba knows what bagged milk is). The bags work well for a bachelor like me because they freeze well. Each 4L "bag" contains 3x1.33L heavy duty pouches.

I went from using aluminum based "anti-perspirants" to plain deodorant years ago. It really helps reduce with nasty underarm buildup. I never found anti-perspirants actually reduced sweating anyways.

Windows Movie maker is barebones at best. Last time I used it for a project (on an XP computer) it crashed every 3 operations (so I had to hit save after every operation). Then they started taking features out, instead of adding them.

If by that you mean west coast company, and move the other direction.

Absolutely!

Indeed. I have some old PCs that I'll spin up from time to time for fun, but leaving them on 24x7 can add up. Even if an old desktop PC uses 60W idle, that's $6.57 a month or $78.84 a year running 24x7 at $0.15 kWh.

Approve. And I'm not even a Starbucks fan.

I'm appalled at the fees on these cards.