I use a small notebook at the gym and I keep a spreadsheet for specific things I want to track long term.

VOTE: Pen and paper

It's sad that after a 60% price hike, the upcoming loss of 8% of their content (due to Starz), and now this new limitation that Netflix is still significantly better and more customer friendly than my cable provider. No matter how badly Netflix treats their customers they can't match the decades of terrible service…

I think XKCD summed it up my thoughts perfectly on these lists this week: [xkcd.com]

Thanks yehoshua for checking the link (which didn't work). Here's a shortened version: [goo.gl] the name of the extension is "undo-redesign"

I got sick of adding "blog." to the front of all my Lifehacker and Gizmodo links to switch to the blog view so I created a Google Chrome Extension to do it for me. It's up on the Chrome extensions page now (free of course): [chrome.google.com] Give it a shot, let me know what you think of it. It works for every Gawker…

I found when moving furniture across a wood floor you can put socks under the legs that need to slide without scratching your floor.

This method works well for poaching eggs. I bought a little plastic holder made for poaching eggs just like this one for about $5 [www.amazon.com]

Micro-transactions - my big problem with them is claiming a program is free then selling all of the useful features. I don't mind paying for software but I hate the disappointment of being misled. Being disappointed rarely leads to me whipping out the credit card.

Don't try to work around it, just go to Google News find whatever story the NY Times reported on and click "All 7,194 news articles" and choose one that's not from the NYT. They clearly don't want you freeloading and playing on their lawn (darn kids!). So please, do what's right and get your news from a source that…

Xubuntu is great, I recently tried Lubuntu [lubuntu.net] also which is incredibly similar. The difference is the window manager XFCE vs LXDE. LXDE is supposed to use less memory, but I haven't measured the differences myself. They're both great free desktops.

Just go to Google News and click on "all 7,705 news articles »" and pick one of the 99.99% not from the NY Times. There's your news.

If you're nervous about joining a gym I'd suggest signing up for a personal trainer or a few introductory classes. Most gyms offer something like that for free or very discounted for new members. Make sure you learn how to use all of the equipment in those sessions. Don't be afraid to ask the people working there how…

My biggest annoyance is that I need multiple apps for text messages, e-mail, and google talk. I want one combined inbox for all three (or at least a combined inbox for texts and e-mails).

I will pay for the "pro" version of good apps for my droid. I usually try the free version first so if an app doesn't have a free or light version then I probably won't ever find it on my own. I definitely want to support the good developers and content creators out there.

The "Delete Account" process should specify the account name that you're deleting.

Just remember if you buy ebooks with DRM you will need to make sure all e-readers you buy in the future support that DRM format. If a cool new e-reader or device comes out a few years from now and doesn't support your collection of DRM'd ebooks then you're out of luck.

I want a comprehensive messaging app. I want text messages, google talk, and AIM all combined into one good app.

@TheLouis: For anyone who hasn't tried it, it's great [filehippo.com]

It's great that the pilots are fighting these invasive techniques, but they're just asking for special treatment for themselves. They don't care about the general population. Unfortunately the rest of us in the general population will still have to choose between strangers taking nude pictures of us or being molested.