Well it's not an app, it's called a valet. Think Jeeves and Wooster.

I worked four 10-hour days a week in a call centre.

The distance measuring tool and terrain mode are the things I use Google maps for most. If they still haven't included these in the new version then I'm sticking with the old until they remove it.

I wanted to do that but my name ends with 'an' so I could get for instance corey@feldm.an (I'm not him, you understand), but .an is the domain of the Netherlands Antilles. The country which no longer exists and the domain is being phased out.

You had me at Brian Eno.

I bought an old 1940s desk from ebay. It's pretty big, but when I need some temporary extra space it has two slide-out panels above the drawers that gives me an extra 2 square feet. I've only used them a couple of times, but I've been quite glad they've been there.

But your chances of making it through are quite high:

Citation needed.

I use a random string of letters/numbers for passwords, storred in an encrypted file on Evernote. I also keep a hard copy in a locked drawer at home.

I thought I was the only one to do that :)

I have a list on evernote of all the books that catch my eye, like you.

Yeah right, when bedtime came I'd just dump it all off the bed onto the floor where it would stay for another week :D

Siemens C10. Got it during my first year of college ('98). Remember when phones had aerials?

Or just, y'know, grow the beard :|

Works with your rib cage too, and for exactly the same reason an acoustic guitar is louder than an (unamplified) electric guitar.

My toolkit grew organically - whenever I needed a tool I bought it. Now I have two tool boxes. A big one that I keep in the garage that has all the things I use rarely, like the socket set and prybar, and a smaller one that lives in the house for the things that get used almost every day.

I got a mini Leatherman multi tool for christmas that goes on my keys. I've used it countless times since then, I don't know what I did without it!

You can buy cases like this. Hammond's 1590 series of aluminium cases is popular in the DIY guitar pedal community. They're not expensive and available everywhere. One of the bigger ones, like the 1590J, looks to be around the right size - http://www.hammondmfg.com/1590ptbl.htm

How come this story from last september is the most viewed article on io9 right now? Who's been linking to it? :)

This way of stopping hiccups works every time, as long as you catch it quick enough. If you've already been hiccuping for more than a few seconds forget it but try this if you've just started.