Doing sequential read of things like music isn't going to noticeably shorten the life of any modern drive. Keeping the system seperate from data is always good because it minimizes disk thrashing and improves performance, but even so is not necessary. Keeping everything on one big drive is still preferable to the…

RAID has its place, but it's definitely never a good idea to suggest it to people for the reasons that most people like to suggest it. If you know what you're doing, RAID can be good. If you have to ask or be told what RAID is, you shouldn't be using it, which is why whenever the subject comes up in a place like this,…

By the way, protip on moving Steam games to another drive in Windows: you can copy your steamapps folder to the new location (i.e., C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps to G:\Steam\SteamApps , making sure you give SteamApps a parent directory in which to install Steam), and then just uninstall and re-install steam,…

There's a saying: RAID is munchkin for backup.

TJs is a great way to get novelty and convenience food cheaper than novelty and convenience food at other locations, but it's still more expensive than just shopping for regular groceries at a regular grocery store.

MW M3 GTR is all special kinds of crazy.

I probably missed this one already, but an insurance expert would be nice, particularly in medical insurance with the whole obama care thing, since a lot of folks without are going to soon need to be with.

Heh heh... my advice: don't. It's not a good industry to try and push your way into right now, unless you're not in America.

I don't know, I've been 100% successful in my goals of immortality thus far.

I'm a little skeptical of the Diabetes claim. I can see where a poorly regulated survey or test could draw an association between "more cups of coffee a day" and lower risk of type II diabetes, however, this could mean nothing more than people who are drinking more cups of coffee are drinking fewer cups of soda or…

I'll have to pick through this and see if there's anything I can use. I'm not holding my breath, though, because the list of things I can't have is long and flavorful. I have allergies or intolerances to cured red meat, poultry, some fish, shellfish, eggs, milk, wheat, corn, tomato, peppers, cilantro, cabbage, and I'm…

I can't wait to try this on my USB hard drive's cord...

Can't stop working just because you're sick. Rent won't pay itself! (I hear being sick AND homeless really sucks)

Most power cords these days come with a velcro strap for bundling the PC end of the cable, and a detachable AC cable. I see a lot of people pull the two ends together still plugged into the brick and then coil them around the brick, or together, velcroing it in place. This is WRONG and will damage your cables,…

The Giant Gecko board in this DIY alone costs twice as much as a Zoombak GPS tracking device. It might be cheaper than a shop-installed lojack system, but it's hardly a money-saver over other more readily available alternatives.

I have to disagree with you there.

I left probably one of the best jobs of my life due to a manager. It was the only one that offered medical insurance and other benefits, was close to home (I now commute 100 miles a day) with the potential for a long-term career at Stanford and I gave it up to get away from her. In the end it just wasn't worth it. She…

Oh boy, now here's a topic I've been looking a lot at recently... would be nice to hear some replies on this if folks have their own ideas to share.

Excedrin is good for just about any headache, though you may have to take 3-4 pills depending on severity to get results. It's a combination of aspirin, acetaminophen and caffeine. It's also OK on hangovers, although alka-seltzer with a ton of water is better in those cases.

I've used the same scrolling matrix code live wallpaper since before there were live wallpapers on my Nokia E-70.