It's always good to thank the Lord for good software!

@bpapa9013: It was only supposed to take a fraction of a penny from every transaction! How did it end up being so much?!?

@asl4u: I also disagree with your age assumption. Me and the wife are 25; both have Blackberries. A 21 and 26 year old friend both have Blackberries. A 20 year old friend has a Treo. Two 23 year old friends have WinMo phones.

@jupiterthunder: Around these parts, they use binoculars from the street so they don't have to come into your yard. In other parts, the meters send the info electronically over the power lines back to the power company. No footprints in your snow probably mean that the meter reader used binocs because he/she didn't…

@Ihaveasmartpuppy: Kinda like the old Google Maps bug?

As johnsmith1234 said, raising the back of the keyboard is very bad for your wrists. You should always leave your keyboard flat, whether desktop or laptop. If you want to raise your laptop for cooling, buy a cooling mat or raise the laptop evenly so it stays flat.

"with the way things have been going, I rather be blown up in a terrorist attack then have to comply with all the freedom losses we've been enduring."

Technically it's not a drill bit, but a driver bit (or allen bit, or hex bit). A drill bit drills holes.

@rehcahefil: Since I've seen that image in every supermarket and convenience store I've ever been in, I have to say it's safe for work. It's condoms in a box, no big deal. It's not like it's a condom in use, or anything.

Gina ROCKS!

Just make sure you remove the magnets from the speakers before storing your VHS/audio cassettes in there. I new a guy 10 years ago that stored his precious VHS collection right next to his huge floor standing speakers with 12" woofers. He never could understand why the tapes wore out so fast.

@LifesSweetDrug: "What is special about the 4th of July? Sorry I live in the U.K."

First of all, as I say on every other Gawker site when the editors post an article that the commenters don't like: if you don't like what's on the site, simply don't read it. You don't pay to read the site, and it has no obligation to censor itself to your taste. Gina and Adam can put whatever they like on it. Don't…

Shows how many people read Lifehacker.... we've overloaded their servers!

To all of you obviously too lazy to read the entire article, let me outline a few key points:

Psh, I rock G-talk in Pidgin, and it lets me set whatever status I want!

Sync contacts with Outlook. I have to use Outlook because I have a WinMo phone, but I prefer to use Gmail and Gcalendar otherwise, so I need to sync my contacts with Outlook.

Or save yourself a serious headache and a few missing fingers, and just buy a battery operated mower and charge it with a solar panel.

And before you guys bash me for using Outlook, I have a WinMo phone... which soon will be upgraded to a Crackberry, but for now, I just want to sync my google contacts!

Why is it you can sync G contacts with everything but OUTLOOK?!?