Amen. PGP works well if the other person is willing.

Sorry—mistake, and I don't know how to delete the comment.

I want to switch from Google Reader to something I can run on my own server. Any suggestions?

Mint.com freaks me out. It's bad enough for my banks to host my financial information on web servers on the internet, but sharing that info with a third party? no thanks.

All right, who's going to make a joke about growing mushrooms?

Thanks—this looks exactly right.

What's the best solution for streaming my music library from my main desktop to my laptop and IOS devices? I like the idea of Google Music/Amazon/Itunes Match but I don't really want my music collection on someone else's server.

Yes, he was sick, but it's not like he died at 90. 56 is too young and very, very sad.

Apple IIe. I was a little girl, and I loved Space Invaders and Oregon Trail in black/white. <3

I voted for Livejournal (other) as it's still my favorite. My friends used to write long, meaningful updates about their lives. I hate the 10x/day "What I had for lunch" style updates of Twitter and even FB. But I use FB now because that's what all my friends are on...

I wouldn't try vodka if it's alcohol that made you puke in the first place...

What's the fun of a highlighter you can't sniff?

I have a mac laptop solely to run panic apps. (Mostly coda, but i love transmit and unison too.)

I like WS_FTP LE... probably just because I've been using it for 10 years.

VOTE: Scrivener (for Mac)

I would love this if it did Ruby or Python.

...where's the Slackware section? XD

I ask my mom or dad. This is the -only- good thing about being raised by two lawyers.

What about burning the animal yourself on a bonfire?

Functionality.