Not quite sure. I had a problem with Windows not reading an OSX drive, and I used an Ubuntu live cd to recover the data

get trillian on everyone's computers and have company AIM names for each employee. Instant messaging is a huge productivity boost.

Rock on, great tips

A lot of times hard drive problems can occur based on how the drive is formatted (Fat32, NTFS, etc). You might need to reformat the drive (which would erase everything)...

1. Have a brew in a frosty mug

I have and love the kindle

Also, there are some cool adapters online that can convert playstation controllers into joysticks. Maybe you could use that for your NES emulator :)

If that's all you want to do, maybe you should try a bootable flash drive. I have heard good things about puppy linux for minimalistic users

Looking to "Catch em all" with my neighbor. Where can I find pokemon blue for cheap?

I was thinking more in line of "contact your credit card company and let them know you will be out of the country" or "be sure you have schucko power adapters" or something along those lines...

I would just do a google docs spreadsheet

Side note: check with your company, they may offer relocation bonuses or let you expense the moving costs if you wanted to rent a truck

What about xmarks? Isn't it back up and running?

You should be able to strap it to the top for the move, especially if you have a twin sized

I'm going to Sindelfingen Germany in 10 days for a month. My wife will be here in the states. What should I do to prepare?

Hence the purpose of the encryption

Very good advice. I would have never thought about this (as I have never so far had a loan).

Reminds me to the leather shoe company called "Brahma"

Great point. When everyone started rolling out app stores, I initially thought "Awesome! Developers are going to find a new market for their software and make more unique programs" but the opposite has happened. The easy of entry into the software market has everyone wanting a piece of the pie and writing junk…