@Rhayader: outside the US, all Americans are called "yanks" much to my chagrin being a native of Texas. 8|

I always struggle to find a good deal on airfair. While reading this article a friend of mine told me to try expedia.com. I compared the expedia price to kayak for a flight from phoenix to las vegas and expedia beat the kayak price by $100 ($166 vs $274) and it also beat southwest ($177). I've never heard of…

@random_texan: I grew up in Odessa, Texas. Bottled water wasn't really available then (it was, but it was more of a luxury). The taste of Odessa water would make you gag, but you got used to it (or went thirsty). A few years ago, I went back and visited my parents. While in the shower I forgot myself, opened my…

I find that the techniques used need to vary depending on the person. The "silence" technique may work on one person, but not on another. One person may appreciate direct criticism, but another may need a "sandwich". The most important thing is to gauge and read the person you are interacting with and adjust your…

vote: ultraedit

I work at a fortune 100 corp in the interactive technologies area however we are not, primarily a web or internet company. We are using Web 2.0 tech to bring an easier to use, more responsive site to our users. Our site does millions of hits per day, so I wouldn't say our users are only the tech elite.

I'm a hard core techie. I've been a long time PC user, I used Windows for the software availability. I used Linux (since 1991) simply because Unix is better. I purchased a mac pro a year ago and I've never regretted my choice.

It's been a while since I've done windows programming, but this is what I remember—key presses and mouse actions are events that get passed to the application. Other programs are allowed to insert themselves in between the application and these events—this is an API call in windows (forget what the call was exactly).…

I upgraded my series 1 and series 2 hard drives. I did these "by hand" in that I burned the drive image myself using the linux tools and cracking open a PC. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone who isn't a techie. An easier upgrade is to buy preconfigured hard drives for your TiVo model from some websites—just…