I got the feeling the ads were more than simply non-targeted; they were "extreme-polar-opposite" targeted designed to motivate free users to upgrade to premium. Listening to Jack Johnson music got me rap music ads which really blew the mellow. I upgraded to premium and have been very happy since.

Same goes for the Ninja Kitchen System blender which is currently in heavy infomercial rotation. Most Google results are spam / astroturf from bogus URLs with no listing on Amazon.

Same method can also be used for Twitter status updates: [www.scottporad.com]

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Agreed. I recently bought a game from Amazon for $28. 6 days later they sent me an email advertising the same item for $15. I called India and was told that since they no longer have a price drop policy, I would need to reorder the item at the lower price and send back the…

Any Special Sauce with this GLove?

That MSN Wallpapers product featured on LH back in Oct was the biggest piece of bloatware I have made the mistake of installing in a long time.

At least for me, beyond the first page of any comment thread is always collapsed. I wish this were not the case. I appreciate tinkering in the name of making things better, but I think recent changes to Lifehacker comments have not achieved that goal...yet. I love the comments as a source of additions, corrections &…

Another big vote for Jungle Disk / Amazon S3. Easy to set up, super cheap to use, will save your butt quickly when you need it. www.jungledisk.com

The updates for Lightning & Provider are GREAT. You need to know that updating these extensions within Thunderbird does not work the same way as Firefox extension updates. Here's how to avoid the download error:

Hmmmmm...First impression: Going to stick with FF 3.01

@pooryoric:

VOTE: Launchy 2.0

Instead of soy milk, you may want to consider almond milk. This is generally marketed under the "Almond Breeze" brand name and can be found near the soy / organic milk at your local store. Our boys love the vanilla & chocolate varieties.

Discover Open Road Card = 5% Cash Back unlimited on gas & auto maintenance; 1% on everything else

@TommySez: My wife has made this at least a dozen times and, trust me, the end result is 100 times better than from a bread machine. We realized our machine was just taking up space and retired it to the garage ever since discovering the NY Time recipe. This bread is sooooooooo yummy it's habit forming.

@GARYV

The main reason we started paying off our mortgage early was to have one less BIG bill to worry about when our kids are college-age. However, this post has encouraged us to reconsider that decision and put the same money into their TAP529 plans. Assuming an 8% annual return on the TAP529 vs. 5.625% mortgage…

EmigrantDirect offers the "American Dream" account which is currently paying 5.05% with no fees and no minimums. They link to any other bank account for quick and easy transfers if you need to write checks or use your local bank's ATM.

There's also a nice piece of freeware called Stickies 6.0 which lets you "attach" notes to any webpage, as well as put notes on your desktop screen. It's even networkable for sending notes to co-workers or home computers.

@VaguelyArtistic: Just for the record, I didn't suggest you put the cap in your pocket. Heck, if I did that it would wind up in the washing machine 90% of the time and I would be left wandering around the house muttering "Where's that dang lens cap?" :)