@doublsh0t: As a big RSS reader user, I'd like to use Twitter as a one-stop substitute. But I can't. With Google Reader I get everything in headline form, saved for me until I'm ready to read it. There's so much more noise to accompany signal with Twitter that I can't make the leap into making that my sole info…

It would be great if they updated their clunky web interface. What with everything being in the cloud these days, I've never warmed to the desktop software, opting instead to only use the web site. But it can be surprisingly difficult to use.

As the update in the post indicates, this change to Windows Live Mesh Sync does include Windows Live Sync - which was once upon a time called FolderShare and may have even had another name in between (I don't remember).

Wow. This is pretty stunning. I rely heavily on Xmarks, and while the social aspect of it never really appealed to me, the bookmarking features (and more recently its other syncing features as well) were huge for me. This might start a migration to Chrome for me.

@gbwells: Ditto. This box was unchecked for me.

My first experience with finding lost money was when I located about $50 six or seven years ago for a job my wife held as a teenager. Since then I made a mental reminder to check every year or two.

@jbarr: If you don't have anyone else relying on your income (kids), you don't need 20x your salary. Just enough to pay your debts and bury you so your wife isn't put in a tough spot should you die.

Rather than letting programs like FileHippo run constantly and use resources, however miniscule, I just do a once-monthly checkup: 1) run a full scan on Microsoft Security Essentials, 2) run an anti-rootkit scan, 3) run Glary Utilities, 4) FileHippo, and 5) Windows Live Safety Scanner. Windows Updates obviously happen…

Thanks for the update. Any chance of an update of Better GCal for FF 3.6 compatibility?

@cowgod: That is exactly what I do. Have had no problems to speak of and I can count on one hand the number of discs I've screwed up for the hundreds of attempted to burn.

@allinthefamily: I second. Big fan of Download Statusbar.

Frustratingly, I'm a bit of both, in part because I have young kids. I like the peace and quiet of getting up early to do routine stuff like checking RSS and email, but if I really want to dig into a project I have to do so at night after everyone else has gone to bed.

I save lots of bookmarks for future projects, so I end up opening folders of bookmarks at once when I begin working on the project. For me, these bookmarks do not replace my current tabs - I assume this is because I use TabMixPlus and set it to open all new links in new tabs.

The speed increase is definitely noticeable. I was nearly lost there for a second without Tab Mix Plus but with the dev build I'm good to go. Still missing updates for Better GReader, Better GCal, Customize Google, and FoxyTunes.

Just pay your bills on time, don't carry credit card balances, keep your borrowing to reasonable levels for responsible purchases (home, education, a car if necessary), and live within your income, and all of these other scores are moot.

About a year ago, I discovered how much more pleasant your workspace can be with just a few velcro ties. Although certainly you can take it to cable-management-porn levels if you've got the time and inclination.

Frankly, Ramit Sethi's arrogance is beginning to wear on me. He says, "It's just none of their business." as if you can just wave your hand and make the question go away.

Might anyone know why I'm unable to schedule nightly backups in Vista using SyncBack freeware? I schedule it in SyncBack the same way as I do on my other computer that uses XP, and that works fine, but for some reason on Vista it just doesn't run.

@Deprong Mori: What's wrong with reading personal finance blogs?

Put together a quick and dirty spreadsheet that tracks your income and deductions and matches it up against tax tables. Instead of doing taxes once a year, and wondering until that point how they will turn out, it offers you a real-time look at how you're doing and if you need to correct withholding. It makes doing…