The Bank of Choice message contained several bady-formed sentences and punctuation mistakes. That's typical of phishing scams. I voted it as phishing. I reckon that makes me one of the 2% who spot all the phishing attempts and also reject other sorts of dubious messages.

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OpenID is not confusing, but it could do with some more features. Can I use my OpenID here at LifeHackerFace? Thought not.

This is an instance of seeing the forest instead of the trees. I've done very detailed accounts of my income and spending, but that doesn't help the planning part of personal finance. It is useful to take Carmen's guidance as a practical estimate of budget portions. In my case housing and debt eat up 65% of my budget,…

I don't say anything. But I make sure they never get any of my chocolate truffles or an invite to any of my soirees. That learns 'em pretty quick. Aside from that it depends on what sort of personality they've got.

@polobunny: "Holding your laugh in just makes you a hypocrite, and so does faking not understanding it."

@John: Good points. I was wondering how the original list was derived, but yours reminds me of the times I've had to start a furnace, clean a chimney, balance a radiator, and so on. Those kinds of tasks are part of modern life, and require actual know-how. So the original list should be modified.

This story isn't written for everyone. It must be for a subset of people who want to achieve. But achievement isn't an all-inclusive ambition, as several posters have made clear. So maybe the next post in the series can be about identifying/choosing what makes you happy or fulfilled, rather than focusing on goals to…

@t3knomanser: I vote yes! Ya lucky bastid...

@kersti: I hear you. I set out some key aims around 1985, and have succeeded at one of them, at the cost of several others (career, health, financial security, family, and so on). As you say, life intervenes and things change. So I am very suspicious of any 'goal-setting' partly because fixing on the result is bound…

Kensington Expert 55mm trackball. Gets me all over a 1600x1200 monitor in no time. No wrist action, ever.

If this is only geotagging, and not in batch mode, or via a csv file, I'm not sure what use it is.

Tangent: I'm looking for a way of viewing all comments on one page.

With all this misery about food, allergies, grumpy staff and obnoxious passengers, getting on a plane sounds like someone's version of hell on wheels. I think you may have convinced me to avoid domestic flights. I can stay at home with all my gear, eat whatever I like, relax, and preserve my dignity/sanity. If I…

Vote: AirSet web-based calendar. Syncs with Outlook on the desktop. Has SMS feature as well.

Thanks for the thoughts. I'll go for the first one. The last two are unrealistic for anyone who doesn't fit a certain career profile. Moreover, anyone who can blog and dress themselves fashionably ought to be gaming for self-employment.

Somebody's gotta say it, so it may as well be me: facesaerch sounds remarkably like another word.

I made it to 10:38. While I should say something complimentary about his delivery, it's more important to say that while he raised a salient point or two, he didn't say anything substantive about them.

I'd like to know if people who travel with data, work overseas etc think the DHS policy is something that can be changed through popular pressure. Most of what I read leaves me with the impression that people accept the DHS policy as though nothing can be done (aside from evasive action, which could be seen as…

There are three options left out of the equation: getting paid to do nothing; not getting compensated for anything; and getting compensated regardless of what you do. We would probably find that the first group get bored easily and look for other things to do. We would probably find that the second group were unable…