I was one of the few people who rued the day that the last Blockbuster shut their doors in my city. People of the Internet were cheering, saying things like, "Serves them right for shutting down mom-n-pop video stores in the 90s! Derrr!" (that was 10+ years ago, people!). I had to cancel my Blockbuster membership and…

I am an ex-MozyPro customer and currently a CrashPlan customer going on 1.5 years now. I've never had a problem with CrashPlan. With Mozy, backups would take forever to open just to see the list. I don't have that problem with CrashPlan. I've used CrashPlan's restore option a few times when I accidentally overwrote…

AWESOME.

I can already iron a shirt quickly with a regular board. If we're talking improvements, all I really would like is a wider ironing board so I can iron the entire back of my shirt in one placing. Sleeves and fronts are just one placement each. I'd probably save a few seconds if I didn't have to reposition the back of…

(See above for reason in favor of...)

A crying, hungry baby at 6am. Unfortunately, this hack works (without fail) on Saturdays and Sundays too.

The question is WHY we celebrate. July 4th is when we observe our declaration of independence. July 4th was chosen, and that is the day we all observe. If you're getting into details, yes, we can all run to wikipedia... [datecountdown.com] . That's great, but our forefathers chose a date to observe the occasion and…

Weird, I typed a reply but I don't think it showed up. I'm not replacing the fan on principle. I have a 10 year old Sony receiver that needs no such maintenance. I'm also using this as an excuse to get a blu-ray HTiB.

Yes I did consider it, but I'm not doing so based on principle and other reasons. First and last samsung HTiB purchase for me. No previous piece of HT equipment I've ever owned (granted, all of which fall quite short of the audiophile category) has ever needed regular maintenance. My previous receiver was some flavor…

@The_Dullest_Tool : Actually I am in OC. The plan is, whenever I find a replacement HTiB, that I'll disconnect the old Samsung, clean the fan ONE LAST TIME, then post it on CL for $70 with the proper fan issue disclaimer.

This is my online handle. I've owned the domain for almost as long, too. [web.archive.org]

I'm recently in the market again for a new HTiB. Why? Because the Samsung DVD HTiB system I bought 3 years ago has died. Three times I've opened it up to oil the fan. This fourth time I'm not bothering to open it up again. Kicking it to the curb and getting a system that doesn't require me to clean/oil a fan once a…