@Lazarus:

@KeBove:

Anyone with OCD or a fear of germs should perhaps get one of these:-

This looks great... but sadly my 5 year old Elph/Ixus v3 isn't supported in the list. Having checked the wiki...it would appear (as a general rule of thumb) that most cameras with an SD card are supported, but older ones (with a CF card) are not. If in doubt you should check of course!

I tend to spend most of my time in Google Maps nowadays... simply because it loads more quickly than the desktop app.

+ Watch videoI've been using 'Snapballs' for a couple of years. OK, they cost a few pounds (sorry, dollars).. but they work really well!

@FLConsumer:

Oh yes, and I have a rather annoying habit of double posting or making silly tpyos.

20 minutes x 14 days = 280 minutes (4-5 hours). Lifehacker has easily saved me this amount of time over the last couple of years, so I'd be happy to return some of the love. As for whether I qualify?

Strangely enough, I had exactly this problem last week (reading off an external hard drive formatted in NTFS). Anyhow, I installed NTFS-3G without any problems (Mac OSX 10.5.2)... and it works perfectly. If I remember correctly, I just downloaded the dmg file, and didn't even need to run a command (but don't quote me…

Great tip! (the simplest are often the best).

Great tutorial... whilst it may be old news to some, it will be very timely for others (such as those who have recently purchased a Mac). That said, I wanted to be able to run Mac OS and Windows Vista together withtout re-booting... so splashed out on a copy of VMware Fusion a few months ago.

@yochanan_marqos: I second that notion!

@Paintbait:

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the 'Firebug' add on for Firefox is a useful tool for anyone (like me) studying how a site is put together:- [addons.mozilla.org]

I'm self taught using Dreamweaver... more through necessity than choice (I would love to be able to hand code, but don't really have the time to learn). I'm only really capable of inserting the basic stuff such as (wait for it) bold text , but I've managed to insert customised Google Maps APIs into a couple of sites,…

Nice tip. It's fiddly at first but comes quickly with practise!

Arrgh this darn keyboard... s/be 'launch' behaviour!

On a windows machine:-

Arrghhh. Forgive my typos. It's late this side of 'the pond'. Above should read:- "embarrassment" and "I'm pretty sure others...".