@REO Speedwagon: It's not just about the air you move around in.

You can also use paraffin picked up at your local grocery or hardware store. It'll be with the canning supplies, frequently.

@comics0026: I have an old pot out in the shed that I use for just that purpose. A length of cotton twin, also dipped in wax, makes for an excellent wick.

@Wviper: The wax isn't there to burn. It's there to keep the lint dry so that it can burn.

A good PDF reader is of paramount importance for those of us looking to lug our research article archive around on something other than a flash drive.

It's kind of cool to think my my dad was ahead of the curve, as he did this for us in the 80s. Made a great place to keep the C-64.

@Oranges w/ Cheese has 2 cats! ahahaha.: Or academia. I've got gigs of PDF articles, and all my new additions are PDF. Having to convert them would be a dealbreaker.

I've got win 3.11 running in DOSbox with the Defend front end. I can relive the glory days of AfterDark to my hearts content.

Sweet. I am so doing this on my Thinkpad tablet.

How the heck has [Bacchanalians.net] escaped this long?

@KosstAmojan: You and me both!

I look at the picture and the only reaction I have is, "Get your hand out of your mouth!"

@dagwud: They're also helpful when sending information in physical form, like an invitation. A shorter URL is much more useful than the direct link to a Google map giving you the location. Less chance of a typo preventing access.

I run Yourls on my own server. My database, my links, everyone else is on their own.

I've carried a PDA since 1997. I have, exactly ONCE, digitally transferred information to someone else. And that was in 1999 via infrared on two Palm III devices.

"You are sacrificing the main benefit of renting if you do not invest this extra money."

@SPGWhistler: Or one could disconnect from the telco at the box if one is one of those who's dropped landlines in favor of cell phones.