I'm really disappointed that none of these mention the difficulty/ease of copying the finished text to Microsoft Word. I know with WriteRoom and Q10, it's really a nuisance. Some of us need to print our work, you know!

VOTE: Simplenote.

I disagree on one point. Cliches and common phrases cannot be plagiarized; once they have achieved "common" or "cliche" status, any literate person will recognize that they are not your original work, and you had no intention of presenting them that way. The originality in your work is your unique combination of the…

Forget the Neti pot. When I have a runny nose, I fill a bowl with water, dump in some salt, and stir it. Then I hold my dry nostril closed, stick the other one in, and snort it. One powerful snort is enough. Then I blow my nose, stomp my foot until the pain goes away, and I'm dry for hours.

It's "Mail Goggles", not "Mail Google". I wouldn't complain, but the second one doesn't even make sense.

Despite your assertion that these can handle being dropped, I'm still worried about the whole "glass" thing. I'm clumsy and tall, which means I can break a lot of stuff by dropping it. I think I'll stick with plastic for now, and risk the "carcinogens".

Guess what I'm supposed to be doing right now? Writing a research paper. Guess what I'm doing? Reading an article on writing without distractions.

On the *path* to becoming a Gmail master.

@fuddrha: That also means that singing it four times would equal 104, not 100.

Pretty weak offering. When I joined the Sith, at least they offered me cookies...

@isaaclyman: whoops. Lol. Lifehacker's commenting system went weird on me...

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VOTE: Yummly.com

For my Spanish class, we had to practice with a partner for 2 hours a week. Since my friend in the class lived several miles away, and we had to do things like describe colors and objects to each other, we used video Skype. Never used it before, never used it since.

Club sandwich. Ham/turkey, cheese, bacon, mayonnaise, tomato slices, bit of lettuce. Most important part: Toasted whole-grain wheat bread. Tastes like you spent ten bucks for it at a country club.

@bobkoure: Agreed! Photoshop is ridiculously expensive. I can do everything I need to do with Gimp, so I usually read these tips with intent to convert the steps to Gimp...which is often difficult. But if Lh were to post Gimp tricks in the first place, I think they'd be a lot more popular.

If in doubt, ask yourself if you would be annoyed if your roommate did whatever it is you would like to do to you. If the answer is **yes**, take it elsewhere.