@greeze: For the record, I think you seem like a fine, decent human being.

Interesting tool, thanks LH! In Virginia's 8th District they have the wrong name for the candidate - J. Murray instead of Patrick Murray. While his legal name is J. Patrick Murray (which does get good Google results) there's nowhere (except this map) which refers to him as J. Murray. His candidacy always refers to…

@SpottedNigel: So the binder clip has no merits above standing them on end, but now I should move the binder clip back and forth depending on whether I have 10, 6, 3 or 1 beers? Why??

And here's the magic thing about standing them upright . . . as you consume them they take up less space. With the binder clip method you go through the first 3 out of 6 and haven't reduced your "beer footprint" at all.

@Kalidor: Thanks, Kalidor. Looks like LH included one of my parentheses in the URL. Cause URLs end in parentheses *all* the time :-)

I find Free File Sync ([sourceforge.net] perfect for this. Set up a folder on your machine/network, then subfolders for each thumb drive. Use Free File Sync to build a backup job/profile, then save that profile to the root of the thumb drive.

@Alluvian: T-shirt war is great as well!

@jpaugh: I think it was more than 20,000 photos and it took a few months to shoot and edit.

Best stop motion video I've seen.

@whatne1wuddo: The only reason I ever used to install iTunes was to buy music. As a music player/organizer/jukebox I find it unappealing (personal opinion, obviously others like it a lot). But to buy a song, the 1MB Amazon downloader does the same thing as the 100MB iTunes install. Sorry if I gave up clarity for…

Amazon MP3 installer <1MB

I got the Belkin clear plastic case. Came over a week late (with a 'Time Sensitive Material' label on it) and was covered in scratches. I just laughed and threw it in the trash. Thanks Apple!

I hate to sound like a Luddite, but where most drivers are concerned, I'm an "If it ain't broke don't fix it" kind of guy. Apps I'll update for new features, but drivers/firmware/etc I prefer to be a couple of versions back and avoid brickdom.

@timgray: Freaking brilliant. I love it!

@ez10: Agreed. That's actually my biggest complaint about the tip is that it precludes bios/hd passwords and/or whole drive encryption.

@Brandt: 1) Not sure why a phone number or email would be "silly". 2) Aesthetics: put the label on the bottom, or on the side. 3) The person might turn it on, see a password prompt and turn it off. Frankly, I think it would be pretty dumb to try a password at random . . . what are the chances you get it? 4) The…

As the guy who always responds to the clever hacks about embedding your name in an autorun on your thumb drive, etc, etc, I'll say the same response here for the laptop password hint— put it on a label. Labels never run our of batteries. Labels don't require technical savvy. Labels don't get ignored when someone…

-111 in upstate NY. Interestingly, the signal 'improved' to -95 when I used the death grip.

The only thing dumber (and only marginally so) would have been painting the TV to match the white wall.

My wife works in retail, and says that anyone can bring any animal into the store...if they claim it's a service animal. No argument. A woman brought a fucking parakeet into her store. When they told her she couldn't bring a bird in, she said "he's my service animal." End of story. That can't do anything else.