A baking sheet has a lot more surface than a gallon bag.

"Incidently, eBay's CEO is intentionally trying to kill the auction format altogether."

OK, posterity, I solved my problem.

@DigitalNight Try calling a locksmith at 2AM. The numbers prominently displayed in your "local" directory lead to a call center. Which will charge you $100s to wake an actual local person to empty your wallet before attempting to let you in.

So if I am born wealthy and marry into the family of the US Treasury/Goldman Sachs/Citigroup hierarchy, I will have time and resources to live a fulfilling life.

Great tip! I like this one a lot!

I carry a full-sized frame pump. Mini-pumps are not good for road tires. And I never have tried CO2 simply because I've always owned a frame pump.

Just get a wide-mouthed water bottle, no need to hack anything. I've been carrying one for years with:
Spare tube
Crescent wrench
Patch kit
Park MT-1 multi tool
Quik Stik tire lever
Pressure gauge

Is that a really big spoon or are they burning a baby's arm with a regular spoon?

With Windows Vista I had my home computer set up as a VPN server (I found the instructions here at Lifehacker).

ZOMG the Android camera blurry shot thing has been driving me nuts I hope this works!

...having your privacy extension owned by an ad company is kinda scummy...

Vote: Weber One-Touch charcoal grill.

Vote: Motorola Atrix HD

I love it, mostly for AirTunes. There's an Airport Express connected to my stereo. I play music files and streams from iTunes on my computers.

Chrome apps are appalling. Nobody remembers the browser wars?

Adobe Photoshop Elements is available for $79 or less online (not a subscription, full product).

I am happy with Truphone. I'm a light user, and I'm paying $25 or $30 per month for talk, text and data, compared to the $75 I was spending with AT&T on contract.

I find it extremely rare that people understand the difference between wide and 'standard' width broadcasts.

vote: Visioneer Strobe 500