@battra92: I'm not Jewish, but I have a guess: The process of making HFCS requires that corn is milled into starch, and then treated with enzymes. This might be equivalent to leavening grain, which is not Passover-Kosher.

@zupobafono001: Where did you get your information? I bought what is commonly referred to as "Mexican Coke" at Costco — sweetened with sugar. The calorie count was LOWER than that of the HFCS product. And, of course, it tastes better. Not sure about the shelf life, but if shelf life is your motivating factor when…

@jokono: I didn't mean for that pic to be so obtrusive. The original I uploaded is only 152 px wide. Maybe consider changing this behavior, Lifehacker?

The Simpsons solved this problem long ago. Just get one of these, and place it over your Shift key.

Channel indifference.

Oy. TurboTax lost me permanently when they pulled their little DRM stunt back in '03. I went straight to TaxCut, but for the last three years have been a happy user of TaxAct.

@joe.glass: You quit your job without having another one lined up? How irresponsibly awesome.

I change jobs semi-frequently, and before leaving I always use Eraser to wipe personal data from any Windows machines I've used.

It seems to me that, because VLC plays h.264 streams, and there's a VLC plugin for Firefox... shouldn't there be an easier solution? Would it be a mime type/plugin thing?

I remember being propagandized on the merits of organic gardens by none other than Muhammad Ali — back when I was 5.

@DangerousLiberal: Given your handle (screen name), I'm surprised you raised a concern over this. No offense to you at all, but most liberals I know gravitate toward a Richard M. Stallman philosophy when it comes to software or the written word — believing that all of this "IP" should be free.

Awesome. Now, where am I going to get some newspaper, since I get all my news online?

@iamnotafish: I wholeheartedly agree.

@FrankenPC: Have you ever tried to take a nap on a big rubber ball?

@orev: I'm sure you're a nice person, and I'll buy you a coke next time you're in town, but I disagree on every one of your points.

"Application settings used to be stored in text-based configuration files, with a separate file for every application. The Windows Registry is meant to solve that problem..."

@njdevil: Neun und neunzig luft balons.

@jokono: ...And you're all welcome — for getting that song stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Neener neener.

The Lack Rack is a little ol' box where

Email is superior for three reasons: