I'm a frugal guy, so the majick words for me are 'refurbished' and 'recertified', preferably prefaced by the word 'factory'. For example, when I need a new set of headphones, I'll probably head here.

FWIW, a single-edged razor works better than anything else to clean glass. (We used to have a glass-topped stove.) Just make sure that it isn't damaged, so it can't scratch. If you are worried about cutting yourself, grab some of these double-edged plastic razor blades to take care of all but the most baked-on crud.

Kickstart female/gay/etc. DLC's, and let the people put their money where their mouth is. Problem solved.

:sigh: Scanned through the replies, looking for reasonable responses to typical Gawker yellow journalism. None found. Big surprise. If any are interested in a more balanced viewpoint, here is a post by someone else who was there.

That is so wrong! Am I the only one among you who sees how wrong that is? Why would they put a woman in a skirt on the left, a man with broad shoulders on the right, and a bloddy Scot in the middle?

Every good story is about how realistic characters act realistically to what happens to them, even what happens isn't realistic. Read the book 'Jumper', then compare it to the abomination of the movie for a stark contrast.

I have very few memories of my earliest childhood, but one that I have a clear memory of was being maybe 3 or 4, sitting in my highchair with a Batman comic, frustrated because I knew that the words would help me understand what was going on with the pictures, but not having a clue what the pattern of letters meant. …

Rice cooker primer: The element is set to 'high' while temperature is less than 100C/212F, then 'low' once the temperature rises past that. (i.e. all of the water has evaporated.) You can make porridge, soup, or anything else that contains water, as it will automagically stop pumping heat in before it turns to…

Whenever I have to take a bus to an unknown location, the first thing that I do is to uninstall all Google Maps updates on my phone, as they ripped out 'Transit Navigation' at some point, for some dumb reason. It *told* me when to get off at the next stop, for example.

One iOS/Android app that is insanely useful is CamScanner. You can take, for example, a pic of a restaurant receipt while still there, and have it automagically cleaned up, straightened, cropped, and added to a PDF (after having it OCR'ed), which is stored in the cloud, as well as on your phone. You can then send…

I can personally testify that you can dump over $120 in quarters into the arcade version and not get to the end.

To make a water bath conduct heat better, add some salt to the water.

FWIW, you can buy scouring pads made out of softer stainless steel at any dollar store. (When my kids were learning to cook and tended to turn pots of rice into charcoal, I would hand them my drill with a brass (NOT BRASS-COATED STEEL!!!) cup brush chucked in it, and let them have 'fun' for the next forty-five…

If you want to *find* proxies, Charon (http://project2025.com/charon.php) has you covered, though you'll probably want to find a good tutorial to learn how to use it.

Here is a simple, yet highly effective get-rich-slowly plan:

...and if one of you geniuses goes off your rocker, wouldn't that be a matter of putting all of your eggheads in one basketcase? :evilgrin:

FWIW, if you shake a blade grinder like a cocktail shaker while it is in operation, you will get a more even grind.

FWIW, you can play Armor Attack, Assault, Battlezone, Bradley Trainer, and Vindicators 1 & 2 here. Just use 7-zip on the ISO, install and enjoy!

Even easier, if you have a series of numbered images, is to use ImageMagick. As terrifying as it may be, you actually type in a command to do it!!!

YMMV...