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This tip seems awfully familiar. Oh, that's right, I left it in a comment on Lifehacker yesterday. Methinks it was stolen from me!

Are you sure it's Firefox? Mine has started to run really slowly after a while, but if I disable Adblock it speeds up. Sigh...

For the Facebook photo tip, you can also open the photo and reload the page. That will put you into the old photo viewer where you can copy the direct link.

Almost anything can be a poison when used in excess, including water. Relax.

If you google the article title, the first or second result will have the full text. I'm not sure how Google does that because it's the same URL, but it always works.

"I like to pay for my media and I don't like to pirate, but that doesn't mean I don't feel piracy is always wrong."

What are some good ways to invest $20k-$40k when you've maxed out your retirement accounts for the year? Investing in something tangible like a business is appealing, but I wouldn't know the first thing about that.

You're not exactly evading taxes because the money you put into it has already been taxed, but I see your point.

Is there a way to undo a point while in curves?

The government in a democracy actually asking its citizens for input?! How dare they! Don't they know this is a dictatorship?

I use Google Calendar to email me birthday reminders a day in advance, and just this week I figured out why I was getting the reminders two days in advance instead: I set up the birthdays as all-day events. The calendar considers all-day events to start at 5 PM the day before for some reason, so the reminder would

How about some new standards/regulations on the way credit scores are determined? Just because someone applies for a home mortgage and a car loan doesn't mean they're a credit risk. Almost everyone applies for those two types of loans at some point yet it negatively affects your score.

Is there really a difference between eating, say, six 300-calorie meals vs three 600-calorie meals? I'd like to see some hard facts that show the smaller meals are better for weight loss.

@Qurtyslyn: Thanks. Looking at an 07 Civic. I'm not a car guy at all and just want something that looks nice, gets good gas mileage, and is reliable.

@dboudwin: Screen for sure! I have a really thick, tough beard to shave and the rotary shavers never get close at all. I currently have a cheap Remington screen/foil shaver that gets just as close as a blade. The only downside is I have to go over my face a couple times! That's fine with me, though, as blades give me

Should I get a used car inspected by a mechanic before buying?

@chad.merkert: If someone has a lab of 20 computers, I'm guessing $100 is kind of a drop in the bucket to him...

Is there a difference between Pur and Brita? I'm thinking about getting one of those screw-on faucet purifiers but I'm not sure if one is better than the other.

@TunaFish3: The next five years of your life are going to fly by. No joke. Have fun and don't be afraid to take chances, which includes talking to the hot 21 year old women @icecreamman mentioned above; you only have a few years left of being able to act like an idiot kid. Well, you can do that forever, but it starts