They are still going to do that, but will probably adjust the amount of pledged money required to unlock the stretch goal.

Some people (like me) like the style of The Hobbit more than that of LotR. We feel that too much LotR was added and would have felt the same if Tolkien had completed his rewrite of The Hobbit.

It's not a separate download, but you can choose 'Portable installation' when you run the installer.

Sad to see that Comodo Chromium Secure doesn't have a portable option (unless I'm overlooking the option), whereas Dragon does.

Extra tip regarding backup codes: if the service offers the option to request new ones, do so regularly or at least when you change your account password. I recently had this exact scenario and couldn't access my Google account because none of my backup codes worked, although I hadn't used them yet.

For me it's:

Hey, that sounds a lot like my work and co-workers! Except that we don't have an old guy anymore since the old old guy moved to Denmark.

I don't get all the fuzz about the changes to command prompt. Wasn't Power Shell already a far more powerful command line with a lot of the features that are now introduced to cmd.exe? Although PowerShell has its own list of commands, it recognizes all the familiar commands. I barely use the command prompt any more.…

I use my smartphone and prefer a song over anoying beeps or the radio. Something calm if I have to wake up early (the intro song to the Cloud Atlas soundtrack is ideal), something a bit more lively when I have to wake up a few hours later (Mr. Blue Sky does the job most of the time). But I have to select other music…

Exactly. I could increase the amount I set aside by 50 every three months - and after 9 months I wouldn't be able to buy anything anymore, including food.

There are several, but Vassal is free. Though you really need to know the rules of the game you're playing; Vassal just provides you with a virtual table and game pieces. You can place any piece anywhere you want, you have to make sure that you follow the rules yourself (which makes cheating an option if the other…

The feature that amazes me most is that there is now a technology (I think from Amazon? Not sure) that synchronizes your ebooks with your audiobooks.

You're welcome. Although I find it annoying more often than not, I'm glad I could help :-)

Strange; I've had it since at least Vista.

Even better: "I heard there are general problems with Outlook for everyone in the company, but I'm not getting any e-mails."

I always use the right mouse button, even if I want to use the default action for dragging (i.e. moving when dragging to another folder on the same drive; copying when dragging to another drive). Windows automatically expands a folder if you hover over it for a second. If I don't use the right mouse button, I often…

So very, very useful. Especially the delay when installing extensions. Thanks for this post, Whitson!

You could also go all the way and take the map that Atrus' grandfather drew:

I haven't tested Types yet, but I have found this option in Windows to be a bit annoying. You can't change multiple file types at once, and every time you change one file type the whole list reloads, which for some reason goes very slowly. I'm definitely going to give Types a try.

One thing that nobody (that I know) seems to do except me: you can change the lock difficulty. By default it's a 3x3 grid, but you can change it to 6x6 and i think even 9x9. Friends who want to unlock my phone for fun immediately go 'whoooooow what's that dude!' and give up before even trying.