I'm surprised. I use cash all the time and don't know a single person who doesn't. Vending machines, drinks in a bar, bread/sandwiches, using lockers, using the toilet in a movie theatre,... Even in the supermarket if it's below €20.

Or tie a knot in your handkerchief! Old trick, still works.

With MSE fully integrated in Windows 8 by default, is there an easy way to disable or uninstall it if you want to use another antivirus?

I wouldn't say that it's definitely just a way for them to get your phone number, but this concern is the reason why I don't have 2FO enabled on Facebook and Google. I don't want those companies to have my phone number because I'm not sure what they are going to do with it.

I found the Side Circles fairly easy to master (both directions), but the fast switching sides was too difficult and eventually I gave up. I am very proud that I mastered the Factory, though.

Ahh the Mill's Mess. Never been able to master it. It's been a while since I practiced, maybe I should get to it again.

Have you tried GoneMAD music player? There's a free versi14 day trial on on the Play Store, but the unlocker is $1 this week. Incredibly tweakable.

I like orange juice, but somehow cannot stand the taste of it in the morning (with or without brushing my teeth before breakfast).

My main bookshelf, including a radio and DVDs. Most books are Dutch translations, including a very old copy of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, left of the Jack Vance books. Further down are comics (again, mostly Dutch) but the whole thing wouldn't fit on one picture. There's another stack behind the visible…

Credit for the writing goes to Whitson, I merely brought the application to his attention :-)

You can still do that, and Windows Update itself works like in Win7: if a reboot is necessary, you are asked to reboot but you can postpone that as much as you like. The only problem (as described in the article) is that you most likely won't notice that new updates were downloaded and need to be installed.

Does everyone get that warm fuzzy feeling when their tip gets featured on the main site?

I was sort of a victim of online username theft. I'm the administrator of a forum, and one night some guys had the fun, if somewhat annoying idea of spamming another forum. Some people wanted to do it immediately, while others wanted to wait for a few days. I was online at when the idea came up, but went offline soon…

Oh I see! never noticed that one before!

Yes, but on the other hand the Metro UI isn't perfect. I've tried the Start Window and decided that I don't like it—I don't like that it takes over my entire screen, for example. In Windows 7 you can theoretically control the start menu with you keyboard while continuing reading a text. Not possible with the Start…