great post! a good follow-up might be covering the various ways to secure yourself while using BT (not that any of them are sure-fire, but they help, IMO), including but not limited to: Peer Guardian 2, enabling protocol encryption, HD encryption, etc. I'm sure there are many ways to better protect yourself (after…

Won't using CCleaner and/or Registry Mechanic after the default Windows Uninstall do the same thing (with regard to the uninstall functionality)?

little off topic, but whens the new Show-Us-Your-Firefox coming??? oh man got to see if I made the cut! ^-^

yeah *sigh* I'm southern CA too.. worst. drivers. ever. and dammit I hate that left lane. I set the cruise control on 70 and kick back. MUCH nicer than being a traffic nazi. I think the average speed around here is about 90 (seriously). it's insane. Good ol 2nd lane. have yet to get a ticket (ever).

dumb question: is that Vista in the screen shot?

@hutz: thanks!

It would be interesting to do an Azureus vs. uTorrent/BitLord/etc post. I've been using Az for some time now and am considering a switch to uTorrent. Azureus seems to slow my Vibe Streamer as well. Any one care to weigh in on this?

Having tried the whistling thing with limited success... I am now on the verge of passing out from being lightheaded. One thing I have found for lightheadedness: whether when sick, getting up from a relaxed state, or "under the influence" is just as you begin to feel that lightheaded-I-might-pass-out feeling is to…

Having never done anything like this before, being fairly tech literate for a non-IT person (yet unfamiliar with server-related stuff) AND being a voracious music fan, I bloody love this! Thanks LH!

For folks on TimeWarner (I'm in Southern CA), if you already have your HDTV, it's as easy as stopping at the TW store and swapping out your original digital box & cables (for free) for the HD box with component cables. And, as an added bonus, you get all the major networks (plus a couple others) on their own HD…