VOTE: interfacelift.com

It's amazing how often those come in handy. Getting out the drill is just not worth it, sometimes.

@MrMusic: I opened the post in NNW and that was the first thing I thought, too. I'm only the son of an engineer, but everybody who worked with LEGO Technik should know that.

I do listen to orchestral soundtracks. They help me focus.

When I moved into my new apartment I got myself 32Mbit/s down — 2Mbit/s up cable.

VOTE: Quicktime+Perian

Nice list. Had to laugh, though. Because I instantly remembered, on which projects my father and I used some of those screws.

I've tried and tried, and waited and waited longer.

Arrrgh.

Handbrake - because it does as it says and is very user-friendly

Ok, I could live without the printer, BUT that's only if I have a way of editing the stuf I get from my professors.

I recently switched back to FF after I had been using Safari since I switched to the Mac.

A nice trip down memory lane.

I have a hard time remembering when was the last time that I actually bought a newspaper.

mp3 is going to stay for quite a while I believe.

Congratulations!

VOTE: Acronis TrueImage

Awesome it is!

@glass: That feeling of (theoretical) invulnerability is so damn good.