@Scott Kuma Pettigrew: If you already have auto insurance, some companies will allow you to even bundle them for a discount.

I would love to see tools for Tumblr follower management that work similar to some of the Twitter apps I've seen.

There are two "Pros" for cheap plastic:

It requires a facebook account. Boo-urns. :(

@SenorValasco: I am also a fan of Media Monkey. [[www.mediamonkey.com]

I enjoy using Waze quite a bit. On my Thursday commute I watched a fellow Wazer take an alternate route while I stayed the course. She(?) got to her destination about 3 minutes faster than I did. I had always figured local streets were slightly faster than the highway during rush hour traffic.

@friendlynerd: You can go 7,000 with full Synthetic.

Other than that, it's simply dragging a JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, or TGA file onto the box to get back nice-looking icons.

Is it just me, or if you squint at the cover do you see the Grinch?

I have myself down to one card that I use now. The rest get cut-up the second they come in the mail. Discover is the only one that seems to notice that a card they sent me has not been activated.

"Hot Pockets are totally the car radios of the communal freezer."

Where's the Dragon?

@Zadaz: If possible break a project into paid milestones and make clear in the contract that work will stop the second a bill goes past due.

A friend of mine has done freelance website work for years (I have limited patience for it). She likes to do the 25/50/25 (or 50/25/25 for new clients) billing method.

@xlerate: Try the forums here -

Generally, I let the company make the first move and then counter if it's lower than what I need (notice I said NEED, not want).

@crazi_man: I've been using a free account at Goosync to do what GMobileSync does, and thanks to you I might switch. :)

@thisisasignin & anyone else interested:

I'd be interested in knowing his stats before I spend $2. Anyone see those posted anywhere?

Also chiming in as a NotePad++ convert.