@Coriolis: I should mention that as far as I understand it, the EU regulation is more to do with EU economics than health reasons. But it is a fortunate coincidence for those trying to avoid HFCS

Good for you! The link between HFCS and weight gain/health issues are always causing a lot of controversy. I'm surprised more consumers aren't making the same choice as you.

fine, instead of sewing a button into the corner of a towel, just use a bulldog clip or something. Last I checked, having a noise-free drying experience wasn't at the top of anyone's lists...

Better idea: sew a steel button into the corner of a towel, and use that to attach it to a magnet on the appliance. Now it's dryer-safe.

I'd say that the percentage of people who would use these is higher than those who might use disabled access facilities - reports are saying anywhere between 5% and 25% of people are experiencing headaches. Given the amount of people affected, it would make sense for theatres to provide these as an option.

Wait... I thought they blocked this tactic two years ago? [articles.latimes.com]

I get the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website, the default driver from Windows updates didn't give me the full set of features.

Well said. In fact, when you put it like that, I can't be bothered to read the article now since I don't think they'd be able to say it any better.

It depends how the LEDs are mounted, if they're attached to some wire that you can quickly cut, then no problem (LEDs on the front of computers are usually done in this way, in fact in most cases (!) the wires are connected to the motherboard via a plug that you can simply pull out. If they're attached to the PCB,…

I had a similar problem, the bright blue LED was ridiculously bright and gave me a headache. In the end I got so frustrated that sticking something over it was not enough; I went to the lengths of actually removing the LED and resoldering a nice soft green one instead.

some desiccant packets can be "refreshed" by keeping them at a high temperature (above 200°C/400°F) for a few hours. I should also mention that those packets aren't always silica gel, I've opened up packets to find that some use calcium chloride, and others use little clay beads. They all suck up moisture just the…

I can tell you exactly the same happens in China; it's possible to haggle things down to between 30% - 60% of the asking price. Insider tip: if you are in a market in China, and you look western, chances are they might have just doubled or tripled the asking price, because they know that westerners are generally…

Currently the link is broken, you've chopped the trailing "l" off the end: [aht.seriouseats.com]

Tasty, but I don't think anything beats bacon ice cream - vanilla ice cream with crispy caramelized bacon bits.

Hope these new phones are out when it's time for my contract upgrade, I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S II over the Motorola Atrix specifically because Samsung have a better track record for being reasonably ok with rooting, despite the Atrix having some nice specs that I was interested in.

'On the other hand, a phrase like "this is fun" would take about 2,537 years to crack using a brute-force attack...This happens because of the spaces, which are special characters (you could use - or ! instead of spaces, if you wanted to)'

think again?

really? I do the opposite - I have ONLY favicons in my bookmarks toolbar, such a saving of space!

ah I see. Then LastPass and KeePass are very different applications then. Which one is more secure would really depends on the argument about whether storing encrypted files on a remote server, or your own computer.

KeePass does locking with both key file and master password. I don't know what LastPass uses, but it would appear to be master password only from a quick glance at the technical features