Hard to name one, but the most valuable class selection strategy for me was that I took 100- or 200-level classes in as many subjects as I could, in addition to the ones that were applicable to my major.

@pantsonfireliarliar: Ikea got Lifehacked!

@avatar003: Now, that's funny.

I was ab to echo a few practices but remembered I already blogged it. Basically: Backup two, using different methods, always. Longer version: [feedme.typepad.com]

@AdmiralPoopinpants: Well said. Good lesson.

@31337h4ck3r: The problem is that some people understand volume vs area and some don't. So we have two problems: As a reader, we can't be sure of what the people who made the graph were thinking; as creators, we can't be sure what the people owh see it will interpret.

VOTE: Retrospect.

@travisco_nabisco: I don't know. I think you'd have to buy some, chop off and weigh the stems, then do the math.

And I am having a hard time imagining a workplace that would have a rule about keeping some fish. Sounds like the movie, "Office Space."

I used to have a few neon tetras in a little tank. They're very hardy. There were some snails or maybe an algae eater, to, well, eat the algae.

@Pineapple Chunks: Start with what the detergent manufacturer recommends, then cut by half and see if you like the results. Repeat.

It can be much worse if you use liquid detergent. The caps have marks to show you the amount for small, medium, and large loads. The marks are very hard to see on the brands I have used and they're cryptic — just bars molded into the plastic, no labels. If you don't read the instructions (and who does that, really) —…

Hanging shirts is a cool idea. There's plenty of room in my closet, and there's even a hanging bar where I hang my guitar.

@Lula Mae Broadway: Also: Get in before it fills all the way. You will displace some water, causing the water level to rise. If you use less water, you won't be using as much cold water.

@Lula Mae Broadway: Once the hot water ceases, it means you have used all the hot water you have. So if running it full hot yields a tepid bath, you're sunk. The hot water heater will take hours to get hot again and by then, the tub will be pretty cold.

Clever. And has that 50s submarine movie look. Dive! Dive!

I love this.

@gerrrg: Goooood idea. Especially for those of us in Internet businesses!

Truth is I often forget them!

Considering that the chances of ever needing it are slight, I would choose a method that involves minimal effort to collect. Take pictures, upload to an online photo site and you're done. Entering all that in the computer, finding values, etc. is a waste of time if you never need the list.