I have had drives last 5+ years. I also had a brand new 2.5" internal drive die within 3 hours of booting it up for the first time. SSDs may not have moving parts but they can also suffer catastrophic failure; unlike mechanical hard drives, SSDs often fail without any warning.

Cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/cocktail) should be added to the list; it's arguably the most popular OS X system utility and it's currently available at a 25% discount. I snagged it at a 50% discount a couple of years ago... Onyx is probably enough for most people; there are online articles that compare Onyx and…

The #2 idea for improving the quality of a DSLR pop-up flash has several problems:

While waiting to have both my hips replaced due to a congenital defect that is exacerbated by long periods of sitting I finally invested in a standing desk.

The link listing who pays in the "Do: Ask For Money" section does not work. Try this instead: http://whopays.tumblr.com.

In my house the dish and counter sponges are used for just one day and then tossed into the wash. Before they go in the dryer the wet sponges get 4-5 minutes in a microwave at full power. That takes care of sterilizing them. (I read about the microwave trick but it was so long ago I cannot recall the source...)

As far as I am concerned Retina displays (along with SSDs) are the latest computer fad designed to extract more money from gullible consumers. Now that CPU speed is essentially dead as a marketing tool the computer manufacturers had to come up with something and high-resolution displays are it until the market…

I live in an older house that is definitely not sealed-up tight like modern houses. And our property is semi-rural and completely organic, so we have our share of creepy-crawly critters inside and out...

Frankly, unless you have tried more than one VPN provider for a reasonable period of time most of us are simply voting for the service that we initially selected, so I question the value of counting votes in order to select the best VPN provider. I think that the comments are more valuable than the final vote tally...

59 years young and I am facing replacements of both hips due to advanced arthritis. I've been dealing with back pain for 6+ years that is apparently exacerbated by my wore-out hips. It didn't help that I spent the last twenty years sitting at a computer most of the day...

Prevention is way better than trying to eradicate bedbugs since they are notoriously difficult and expensive to remove from a residence.