Anyone doing/done a clean install of Lion? Pros/cons? I don't know a good measure of whether my specific installation would benefit from being fresh (i.e., is there some metric that would indicate it would be worthwhile). Any thoughts/advice/perspectives would be appreciated.

Maybe switch out [lhcathome.cern.ch] for SETI so you can help find the Higgs boson. [www.pcmag.com]

Anyone doing a clean install of Lion? Pros/cons? I don't know a good measure of whether my specific installation would benefit from being fresh. Any help would be great.

Vote: LauncherPro.

I think 4G is code for "$10 more please."

Thanks to everyone on this one.

Can you ID your applets (the ones right of CalmDown)? It seems everytime I see yours or Adam's desktop I see things I don't know. Thanks.

IMO, there are two choices, the Evo 3D or the upcoming Samsung Within (galaxy SII; should be out shortly). The Evo 3D has a solid developer base which means you should be good for the long run. Also, has solid hardware. I am still using my super old HTC Hero and it works like a champ, so I normally got for HTC. As for…

I know this isn't the same as a stand alone (since you can't put notes in, like loaned to whoever) but it is still handy. [www.shelfari.com]

As a southerner who tends to skew towards over politeness, if you were taught that, then you should do it. I wouldn't hold other people to this standard per se, but keep it as evidence of your own good upbringing and couthness.

If you have a fever, don't go, otherwise I would base it more on whether it will cause a bad impression (seeing someone with snot dripping from their nose is hard to recover from). As for giving someone something, keep in mind we are pretty much constantly sharing viruses and bacteria, but in your case, it is doubtful…

Should I do a clean install of OSX Lion? Any diagnostic I can run in Snow Leopard which would answer this question?

One addition to overall: Perian. Thanks for the inclusion of the microapps but I think you left out Caffeine, Insomnia, Chuck, and Capture?

No love for the CyberDuck? Nice list though (maybe some 1Password action too or is that just asking too much).

Most CPUs will have a heatsink and fan included if required, and a little thing of thermal compound too. If you want it quiet, or have aspirations to over clock, a third-party heatsink is needed.

@Dirk Anger That was what got me thinking about it. The circles are how a person decides to share, so if they don't add you, you shouldn't be able to see their content (unless public). Adding a person is more like the inverse of following in Twitter, since you are sharing with them, but not explicitly vice versa.

That definitely makes sense. I guess I was just trying to figure out if the circle concept in practice is really different from the friending concept of facebook. Placing people in circles does not require reciprocity but it appears there is rarely a time a one-way agreement would be chosen (I mean, if not with…

This is going to sound overly complicated, but bear with me if you have a minute: if circles are how I specify who I share data/updates with, AND if I add you to my circles but you don't reciprocate, then my updates appear in your incoming whereas the only way your updates appear in my stream is if you added me to a…

No need to add them (so that you share with them) but just have them add you so they share with you. In that case it is more similar to a twitter feed, but I can honestly say the discussions on their posts on G+ are quite interesting.

Wouldn't it be better if you just added us to your circle, since the sharing impetus lies with you due to the circle directionality (a big difference in the forced reciprocation of facebook)? Granted I already have you in my circles, but I think I should remove you and then you can show up in my 'incoming' feed and I…