I hear you, brother. This economy really, really sucks.

The general recommendation is to always back up first by exporting your libraries. http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Import-export_library Or by using the XBMC Back-up Addon (I've never used this, so can't say how well it works.) http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:XBMC_Backup After that, you should be…

There's also the Raspberry Pi (Lifehacker did a story last week), but it's a bit slow and low powered for every day use.

In Confluence (default skin) just don't tell XBMC what the videos are (whether movies, tv, or whatever). Then you can click on Files on the home window to go straight to your files.

http://www.amazon.com/Companion-802-11n-Ethernet-Official-Sponsor/dp/B0088IGPM8 Currently the best small form factor ARM box out there for XBMC.

Probably just server issues. The site is getting absolutely hammered right now.

Raspberry Pi support is right there in the announcement.

I don't know if it was coincidence, but every single time I've ever flown using one way tickets, I've been flagged for extra security checks.

There are several articles about how XBMC for the Raspberry Pi is absolutely perfect for the cheap room/old TVs. http://xbmc.us/njbetzen/2013/01/11/raspberry-pi-knocks-the-xbox-1-out/

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Quarters may be the single most useful currency (until the gov't starts phasing out dollar bills, forcing us to finally switch... please soon). So I'm all about them.

30k is both quite a bit higher than the federally accepted definition of poverty in the US, and also quite a bit lower than the median household income, which is about 46k. Even 46k USD isn't especially great, but most people can generally afford to live off it in the US. 30 years ago, 30k was actually a pretty good…

The ridiculous amount of complexity necessary to make this happen reminded me a lot of the OK Go Rube Goldberg video "This Too Shall Pass." So I mashed that song together with this video. The song and the video fit together pretty nicely, I think.

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I also recommend the Google Chat extension you recently featured for calls. [lifehacker.com]

Nope. Definitely not incredibly spammy. Thanks for the info!

I ditto this question. I am unaware of free or cheaper ways to get Live Gold that aren't incredibly spammy.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak and bruised!

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Drakkan from Kim Possible would have been pretty fantastic as well. Doing pretty much any character.