I've never had problem opening clamshells with just scissors. Solid pair of Friskers to make a cut, then just rip open the rest. Not pretty at the end, but the toy is mine.

This was a great post. I am personally about to be married and this helped us go through a checklist of pre-wedding to-do's. Thanks! I read NYT daily but missed this article.

How does it differ from Stardock's ObjectDock aside from price? Resource use different? Want to see if it's worth me trying out...ObjectDock tends to use up some resources at times.

I didn't think of that, but I do agree. Kind of sucks to be taking from people who really have nothing. One thing to be frugal...another to steal from others.

as a student, there's always internships in between semesters... My internship during grad school got me about $11000 before rent/food/etc. in one summer.

I used to help out at a computer shop, and we just used the thin attachment on a shop vac to suck out the nasty. Worked pretty well.

I agree with WedgeTalon..many pre-builts come with bare minimum PSU. A 500W or 700W would do well..though depending on your system you might just be wasting money if you buy a really big one. I personally like Antecs; I feel more comfortable with the build quality.

Wouldn't putting the items in your glovebox be meaningless if the passenger side of the car is crushed? i.e., the glovebox won't open?

I think they are stock exhausts. They look similar to the ones on my Z, and the equipment list doesn't state a new exhaust. The tuning seems to be all suspension/handling upgrades.