The one-way charges of a cross-country move with a rental can be very expensive. If you're primarily moving manageably sized boxes, you might want to compare the cost to ship everything by UPS (or similar parcel service). Books, CDs, and other media can be inexpensively mailed by the postal service as Media Mail. If…

@Jwhite1979: LOL, well if you're under the assumption I'm a big VU and Lou fan, you'd be right! ;o) Thanks for the compliment.

@iTofu 3GS has no reception problems: Thanks! (oh well)

I have always wanted to use TrueCrypt, but was discouraged by the fact that you always had to have admin rights if trying to access the thumb drive on a different computer.

I have a difficult time seeing the value of this analysis. It certainly won't have any effect upon my airline choices in the future.

With negative film it was clearly better to overexpose, particularly with black-and-white film. In fact, I would generally not worry about the highlights and simply set my exposure two stops higher than the darkest shadow in which I wanted detail to still be evident (roughly placing those areas in zone 3, for those…

I agree with Keter — drywall isn't designed for this amount of load bearing. You either need a masonry wall or attachment directly into the wood studs to safely hold something like this up.

I realize Windows 7 intentionally prevents autorun on USB drives when inserted due to security reasons, but is there a way to circumvent this on a "trusted" computer so that the portable apps menu starts by itself?

FYI: All but two types of wasps are protected under wildlife laws in Germany. (I'm betting sucking them up with a "Staubsauger" just might be a violation ;o)

With such ridiculously restrictive trial terms, this service — regardless how cool it might be — deserves to crash and burn.

Don't most people already have a decent stereo somewhere close to their main TV? I just connect the audio outs of the TV to the aux inputs of the amplifier and end up with fantastic sound — certainly far better than any computer speakers I've ever heard.

Task Coach is a well-designed, multi-platform tool. It's free, and there's even a portable version.

Vote: Task Coach Portable

I was just going to recommend YourFonts because it worked for me so well way back when, but then I just noticed on their site that they're now charging $9.95/$14.95 depending upon whether or not you download the full character set.

The freeware program Photoscape includes a GIF animator among its many functions.

Sadly they don't seem to offer Jive...

@pojken: The trimmer I have cuts right along the outside edge of the guide, and since the clear plastic holding strip lets you see the photo, it's quite simple to make cuts precisely along the photo edges without preliminary cutting. I just slide the photo through until only the tiniest bit of the image is visible…

For quick, exact cutting I really recommend a good-quality paper trimmer with a sliding blade like this one from Dahle...

SyncMate is nice for syncing contacts and calendar with a google account.

@ncg: Ugh, I guess it's hit and miss then. For the record the last time I flew KLM internationally, the special meals came out first.