Why is it always chess and backgammon for these things?

Put grommets on your dishcloth and connect them to your stove handle with a stretching keyring cord about a foot long.

@Spacebar265: Emacs v Vim was always a losing battle, since both editors are losing (in the MIT sense of "not good").

I create a directory on the drive called "Utilities" and put programs or files in subdirectories such as screen savers, wallpapers, WordWeb, and the like.

@oinari: That version contains too much crap to be usable. I just want the main page.

A backyard rink is fine if you don't mind not having a lawn in the summer. If you don't have a decent base and way to drain it in spring (flat ground, plywood under the plastic) the weight and excess water may ruin the existing grass underneath.

@P_Smith: Addendum:

@hengehog: It's not simpler. It wastes people's time because they have to wait for images, maps and other options to appear. Those options should be there immediately or there should be a way to turn off this annoyance for those who don't want it.

Instead of giving us Kevin Purdy's email address, how about the email addresses of google's CEOs?

One mnemonic there was a variant of what I learnt in band class, though they didn't list the neat and humorous reversal of it.

@Jordan10la: I remember the first digits of Pi with an alphabetic substitution sequence. More could be remembered with the right mnemonic.

I can't find a news item to link to, but a few years ago a christian terrorist separatist group in Texas sent an email to a mistyped address. The email contained information about where, when and who of their intended chemical weapon attack (with ricin, IIRC).

"Where else would you start?"

I've found the problem generally isn't just how much RAM but how programs use it. A lot of programs don't manage memory properly and don't return it to the system after closing, sometimes as much as 400MB. Reboots caused by poor program design are annoying.

Touchpads would be tolerable if touching them would NOT be treated as mouse clicks. It should be used for motion only, or at least, give the user the option.

If you have a garage or a high-ceilinged basement and a large basement door and enough room, try coiling hoses and cords in six foot lengths around the top and bottom of a nail or hook, rather than wrapping them around the arm as most people do. The fewer the turns and loops, the less likely the cord or hose is going…

@prbroste: Just be sure to store it outdoors wrapped in tarpaulins or a covered area that's open to the cold air but not blowing snow. A layer of old bricks on the bottom helps keep moisture out (if they have to be left on the ground outside).

@nicatronTg: One would expect that the juvenile behaviour of the Netscrape/IEEEE! browser war was over. Apparently not.

This sounds about as useful and practical as the battery powered battery charger.

Who is the pinhead who runs that site?