No one who doesn't have a full-time job or wealthy parents should have a credit card while in school. I found that out the hard way...

Hmph. Not so easy on an iMac...

Folks, there is NO WAY Google is going to provide ad-blocking of any kind for its browser. Ads are how they make money.

VOTE: 1Password (Mac)

@welchb: Yeah, the main reason I use Adium is because it offers the windowless contact list. Fits right next to the Dock and visible at all times.

@AT203: The original tip says to type both commands. Imagine that.

Direct deposit from my job is the only consideration for me.

I guess I have more money than time, because it's OS X for me. And it's funny but since I switched from XP a couple years ago I lost the desire to dress up the UI as something else like I did with XP.

VOTE: (Vista) built-in search

He left out the step which actually sets up two columns, but at least the rand() trick was neat, and new to me.

I put in my Brooklyn street, and it pulled up a bakery review from 14 avenues away. Clearly, they don't seem to understand that a street can go on for miles and miles.

"I actually think business applications and reports are fantastic, seriously..."

@SuperChuck: Bingo. The programming I do at home is vastly different from the programming I get paid for. I don't think anybody in their right mind would consider business applications and reports to be fun.

Hang on... the "MySpace generation"?! It's the first age-restricted OS: 12 or younger, please.

I'm confused. I tried every search that people here are complaining gets zero results, and got—tons of results.

@MobileMilitia: I don't like Quicksilver either. Try LaunchBar or Butler. Both are better than anything I've used on Windows.

@xenobyte72: Not so much anymore - each point release it's been toned down some more. It's downright tame compared to Vista now.

@HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak: iTunes on Windows is not all it could be, I think because of the non-standard interface. For example, there's a brief delay when you click "Play" that drives me nuts. On Mac, it's the native interface (more or less). No sluggish UI library to load, no delays.

They can fill out a request form, and if I approve it next Thursday, perhaps I will buy them a cold one Friday. Or not.

It's in a folder called "p0rn" (have to correct that spelling later...), filed by name when possible.