@tkuhl87: I live in St. Louis and only open the windows on the passenger side of the car.

One nice thing about the web-based interface is that you can use it when you're at work and you need a file from home. You select the files you want, and a few moments later, you get an email with all of them in a ZIP file.

Remember to clean *all* a/c units. If you have central a/c, you should check the filter in the central blower once a year or so, and also clean out the outside heat exchanger.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't figure out how to use this. I start it up, I open a photo, I see it loading everything else in the directory, but I can't see out to get to the thumbnail view. Also, I've tried tagging a few photos, but the tags don't seem to get saved anywhere. PS, I'm using XP Pro.

@TyroPrate: If you're brave, go find a copy of RFC 959 and read section 5.2. Years after it was written, nefarious people figured out how to use FTP for unconventional purposes, so many sites don't provide everything required by the RFC. In other words, it may not work for you. If you want to try it anyway, note…

Ha! At first glance, I thought the headline was "Make an Appointment with Women to Avoid Letting Them Derail Your Life." Maybe it's just a Freudian slip, but I am reminded to this week's episode of "Two and a Half Men," where Charlie said, "It's still cheaper than getting married."

The replaceable feet are nice, but you could also use something that won't rot. Like the telephone pole in this picture: [www.flickr.com]

@Tsylord: You don't "get" Bonsai, do you? People spend their lives working on a plant, and there are trees that are centuries old. [en.wikipedia.org]

I always used to use 35mm film containers to hold coins, but with the rise of digital cameras I haven't gotten any of those in ages. Now I need to decide if I want to try Airborne, or just find a friend who does.

@jeffk: If they don't eat eggs, they may not want the Jiffy cornbread at all. Read the ingredients; it's made with lard. I prefer Martha White.

Personally, I like John’s Background Switcher ([www.johnsadventures.com]). #wallpaper

Tiny Time Tracker [tinytimetracker.sourceforge.net]

I tried the shop vac trick after reading [lifehacker.com] and it's my new favorite way to clean out a trap.

@ArmandoCroakster: Using blogging software, you don't even need the keystroke. Everything thing you post gets it's own timestamp, just like this comment!

Back in the day, I used the memo function on my Palm Pilot. For the uninitiated, there's a three stroke shortcut that inserts the date and time, which made it easy to journal things as they happened. One summer, I even used it to journal a week-long hike on the Appalachian Trail. I've since turned most of those…

I've got a second home in the country, 625 sq-ft, heated via a wall-mounted propane radiant heater in the living room. In the winter, we set up a floor fan in the doorway at night. Something like this would be great.