A trick I use with great success is to write down the name of something I think I "need" on a sticky note along with a date 14-days into the future. I then promise myself that if I still want the item when the designated date arrives I'll be permitted to buy it.

Like other commentors, I like using Post-It brand flags to mark page locations.

This article reminds me of the first time I saw (ahem) real counterfeit money.

I've tried Chrome four or five times over the past three or so years and always ended up uninstalling it. I just never feel like I can configure it and control it the way I can Firefox.

One's academic training notwithstanding, one can immediately expand and accelerate one's opportunities for doing evil by going to work for Monsanto…

In addition to tilting mouse wheels, ala Logitech et al, in Firefox the Grab and Drag add-on is a great way to move around pages. Grab and Drag adds the little clenching fingers used to move around PDFs in Adobe Reader. With the add-on installed, one can simply press one's primary mouse button then move the page in…

The large body of law surrounding marriage and divorce becomes much easier to grasp if one understands that marriage is an entirely legal construct — a contract — for child rearing. One may choose to package the contract in pretty romantic wrapping paper, or supplement the social contract with religious observance,…

The good new is of course that the U.S.'s deregulation of telecommunications means that anyone displeased with AT&T's ever more predatory non-choices is free to choose from an abundance of deregulated competitors that offer a wide variety of innovative and cost-effective alternatives…

Another tool that cleans up things not found by CCleaner is BleachBit for Windows:

http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/download/windo…

Linux users will be familiar with BleachBit. Now Windows users can have one, too. NOTE that one should use BleachBit's Preview option before using Delete. BleachBit WILL find files created…

The problem is that advertising is like a drunken, loudmouth party crasher.

For a start, the article isn't about change as such, it's about change to products.

I think that the discussion should not be about "free versus paid" but rather about overall customer / user experience.

I have used paid software from vendors that supplied me with a great customer experience including sales and support. I felt I was receiving genuine value for the money I spent.

But like pretty much…

I have to say that for anyone who uses cartridge-style razors, Dorco USA razors deserve more than an honorable mention.

What I miss is the ability, now essentially lost to completely control the computer's operation and behaviors.