Yet another vote for the CGSECURITY software. I'm not sure if I used PhotoRec or testdisk, but it recovered photos that 3 other programs couldn't get.

I've gotta say, I tried several different programs and PhotoRec by cgsecurity was BY FAR the best program. The interface isn't very intuitive (unless I was actually using TestDisk), but it was QUITE EFFECTIVE. I tried 2 other programs, each of which recovered about half of my photos, but the cgsecurity program got…

I prefer to use Pidgin's in-house logging and I use MS's foldershare (www.foldershare.com) to syncing across multiple computers. I believe foldershare is even multi-platform.

works like a charm!

Personally, I'm a big fan of StatBar ([www.statbar.nl]). It doesn't sit in the system tray, but offers a lot more information. I have it right above my start menu, at about 40% transparency, and it offers at a glance non-obtrusive info like Free RAM, CPU usage, Network Utilization (KB/s up/down), etc etc.

Just started running it, and I've got to say I'm quite impressed. I've tried out Dexpot and the Microsoft Desktop Manager in the past and wasn't very impressed with either of them. This stays to its core competencies, and though there's a slight lag at first, it works very well. Also, not too many features or…

sweet, this is a great way to whittle down my 2 dozen filters a bit. Thanks!

I think that some of that is actually excessive. A small surge protector makes sense, and the cables — but not everything. Here's what I keep in my laptop bag (seperate from my travel kit, which has bandaids and the like):

I had two credit cards while in college, both with pretty large limits, but never had any problems. They key is to pay them off every month, and never carry any balance. There's only one basic rule to avoiding debt, and here it is:

couldn't you just type their name into the search box? If I know who I'm looking for, that seems like it would save a couple of steps...

is there some problem with just running it under cold water in a strainer?

that's pretty awesome

I feel like as long as you're carrying the original passport, and you're not trying to pass for someone else, nobody would really get that mad. I woudn't recommend trying to use the copy in a embassy or something, but I feel like this is a good alternative to carrying your passport around (as opposed to leaving it in…

Thanks for this! I've felt like this is something I should/shouldn't be concerned about for a while, but really knew nothing about it.

sweet dude — i love it!

@Ross — I didn't see anything that sounds particularly worrysome

awww snap

I'll second (or fifth) what everyone else is saying — being able to walk away from a deal is critical. When negotiating for smaller purchases, I've many times started to walk away, only to be lured back by another 20% price drop. Now, this probably won't apply quite so well to the job market, but it works for me. :-)

This is a great tool for sysadmins out there to use for login or bootup scripts :-)

I wish there was a way to store the keepass database file on the web or something, so that it could be accessed from multiple computers. Also, multi-platform would be nice.