@UnderLoK: Hey, slow down just a minute...I have no problem with outlawing coffee in the car, but I don't think I could manage the morning commute without a steak.

One of the points that the article glosses over is about making sure your pitch is tailored to the audience. This is essential to a good pitch—you must speak to the needs and desires of your target audience and ensure that your experience is presented as wholly relevant to the challenges at hand. The person you're…

I love my garden, but I also love it looking nice. Although this appears to be a quick and practical (albeit likely short-lived) way of putting together a vertical garden, I'm confident that my neighbors wouldn't be thrilled about the aesthetics of a living shoe organizer. The Chicago Botanic Gardens (and I'm sure…

@infmom: That sounds like a good solution, but it's still a lot of paper to hang on to. I almost never reference our manuals, making it even less compelling to keep them around and organized. This is a nice idea—I'll have to give it a try to see if the implementation is any good.

This is a good article, and many of the points discussed therein are standards in any negotiation. There are a few that I don't agree with:

Here are a few thoughts on negotiations, whether on craigslist or elsewhere. I'm sure I'll repeat a few thoughts from others' comments:

@jc364: Google is not as different from other companies as you might think. They didn't invent web search, maps, email, photo editing, instant messaging, blogging, calendars, news aggregation, RSS aggregation, or any of the other products for which they are well known. They simply improved upon them, and combined…

@wahoo-yahoo: A broad range of projects or businesses doesn't spell disaster for a company. Consider General Electric, AT&T, Berkshire Hathaway, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Johnson Controls, Disney, American Express, DuPont, and 3M, for example—these are just a handful of widely diversified and extremely…

@UnderLoK: I completely agree. For a couple of specific applications, it's been handy, but it doesn't even enter my consideration set for general searches. Perhaps my expectations were too high.

I am using Outlook 2003, and found that I need to NOT hold down shift when making the first sort, but then hold down shift (and continue holding it down) before making any subsequent sorts.

This is a great idea. We have a very productive 35'x15' garden, but that is too small for some crops that require more space, such as corn. This year, we added a second garden (60'x20') at a relative's house to serve as a multi-family garden. However, I'd love to be able to put up a larger quantity and variety of…

@OpenPotion: I completely understand what you're saying, and I guess some of it is a matter of personal preference. I'm not interested in trying to take advantage of people or get something I don't deserve—some of your examples, for instance, are not about getting discounts, they are effectively stealing. That's way…

I took a negotiations class in school, and a first-week assignment was to get a real-life discount on something—anything. The point of the lesson was that you don't get what you don't ask for. I ended up asking for and getting a discount on some bananas that were starting to get a little ripe. Before that, I never…

The combination of a damp sheet and moving air is virtually guaranteed to cool you down. If you are already hot before going to sleep, it can really help to take a cool shower, not towel off, and hop right into bed. Add an open window or a fan, and you'll be in good shape. I haven't tried the Egyptian Method…

Can anyone comment on what changes are in Office 2010 from Office 2007? I felt that Office 2007 had some substantial improvements over Office 2003 (especially in Excel), but I haven't heard much about what Office 2010 will bring to the table.

This makes sense—I think that most people are pretty decent, and helping establish a little human connection is likely to prompt others to "do the right thing." The photograph forces the finder to consider the person who lost (or planted, in this case) the wallet beyond the wallet itself.

There is lots of common sense in this article that applies to buying any commodity: know the value of what you're buying, don't buy retail, keep track of your expenditures, etc. The one piece that applies specifically to cameras: lenses don't depreciate quickly but bodies do.

I interview people regularly, and I find that their questions can be just as important as their answers. A good question both delivers and seeks information. For example, an interviewee might ask, "I've heard that your company seeks to be a leader in customer service in the industry. How does that goal affect you…

The choices here are insufficient. Emails presumably come from people you know, or from subscriptions to websites, which may be run by media conglomerates that also produce television and radio programs. It might be better to ask about sources from 1) professional old-media, 2) professional new-media, 3)…

I do not mind sitting around families and kids, so take this with a grain of salt, but I love the bulkhead (often the first row in coach, right behind the structural divider at the back of first class). That row is generally not assigned until an hour or two before the flight, so it's worth asking at the airport. …