@Paul: I suspect that'll have to be a third-party development. Considering Google's major money-making product is AdSense, they a.) would be shooting themselves in the foot by blocking ads, or b.) be accused of anti-competitive behavior for blocking ads from other ad networks and not their own.

@Highsmith: I hate shopping for gifts, so for the past year I've pretty much only given [Kiva.org] gift certificates (except for the 4-year old nephew), and everyone so far has loved it, even my d-bag bro-in-law.

I'm quite happy with the new Sharpie writing Pens. Porous point ftw.

@shibathedog: There's something similar: [www.sodastreamusa.com]

@dadgetboy: While you're at it, throw a little bit of dry ice in a sealed container with sliced apples, oranges, pears, etc... carbonated fruit ftw!

Forget the iphone, I hung my Canon 400D from my windshield and drove across Washington state.

@hambonetoblerone: I have 6 of the sweetest rats you'll ever meet right next to me.

How can I make my towels hotel-scratchy without washing them a million times? I love scratchy towels.

If you close a window in Google Chrome (Im using the 4.0.blahblah dev channel version), you can reopen Chrome, go to the "launchpad" thing by opening a new tab, and down at the bottom it will say "Recently Closed" and tell you the number of tabs you just closed. If you click it, it will reopen all of those tabs as if…

I could have sworn that at some point Chrome would warn me about closing a window with multiple tabs, and that I eventually clicked a check box to turn that notification off.

@sirvs: You might consider, if its possible, using IMAP. If you have gmail or use email on a domain you can set up for Google Apps, you can use their IMAP function which works beautifully with Thunderbird.

She spoke at my wife's commencement at Smith in '08. I've always seriously adored her and I didn't know she was going to be there, so when they announced her name I almost peed with delight. As she was walking out of the quad with all the faculty and whatnot, she looked directly at me (well, my camera) from a few…

@detoys: Agreed. Not even to mention that someone going 52 in a 55 isn't exactly reason enough to pass. If you're behind the guy for an entire hour you'll save yourself 3 minutes, big whoop, but my guess is that those people who are annoyed by someone going 3mph under the speed limit probably intend on going a bit…

@palebluepixie: Another gun-totin' liberal checkin' in. I've managed to convert a number of my liberal friends, as well.

@TeacherDee: I thought fighter pilots were all baked from a sticky, liquidy dough! Does this mean that I abandoned my dreams for nothing?

@sequined: The idea has been relayed to me that crime in Pullman tends to go up when the Cougs are doing really poorly, or really well. When they're sucking, people tend to get malicious and act out, when they're doing well, things get too jubilant and people lose control. When they're doing strictly average,…

@quatrevingtquatre: I think you and my wife go to the same school.

@KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: When you're on a sinking ship, you'll try to bail water with whatever you can get your hands on.

@ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: 8Mb = 1MB. b=bit B=byte

@playdoh: I believe its some sort of custard desert with a caramel topping. I had some in Mexico, very tasty. What it has to do with photography though, I don't know.