Launchy and Display Fusion, Start8 and Modern Mix, point is that as long as you can circumvent the Metro UI screen, Windows 8 is fine.

I had a series of, if not careers then just jobs, before I landed in software as a career - construction, home automation, EMT, home titles. If I ever get the chance to go to medical school, I will probably leave software for that.

How do you launch applications, shut down or sleep the machine, configure the user account or system settings, or hit a network path?

Yeah, that sucks. To be honest, at this point, since I virtualized my Windows instance anyways, I've just removed antivirus from it completely.

It's not just booting to the desktop, I don't want to see the metro screen. Ever. For anything. It's actually two apps I use: Start8 and Modern Mix.

No one's force feeding you OSes.

The only real complaint I have is that I just don't like the Metro UI, but I fixed that with a $5 app. Everything else is good. I don't get the hate.

Good for you. I do not.

A few weeks ago I would have said the lack of a good calendar app, although Cal finally dropped, and while it's got some big gaps at least it doesn't look like garbage. Now I would have to say the lack of a single, integrated solution for managing media and syncing - no native pod catcher, disparate apps for media, no…

So, what's the difference between the $79 and $99 Soda Stream? I can't see anything appreciably different on the Amazon product pages.

I don't know if they still do, but Harris Teeter used to let you. They also had double and triple coupon days.

Shit like this:

That is also my general perception.

C'mon, Thorin. You're not wrong, but this isn't exactly stunningly unique insight from Adams here.

Scott Adams?

Pardon me while I take absolutely zero advice from this asshole.

Yeah, that little tip at the bottom there - "Tip: Wait - Fares dropping $50+ - 80%+ Confidence." That's what makes the Bing flight search better in my opinion.

Yes. There really needs to be more "career focused" education, and it needs to be presented as a viable option to kids. There was definitely a stigma around trade schools when I was in high school - those were the kids who weren't as smart as the other kids or didn't have as much drive or potential. Hell, even in this…

You can export them as an HTML file from your browser. Then you can import that HTML file into Delicious. Springpad then has a process for importing your bookmarks from Delicious. It's sort of a roundabout way, but it works.

Man did I completely screw up my last salary negotiation. I way underestimated my worth, and I knew that for a fact when my employer came back with an offer more than what I asked for. Doh! Shoulda asked for more. Oh well.