+1 to the repair manual. These guides are very handy. Even for digital folks, because a print manual is nice to have when working on a greasy car.

I never understood how USPS get away with charging insurance for lost items? To me that's like paying insurance to guarantee your food gets from the kitchen to your waiter to your table. You are only paying them for one thing: the delivery of your item. If it doesn't make it, shouldn't it be their burden?

Q. What do you do when you are out of cereal bowls and don't feel like doing the dishes?

I thought this link was appropriate considering your question and the title of this week's open thread: [blog.mrm.org] There's quite the discussion in the comments section.

Do any of you make money from advertising on your blog? Is Google the way to go, or are there other, better networks that connect bloggers to potential advertisers?

A glow rod from a home improvement store probably wouldn't be a bad investment either. Also, grab a buddy to help you out, doing that kinda stuff alone takes a lot longer.

WD-40 works for this purpose, too. Edit: Oops I just saw CM1984 beat me to it! Count this as a +1

There's a handy video analysis utility called GSpot. I'm sure if you google that, you'll get exactly what you need, but here's the link just in case: [www.free-codecs.com]

I think it's a great idea, but personally I'd rather customize my own itx build. Something like this: [mini-itx.com] would be cool. There are a few other projects on that site that appeal to me, too—the NES and the toaster, in particular

It takes me back to the old days of GeoCities/Angelfire days when there was a cult resistance against frames. Side-by-side scrollbars = poor usability.

Try using BartPE with Fdisk or System Rescue CD with chkdsk. Chances are you got yourself a bad hard drive.

You'd be surprised what a difference cleaning the gunk off and re-applying thermal grease would do.

I'm about ready to upgrade my 17" 4:3 monitor. I think I prefer one large display over a dual setup. What size monitor would you recommend? Some of them seem too big.

I think our Canon SD450 is officially lost. I haven't shopped for a good P+S camera in a few years. Can you recommend a good camera for snapping family photos?

I haven't updated my HTPC in awhile, but the Hauppauge remote that came with my card worked well. My Logitech Harmony had the Hauppauge remote in the database, and that worked even better.

Seth Godin is dead.

Hammocks? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that? Hammocks! There's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, there's Hammocks-R-Us. You got Put-Your-Butt-There. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot... Matter of fact, they're all in the same complex; it's the hammock complex. You know, there's a little place called…

Do you have children?

My EeePC is in a need of a new battery. Where's the best place to find a replacement? The OEM battery is AL-23901 if that makes a difference.

Foresight, self-discipline, unselfishness, confidence. I love this question and eagerly await additional responses.