@jaredharley: Your email address will be locked away safely in our database—the username won't be publicly associated with it at all. Also, you'll get a verification email for the comment to show up on-site, to avoid (very-easy) address spoofing. Read more

Sorry all—I got what was going on in that data completely wrong. Just published a correction to the post and the headline. Sorry about that! (It's still cool, though "lifehacker" is probably not the best example. "Samba" being highly related to Brazil, however, is a much better example.) Read more

@dangerp: Google has been rolling out the new Gmail in waves to users, so there were still lots of folks without it. I think this weekend a big bunch of users just got it—at least that's what we're hearing in our tips email inbox. Read more

Here's Noah Grey's story about Thomas the teddy in Picasa 2. Rock on. Read more

@telekinetyk: Ah, thanks for the back story! I wondered about those teddy bears. Read more

@RNiK: That script looks useful but I don't include user scripts that remove ads, as that violated Gmail's Terms of Use. Sorry! Read more

@Comic: It is—but you have to type "About kitchensink" (no quotes) into the Google search box, not just kitchensink. Read more

@Deprong Mori: We review software here, so yeah, we cover betas. :) Read more

@Ruthven: It doesn't appear in the Tools menu until AFTER you hit the key combo. Read more

@sgodun: Nice, thanks—will update the post. Read more

@rlee: Ah, I suspected as much, and I dropped the ball and didn't try it in Linux or Cygwin. Thanks, corrected. Read more

@dasher94: Awesome, thanks for verifying, I'm still fighting with my screen resolution and positioning to see it work. Argh! Read more

@Lizzles: The about:mozilla one took you to the homepage? What version of Firefox are you using? Read more

Just to clear up what's going on: The web site and our feeds WERE NOT HACKED. Read more

@durkzilla: What was confusing? Read more

Sorry all, I borked this post at first. I'm publishing the update now, but just to clear up some details: Read more

@christian ross: I know it's not the fanciest web site in the world, but it serves its purpose. (I hope!) But thanks for saying that. :) Read more

@Slugicide: Heh, Kevin's been on vacation since Monday. :) In our defense, there have been downloads that apply to all platforms, like Firefox extensions. Read more

Well, some people HAVE to use IE because they're in IT lockdown, but it's a fair point that if you can't install Firefox b/c you don't have admin privs to your box, chances are you can't install TweakUI, either. Read more

@chrisaroz: Hehe, in honor of your comment, I added a poll to the post, with a "I'd rather buy one pre-built!" option. :) Read more