@Jash Sayani: The iGoogle creator doesn't seem to work when signed into Google Apps, unfortunately. Those aren't truly iGoogle pages, I suppose. Read more

@Ryan Schmidt: Ooh, valid point! Read more

It's the dead of very, very cold winter in upstate NY, and I'm still unpacking, so exercise hasn't been planned out for 2009 yet. But I'm adopting a "Flexitarian" diet of eating meat once a day, and only in deck-of-cards size (and, more often than not, fish). Read more

@Wellard: Either you're just being ironically ignorant, or you really didn't read the post before commenting. Either way, here's a warning about that. Read more

@brodiemac: Those are mint leaves, indeed. Which wouldn't hurt the recipe, methinks, but is mainly the result of Flickr/stock sources not having *exactly* this concoction. Read more

@Troy F.: Actually, there's some kind of vodka drink — the "Russia Mule," maybe? — that's got all this stuff, except switching limes for the lemon. Not that you should really be hitting the booze if you're sick (and especially on medication!). Just sayin'. Read more

@smcallah: True true. Chili's et al. are only "fast" in the pejorative sense. Thanks for the hed suggestion! Read more

@Kevin Purdy: @The How-To Geek: Who'd have thought technology geeks would love "Lost"? WHO, I ASK, WHO? Read more

@Nicholas Scilingo: Google Sidebar, as in, the tool installed with Google Desktop? Read more

@Ryan Willis: True enough, but Google's own app is a bit less wonky with its operation. But worth noting its official-ness in the post. Read more

I liked CNN/Facebook's live, no-talking streams of the crowd and the podium ... until they took them away just a minute ago. Read more

@kahonu84: Indeed! Updating the post to reflect that as well. Read more

@scharfy: I can see both sides of the argument, but, yes, I should have tagged it politics. Done so now (not that it helps the feed-readers too much), and apologies for the slip. Read more

@Greg Bassett: This applies, of course, to all sorts of non-dictionary words people use every day in email correspondence, web searches, and other matters, not just foul language. Read more

@Deprong Mori: Just thought it was worth mentioning that, in certain situations, you're certainly dealing with folks on the bitter end of financial downturns. Read more

Best boss I've ever had, and her "flailings" were never all that painful. Read more

@HarlanSelene: Granted. But for the non-query-minded, "Federated" just sounds, I dunno, Justice-League-y? Overly official? Read more

@TechTalk WRLR 98.3FM: You can grab an AVI file (not sure which coded is used) once you're done. Read more

Welcome to the fold! :) Read more

@HeavyLight: Hey, I can take criticism. And embedding that video might be a good idea, in fact ... Read more