SpaceCat85 commented on Round 34: Sony vs Ticketmaster, at 5:22 PM on May 8 Ticketmaster, for being a monopoly and horrible to deal with. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on SteelSeries 7G Pro Gaming Keyboard Built Like a Tank, Costs Almost as Much, at 5:19 PM on May 7 Any possibility of doing a comparison with one of the keyboards from pckeyboard.com? more »

SpaceCat85 commented on McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast", at 1:10 PM on May 7 Alright, I go to McDonalds maybe once a year so the question I have when reading this is: wouldn't it cause less confusion on both sides to charge accordingly for the "correct" size cup (e.g., a small cup=a small drink) and just not sell drinks like OJ in larger sizes? Coffee would be exempt from this scenario because it comes in its own special cups, of course, but IMHO it doesn't make sense to sell a medium as a "large", etc. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software, at 1:10 PM on Apr 28 @scandy: Possibly Adium or Proteus (which recently resumed development), though AFAIK they don't cover advanced IM features like video chat. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on Do You Delete or Archive More Gmail Messages?, at 6:44 PM on Apr 21 I mostly use GMail for a few newsletters and as a "spam magnet" account, so I just delete what I don't need. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on Avoid Ten Typos (Almost) Everybody Makes, at 1:00 PM on Apr 19 IMO, not typing two spaces after a period is a more important typo to focus on for everyday computer users than the myriad of short dashes because it actually appears in many touch-type training programs as the "correct" way of doing things! It's a hold-over from the days of typewriters and monospace fonts, and today it's not necessary for variable-width typefaces. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on Why You Should Buy A Backup Harddrive, at 2:23 PM on Apr 15 My current setup on my main Mac: 2 internal drives set up as a mirrored RAID array, periodically backed up to an external OtherWorldComputing enclosure via SuperDuper & a FireWire 800 connection. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Apple's MagSafe Adapters Still Fraying, Melting, Sucking, at 12:20 AM on Apr 5 Forgot to add: To stop the small cable from crimping on my new adapter, I took some white 3M plastic/electrical tape and wrapped it thickest near where it comes out of the adapter and gradually wound it more loosely as I went out (approx. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Apple's MagSafe Adapters Still Fraying, Melting, Sucking, at 12:44 PM on Apr 4 I haven't had one actually fry on me, but I do have to agree that the thinner MagSafe cord on the power adapter sucks. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Top 10 Software Easter Eggs, at 5:14 PM on Mar 23 The little green Quark XPress alien who shoots objects with his raygun is also a fun one. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on Adobe Needs Eight Employees To Completely Screw Up CS3 Cross-Grade, at 5:18 PM on Mar 21 If Adobe any more complacent, they'll turn into Quark...ever have to get a new 20+ character activation code over the phone from them to reactivate software you paid $800 for (or more, if you factor in previous versions) and depend on for your livelihood? more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on HP Won't Issue New Drivers For Leopard, Tells You To Buy A New Printer, at 12:35 PM on Mar 15 Forgot to add: I'm talking about the driver HP has for the 1320 on their own website, not just the one bundled with OS X. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on HP Won't Issue New Drivers For Leopard, Tells You To Buy A New Printer, at 12:34 PM on Mar 15 This is nothing new for HP and OS X, unfortunately. I used to have issues with an old HP deskjet 5550 with an add-on duplexing unit that would "break" every time I installed a major upgrade. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Remove Band-Aids Painlessly with Vodka, at 10:27 PM on Mar 11 @Pterror: Depends on what brand & type of bandage you buy. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on How Do You Consume or Distribute Your RSS Content?, at 10:14 PM on Mar 8 Now that it's all free, I use NetNewsWire and keep it synced between computers using a NewsGator online account. more » [lifehacker]

SpaceCat85 commented on 48% of teenagers haven't bought, at 12:52 AM on Feb 29 I buy lots of CDs...but primarily online, and mostly used copies. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Violating A Hotel's No Smoking Policy Could Cost You $250, at 4:30 PM on Feb 23 One of the few times I agree with the hotels' side of things...tobacco smoke really does like to permeate everything, so it must be a real pain to get that smell out of furniture and other parts of the room that can't just be run through the wash. more » [consumerist]

SpaceCat85 commented on Zappos: We Want To Be "Known As A Customer Service Company, Not A Marketing Company", at 11:49 PM on Feb 20 After thinking about it for awhile, I remembered that before they went to free overnight shipping they used to sometimes send you an e-mail after you'd placed your order to tell you that shipping had been upgraded for free. more » [consumerist]