Neti Pot. I used to have constant infections until I picked up one of these at the drug store. Boiled water that you let cool a bit and add on of it's little salt packets. Bing Bang Done! After 3 months of regular use I dialed down so i only do it once or twice a year when i have symptoms, but i went from constant throat and nose infections to the odd cough and sore throat a couple times a year.

First of when using firefox, use the password manager. From what i understand it encyrpts your passwords with your master password. For everything else from secure notes, ssl keys, to passwords i use a custom container in Key Chains. The built in password manager of any OS X machine.

I think it's a bit sad that this entire topic is viewed from the pirating side of the table. Just the way we approach the idea of books becoming freely available is off-centre. Ebook readers are about to do what the iDevices did for music. We should be rejoicing the coming panacea of freely, easielly accessible books. The shear number of classics that are legally out of copyright, that are still popular with the masses and are housed in libraries around the world will ensure a large collection of free, high quality content, that will compete with anyone who wants to try and lock in the eco-system around sub par choices at super expensive prices.

People do this for one simple reason. To get by in life we all must boil down our knowledge of unfamilar fields to it's most basic constructs.

A car transports you from point A > B. The only component in your car that performs this basic task is the engine. When ever any lay person discusses a car problem they know nothing about it invariably will be a discussion about the engine. Engines move machines from point A > B, every other component is secondary.

A computer stores and retrieves information. And while there are many components critical to doing this the only one people associate with is the Hard Drive. It's full of information, their information, and thus it's what things get boiled down to. The box under the desk is the Hard Drive.