Why I am boycotting CoD:WaW
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I have played previous Call of Duty titles and aside from the extremely linear game play and rampant disregard for realism I did enjoy them. So why am I not going to purchase or even play this latest title in the series considering also that several of my friends play it? I mentioned earlier that in North America it was released on November 11. This date also happens to be Remembrance Day.

XFCE Auto Login
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XFCE usually uses XDM as the login manager however I did not feel that the minimal security provided by a user name and password outweighed the inconvenience and delay of having to load a login manager and enter my credentials into it.

ROaD Kill (Raccoons, Opossums and Deer)
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I prefer that an animal be dead before I eat it. If I am not going to eat it then I prefer that it live. There are at least two cases in which I will kill an animal without any intention of eating it. Firstly in ensuring my own safety and that of my family, and secondly in providing for my family.

GMail Cleanup
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There is really no reason to clean up your Sent Items in GMail (unless you have managed to run out of space) but here is how you can do so if like me you just want to tidy things up.

Dirty Carburetor
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I spent two hours changing the fuel lines around on my grass trimmer recently because I was not sure I had hooked them up properly after having replaced them. The engine would start after priming and a few good pulls however it would die after only a few seconds.