I might pay that to get rid of the horrifying nest of wires under my desk.

I'm having an LJ problem. I have cookies disabled on my work computer, except for a cookie for www.livejournal.com. And now I've added one for myljname.livejournal.com. This allows me to read my flist. But when I go to click on a locked post on a friend's LJ, I cannot open it -- because I don't have a cookie for that LJ domain, just mine.

Is the only way around this to just enable cookies universally? I tried to tell Firefox to grant cookies to *.livejournal.com, but apparently it didn't work.

And does my question make any sense?

Does it work using just livejournal.com?

edit: my guess is no, but there's a firefox extension that will do it for you: [link]

PC question from a PC-ignoramus:

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

I use (and am mostly happy with) Senuti on my Mac but it is not available for Windows. I ask especially because I want to find something super user-friendly for him due to his not-very-techness and I don't know anything about PCs.

Also - iPod users - it is possible to have your iPod cross-formated for both PCs and Macs, correct? Are there problems with doing that?

I just gave him my old iMac because he is computer-less, but his iPod has only ever been used with his folks' PC. I just wondered if I should warn him about potential problems. Or if it's just not possible at all.

Thanks.

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys? For DSL service for Macs running OS X. We currently steal internet from the Frat Boys Next Door, who have a Linksys that works great (for us), but the Netgear is cheaper by 1/2. Thoughts?

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

Ephpod has been mentioned around here.

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys?

I originally bought a Linksys and returned it because I was having installation issues (I am running OX 10.4). Apparently the issue was the Linkys I bought had a speed booster that doesn't get along with OS X. It was much easier for me to install the Netgear I purchased next (which was about $20 cheaper as well). The Netgear router has worked great for me so far.

Ephpod has been mentioned

I will do some googling. Thanks, Daniel.

tina, depending on which firmware the ipod is running, ephpod will not work.

the best thing might be to mount the ipod and copy the music files over to the hard drive. This only worked for about 50% of my music when I tried it over the New Year.

Anapod Explorer is pretty good, but it is $25.

it is possible to have your iPod cross-formated for both PCs and Macs, correct?

I'm pretty sure it can only be formatted to use one or the other. However, maybe you can do like Lenubian says -- mount it onto the Mac as a hard drive and copy the music over? Then reformat it to work with the iMac.

I've plugged my Nano into both my PC and Mac with no problems with iTunes--it's PC formatted.