Yak Shaving -- [MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.] Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
#790 Keyboard Shortcuts -- Mashable has a list of 230+ Keyboard Shortcuts for Google products, Netvibes, Wikipedia, Remember the Milk, Pandora, Yahoo! Mail, and Wordpress.
#791 Home Hack -- Use a dryer sheet to loosen caked-on food from a pan. Place a fresh sheet in the bottom of a dirty pan, fill with lukewarm tap water, and let sit in the sink overnight. The pan will be easier to clean in the morning. (HT: Real Simple)
#792 Gmail Tip -- While I can't imagine why anyone would ever do such a thing, the Google Tutor blog explains how to permanently delete your Gmail account.
#793 HowTo -- Edit videos online
#794 Download of the Week -- Texter is a free text replacement application offered by uberblog Lifehacker.com. The application saves you countless keystrokes by replacing abbreviations with commonly used phrases you define. Unlike software-specific text replacement features, Texter runs in the Windows system tray and works in any application you're typing in. Texter can also set return-to markers for your cursor and insert clipboard contents into your replacement text, in addition to more advanced keyboard macros. (Visit this page for all the relevant links and tips on how to create macros.)
This is one of those programs that you'll wonder how you ever lived without.
See also: The Yak Shaving Razor Archives
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I could imagine someone setting up a GMail account for purposes they want to keep private, using it for the allotted time, and then deleting it while wanting to remove all traces of its existence.