[mildtrepidation]

Hack your life, hack your rate, hack the planet. At this point I can imagine some people be confused if you actually used hack in reference to a tree, thinking you were talking about conservation.

Many people used to assume "hacker" meant "blackhat." Now, if they're paying attention but not part of the tech community, they likely think "hacker" means "janitor" or perhaps "blogspammer."

[hderms]

I agree wholeheartedly. The internet has a way of repeating things over and over again until they're almost meaningless.