Top 30 Portable App? We can make a better list.

Browsing reddit earlier today I came across this article that claims to list the top 30 portable apps: http://www.talesofinterest.net/best_programs_for_usb/

While I agree with some of these and use them myself, I was thinking that this list was missing some essentials (VLC, anyone??). So I thought I would come to the source and ask you guys, if you could have 30 apps on your flash drive, which would they be and why?

[Moved from General Discussion to Off Topic - mod Chris]