Replacing hard to extract bulbs

Here's a tip Darlene thought up that saved me any further agony removing old halogen light bulbs.

You know those weird halogen bulbs (pictured) that can be hard to remove when the light fixture blocks any means of grasping the bulb from its side? I've sworn more than a few times trying to get those suckers out to replace them. Not anymore. Just get some packing tape and cut enough to place the sticky side against the entire front of the bulb with some left over on each side to form a kind of handle. Then just use the handle to twist the bulb out of its socket. The same method can be used to insert the new replacement bulb.