easily removing ICs from sockets?

[gutsofgold]

It seems those ICs stay in sockets all too well. I usually find myself trying to pry them out with tweezers and tonight I got the best of a JRC4558 and chipped a corner off it.  (It still works!)

What do you use to quickly and easily remove those stubborn chips?

[zachomega]

IC removing tool. 
http://www.futurlec.com/Tools.shtml

First tool on the page.

-Zach

[miqbal]

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=64531.msg509822#msg509822

[sshrugg]

I just slide a toothpick under one side, lift a little, then go to the other.  Continue until it's out.  A toothpick will break before your IC does : )

[birt]

flat tip screwdriver.
push it unde one side and the further you push the thicker the tip gets and the IC comes out of the socket