I have a second-gen Shuffle that's perfect for working out. Granted, that's about all it's perfect for. But you don't have to worry about scratching the screen, or messing with some awkward armband, or about it getting broken or stolen.

I'll second that nomination! A video and music player with 16GB of storage, decent video recording, 24 hours of music playback per charge, and little extras like an FM radio and pedometer capability — all in 1.28 ounces?!

The most impressive Kindle feature? The ability to somehow launch a new one without taking the whole store down! (Yeah I know, it's just an excitement-building marketing ploy by Apple, but they should expect to take a good-natured ribbing for it, too.)

I wonder if ALL models will have ads. I don't know if I'd pay an extra $50 for 3G on an e-reader, but for 3G and no ads, sure!

We *could* get rid of tipping, but then the restaurant would have pay higher wages to their servers, a cost they'd have to pass on to you. So you'd still end up paying a 15-20% tip, but it would no longer be "optional".

Here's what "Half the country" looks like on a map.

According to this article, 160 million girls have been aborted simply because they were girls:

I never understood why some websites put a ridiculously small cap on how long your password can be, and which special characters (if any) you can use. Is it just a case of lazy developers and DBAs who are overzealous about field size limits? Or relics of the 90's, when a secure password meant using all 8 characters…

He'd be discarding empirical (directly-observed) evidence that doesn't line up with his personal beliefs, which'd be a very unscientific practice.

I use a lighter, too. Like you friend said, it works just fine if you don't get the flame too close. Be patient, though; it takes a few seconds to get it to the right temperature, but once it gets there the tubing shrinks quickly and will melt if you keep the heat on much longer. Keep moving the tubing back and…

I was agreeing with Dezerus on the liberal usage of the word "Nothing" — the joke just illustrates that it's scientifically more conceivable to turn dirt into a human than to turn nothing into dirt.

Yeah, that's what I noticed first too. Reminds me of an old joke:

It's true. I for one am *very* disappointed that the Red Sox are only 3 games ahead of the Yankees. :-) /redsoxtrolling

You can get a further discount on Lightroom if you're also looking to buy a Wacom Intuos4 Medium tablet at the same time. That tablet normally goes for $338 at Amazon or Newegg. But you can get it bundled with Lightroom 3 for $399, effectively making Lightroom $61.

To your points:

@negitoro: I disagree. Most people who need a new laptop need it because their old one is too slow, not because it's too heavy. Plus (with the exception of students and freelancers) I'll bet a lot of people's personal laptops never leave home, where size and weight don't matter much.

Agreed. Heck, I'd be happy if the average friend or family member who came to me for laptop-buying advice had even $600 to spend. Most of the time, it's all I can do to convince them not to go with the $300 Celeron special!

The MacBook Air:

So...Apple makes almost the same profit from selling a cable as HP does from selling a whole PC?

Agreed. Giz articles are generally very good, but swearing in them strikes me as more juvenile than edgy, making them sound less-credible rather than more-cool.