My wife and her mother both taste soap whenever they eat cilantro. It is a bummer because it is so prevalent in Mexican and Thai food which I love. I don't get the taste of soap at all. I could eat cilantro in bunches as a standalone food.

Some guy almost poked me in the eye the other day with the huge pull out antenna on his ancient flip phone. I was more amazed by the relic than I was annoyed with him for wearing too much polo cologne, loud talking and waving that antenna around like a sword. I think it was a Motorola StarTAC. I couldn't help…

Its science.

I love building PCs. I hope the world doesn't abandon performance systems and desktops don't disappear in favor of mini systems and tablets.

The last time I changed jobs, about 18 months ago, I received an offer, before accepting I told my existing firm I was thinking of leaving, they made a counter, I told the new firm the facts without demanding more money (i.e., I am very interested, my salary if I stay would be X, they offered me more money to stay),…

Why not listen to your counteroffer and leverage it into more money at the new job you have lined up?

I like to render the fat down sideways on a cast iron stovetop grill, briefly sear the sides and then transfer to the oven on broil to get some open flame action.

No used games would make me think very very long and hard about ever buying this system. I also like owning physical media and would be very hesitant to put my faith in Sony's dismal network. I like my first gen PS3 because it is backward compatible and also plays all of my media including SACDs (I am one of those…

Did you know Trivection is a real thing? It came out in 2004.

Are we allowed to say +1 on gizmodo, because +1, I snortled.

I have said this many times but I will say it again. Nick Cage is the best actor of his generation (see e.g., Wild At Heart, Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call). On the other hand, Nick Cage is the worst actor of his generation (see so many films). He has been since since the…

Goldblum as Ruxin's dad was just genius. Goldblum's side career as bit part weirdo is pretty awesome.

I was interested until the review touches on The League.

Came here to say that. My dad had one of those mid 60s Giulia Sprint Speciales when I was a young kid that he rebuilt by hand and the tail is a dead ringer.

Will Google Voice call a shaggy haired twunt rock god? If not, it wins.

The DACs in most computers, phones and i devices are outright terrible. A good DAC is a noticeable upgrade if your system is good enough to reveal the difference. Try A/B testing between an ipod and the redbook CD from a player with a decent DAC. I hesitate to call it snobbery, I don't buy $100 (or $1000) cables or…

My Toto S300s at the same price know my schedule and preheat in the morning and any other regular times my wife and I are likely to use them. This may have a similar feature.

It's insane this guy's taint!

Unless you are straddling it, facing the wall while you do your business, I think it is impossible.

The totos have a self cleaning function for the wand. I think this does as well.