If I were buying a phone strictly for the look and feel of the OS, I would probably get a WP7 phone. Unfortunately, the joy of an interface—especially a well-designed interface!—fades pretty quickly. At some point, it will be about the apps I want to use, or that I can't use because they're not supported on WP7, or…

That's fantastic. I'm sure it's a ton of work, but consider all the stuff you could be doing with your time that would be less interesting than brewing (and that would produce less beer). Good luck to you, lemme know if you have a website anywhere, I'd love to check out your stuff when you get up and running.

He definitely said something about toasting malt, and given that he was proud enough of his toasted brown ale to give it a sassy name, he probably did something unique in his toasting process. Maybe English isn't his first language? Maybe "Chris Bowen" is a code name.

Amanda DeMatto, check your notes please. There is no way this guy said, "malt for flavor, hops for booze."

I was confused by the hops/malt line too. Has to be a misquote, right? No way that was uttered by a guy who built something like this.

Nope. Comcast is supposedly rolling out live TV service through its Xfinity app this year, but as far as I know, it's not live yet nationally. So this is just their OnDemand service.

Blatant favoritism! Unfair grapple against the Internet! (whatever that means.)

I suspect that is the distinction that the Comcast PR guy forgot to make: either we don't know where you might be streaming from on your laptop (because we are too dumb to check) so this counts against your cap, or this counts against your cap ONLY when you are streaming form someplace outside of your home network.

True, I forgot the national morning news shows. And daytime soaps. And paid programming on weekend afternoons. That TOTALLY sounds like it's worth $4 a month more than Hulu. (Even though Hulu actually offers a back catalog of network shows on demand, which this service, of course, does not.)

Nope, this isn't the case. National NFL games air on the major networks on Sunday. If you're talking Major League Baseball or pro hockey, you may get a game on the networks once in a blue moon, but like 95% of them air on your regional sports network (Fox Sports Detroit, Madison Square Garden network, etc.), all of…

"Is it worth it? It depends on how you're going to use it. If you want to record your favorite news broadcast or sports, Aereo is a godsend. It's impossible to get this content without cable or expensive sports streaming packages. On the other hand, if all you're interested in is a look at primetime network shows,…

@3%, totally agree. I want my tv "smart enough" to be able to watch whatever I feel like watching on it, but as a separate piece of gear, I want it invisible. The stuff I want to be able to get to is the Internet. Having the Internet built into my tv, rather than built into something I can connect to my tv, is not…

@wagnerrp, You're right, duh. I win the prize for worst. analogy. ever.

Actually I did remember the iMac! Which was totally revolutionary no doubt—in 1998. Today though, all-in-one computers are a small niche market for people who really, really like a clean-looking desk.

You are absolutely right, this is a big deal that a lot of the people predicting the death of cable don't get. Most people pop on the TV at night to relax. They don't want to have to make 15 separate conscious decisions for an evening in front of the boob tube. In the few studies people have done—taking normal,…

Yeah, I have never understood the draw here, unless you're one of the very small number of people who cut the cord with cable but doesn't have a connected gaming system, DVD player, streaming media box, or computer with a video out.

Rumors of cable's death have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, there are plenty of people (especially young people) who can get their network TV fix via OTA broadcasts and online. But network programming is just not where the money is. If you want to watch your local baseball, basketball, hockey, or college team, your…

Casablanca is perhaps the best movie ever committed to film. Singin in the Rain is just 100 minutes of pure, unadulterated wonderfulness. Where Casablanca makes you happy the medium of film exists, Singin in the Rain just makes you happy to exist, period. If human beings can produce something like Singin in the Rain,…

Oh geez, I didn't even know I was mangling proper Lego-hipster etiquette. (I will try harder dammit!) Oh well, at least I can still have street cred as a coffee snob.

You will be even more pissed when you do have kids, and you see how much Legos cost these days. Trust me on this one.