Excellent point. A couple of years ago on a drive to Boston, I suddenly realized that my car was hesitating when speeding up and quivering a bit with changes in throttle. I only realized this at all because I understand my car. As we continued going, it occurred to me that I was going through my brand-new tank of gas…

With a 13-hour each way road trip coming up in October, I went ahead and grabbed the Anker charger. That's a fantastic price for it, and given that I already have their 5-port charger and couldn't be happier with it (came with me to the UK last month and kicked ass!), this was a very easy decision!

With a 13-hour each way road trip coming up in October, I went ahead and grabbed the Anker charger. That's a…

That is a very well-said comparison. You could probably write a whole blog post to this effect!

Man, you must be a giant with some serious ginger cravings or something if you don't get it. Want some gin?

Oh. I get it.

Nope, because the double b in bubba makes the u short. The one b in scuba makes the u long. Or so I've been told. =)

I'd really like to know how that happened, actually. It's clearly spelled "Lieu". Where did the 'Lef' come from? =)

Are you sure?

I still do this one wrong, but I pronounce it 'mehm' as in French même, which means 'same'. That connected in my head very early on, and 'meem' sounds bizarre to me.

The really interesting thing about this one, to me, is that way back in the 1200s or so both were correct. The only reason we consider "ask" correct and "aks" incorrect is a matter of High Medieval and Renaissance fashion.

Oh, I know why they do it. I'm saying it's a bastard-coated move with bastard filling, and only continues to show that the American brand of ruthless, cutthroat capitalism is doing nothing but angering the people who make it work. Also, I have no opinion on the matter. >.>

Seconded, thirded and fourthed (I found a couple of friends to pitch in).

Thanks! That may indeed be a worthwhile investment.

We tried salt, and it helped, but it didn't quite fill in the blanks. My wife and I have varying levels of salt tolerance (though they both range toward 'high' given that we both have low blood pressure) and we always use a fair amount of salt.

Thanks! I'll check it out.

So, I love cooking and creating new things by, say, finding a recipe and going Hollywood on it—keeping the name and maybe the principle, but basically changing out the stuff in it for stuff I like.

Wow, they're not even going to release their source code and let some enterprising FOSS team continue the project? Just taking their ball and going home? That makes it even more sad.

Is there any talk of Winamp releasing their source code so that some FOSS project can continue keeping it alive, or are they just gonna take

This is very interesting. As the kind of person who hates those sort of engagements, I will have to try this the next time I get dragged into one. Thank you.

I didn't even need to click 'Play' to know exactly what Fletcher is about to scream into that phone =)