Excellent review and timely for me. I just spent the weekend using a new Sony Flip 15.5" laptop optioned to the hilt with their 2880x1620 display. It was gorgeous and I will say having finally used a "convertible" laptop I came to understand Windows 8 much better. It truly was built for this type of machine and the…

I once played Tennis on my VirtualBoy for about 6 hours and then got the worst headache of my life and projectile vomited. It was worth it.

Let me paint you a picture. I recently had to provide the past 10 years of residences with move in/move out month/year for a brutally intensive background check process (Gov. clearance). I've moved a LOT in the past 10 years and filed my taxes using my parents address for many years as my own was so fluid. I tried…

The camera news is disappointing, that is about 50% of the phone buying equation for me these days.

I use the Biometric scanner on my Thinkpad 20+ times a day and is infinitely more convenient than typing my 15 digit domain password. The only time it doesn't work on the first try is when my finger tip is badly cut, burned or otherwise mangled. In that event I have 9 other fingers to fall back on.

Seems a reasonable outcome. The Raptor has a few hundred pounds on the Range Rover but the Rover has grippier street rubber.

I took delivery of one of the first Subaru STi's in Colorado. The day I signed the paperwork I went out to an old favorite road of mine. Way up in the mountains, not near any homes or people, it is a Dead End road that ends at a closed down mine. The mine recently improved the worst stretch just before their property…

Seriously though, I'd love to see more small pickups on the market. I know us Americans are obsessed with our Texas sized trucks but here in Colorado many 4x4 trails are a tad skinny for full sized trucks.

A check to Toyota for a Tacoma?

I couldn't agree more. While I am forced to live here I strongly encourage you to spare yourself the misery and remain elsewhere.

A snorkel is a great idea for those that will encounter deep water crossings but you need to be aware that water can do a lot more damage than just hydrolocking your engine. Especially on a modern vehicle. You might make it through your day of wheeling without issue only to have problems pop up down the road. One…

I would nominate the Marble, CO airport. It's a barely there town in the middle of the rocky mountains with a strip of grass that crazy people occasionally land planes on. Once you get there you can turn your head from side to side and take in the entire town and then eat some delicious smoked meats at Slow Groovin'…

I would agree with Nike's research. I've tried many of the minimalist running shoes and I keep going back to the Vibram Five Fingers. It certainly takes a while building up the strength and re-learning your stride but I wear them almost exclusively... I'm wearing brown KSO Trek Multisports with a pair of slacks right…

Agreed, another decade of progress and my FJ only gets maybe 1MPG better, also with 33's, though I don't drive around with the diff's locked. I had a 2dr Cherokee for a few years, loved the crap out of that thing, sold it with a quarter million miles on it and still running strong!

You're right along my lines of thinking... I have an 08 FJ Cruiser with a Hannibal Rooftop Tent, Awning, Dometic Fridge, Solar Power, Onboard Hot Water... yeah it's silly. But it's like a self-contained go-anywhere mini-RV and it's a hoot!

Are there many hardcore console gamers that don't buy the next gen on launch day or immediately thereafter? I mean they only come along like once a decade, why not shell out when the new hotness arrives... ?

I am curious to see how this plays out as well. I know of one legal precedent first-hand where a sober driver was well above the 5 nanogram level. The person in question passed the road side tests and the officer could determine no sign of impairment and indeed it had been nearly 24 hours since the person had last…

Here in Colorado as we have DWAI (Driving while ability impaired) and DUI. DWAI is a "lesser" offense and has a BAC limit of 0.05 vs 0.08 for DUI. The reality here seems to be that both crimes are punished in a similar fashion so you are screwed even if you are well below the 0.08 limit.

Love the bird! Great video!

He's off the throttle before he's over the crest. If he would have kept his foot in it he would have landed flatter. Likely would have still been some carnage but not as bad as burying the nose into the pavement.