Or "I checked it out on Snopes and it's really true!"

Boxee Box owner here for the past year. I had the 1st gen Roku for a while, but the clunky interface, the remote and the inability to reliably stream local video files turned me off. I have a large selection (400+) of ripped and/or dl movies on the desktop PC in my office, and the Boxee Box is great at streaming…

There *is* another way than that? Why?

Well good for you, Mr. Eidetic Memory and Infallible Sense of Direction. I'm glad you had hours and hours of extra time to spend figuring out numerous alternate routes in advance to everywhere you ever drive in case the one you currently happen to be using happens to be completely congested.

Gorgeous

I bought a rechargeable portable speaker (iHome iHM60PT Rechargeable Mini Speaker) for $20 from Amazon. The charge lasts quite a while, and the sound quality is surprisingly good for the price.

Sure, because you're the one person whose judgment is unaffected, even when you're impaired to the point of "los[ing] [your] sense of balance and occasionally [your] lunch."

I installed a Honeywell RTH8500D 7-Day Touchscreen Programmable Thermostat (about $80 from Amazon) last months, and I can already tell the difference in the bills. It's been quite a bit hotter here in Houston than normal, but my bill was less than last years at this time.

On my home machine, I use the keyboard from the Logitech Cordless MX Duo (www.amazon.com/Logitech-Cordless-MX-Duo-967300-0403/dp/B000095ISG). The mouse was nice, but died a few years ago (replaced it with a sterling Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse). The keyboard is wireless, sturdy, very comfortable, feature-packed and…