I have an extensive collection of MAD Magazines and MAD books dating back to the late 50s, but not because I want to have them. My father just keeps buying them for me. For a handful of years, when I was a kid and young teenager, he became obsessed with baseball cards. We spent all our time at card shops and card…

Why is this easier than just opening Videos on my iPhone/iPad, clicking on the sharing icon for my desktop which is connected to my hard drives full of movies and then having them all appear instantaneously and able to be watched on my iPhone/iPad?

I have a question: How can I add service to the Finder in Mountain Lion which will show me the metadata of any MP4 file without my having to open up VLC, etc. to show the media information? I just want to be able to right click and have an option to Show Metadata and when I click on it for the metadata to appear in a…

I'm sick of the content battles, too. I hope more producers and directors start including clauses in their contracts to retain digital distribution rights so we can get away from these megalithic corporations battling each other over millions that never trickle down to the creators anyway. And, yeah, Netflix continues…

Oh I much prefer to own content, too. I've ripped all my CDs, DVDs and even my VHS tapes. I keep it all on hard drives which take up a lot less space. You can borrow just about any DVD or Blu-Ray from the library and rip it, if the file can't be found online otherwise or you'd rather not go that route. I just don't…

Why would you spend that kind of money on buying Blu-Rays, a DOA tech? Do you have a financial adviser?

Many 3rd party sellers have their items qualify for the Free Shipping.

Free Shipping (on orders over $25) usually gets to me in 2-3 days and always has in LA, NYC and where I'm living now in flyover country. I never buy less that $25 from them because those are all small items I can more easily pick up at nearby stores. And Amazon's Prime options for free streaming have nothing that…

The Criterion Collection is commercial free and worth far more than 8 bucks a month. Hulu + is the only widely available cross-platform legal streaming host with a quality selection of movies. Fandor is only available on a few platforms and Mubi only via web streaming. If you like actually good films, Hulu + is a…

No, it accesses your data even when you aren't using it. I can't believe anyone is dumb enough to actually keep that spyware installed.

My natural clock has me waking up around 8pm and going to bed around noon; as a teenager, I had a much easier time adjusting to being on normal people hours than I do now. Afternoons are a complete deadzone for me; I can barely spell my name between 3 and 6pm so the idea of being able to swim laps or problem solve…

I'm always exhausted and near comatose during those hours.

Seriously? My family members, friends, etc. and I use each others mailboxes as drop boxes on a nearly daily basis and no postal person has ever given half a shit. This is a ridiculous thing to worry about.

If you can overlook the 15 year old pictures and lack of web design, the desks here are great. I have one of the hutch desks with a lower shelf for my printer, a lower drawer that holds all my cables and power strips and a sliding shelf above the two sliding, adjustable angle desk tops that my lap top slips into. You…

Really, Mark? I feel war is a huge misuse of my taxes; I'd be happy to pay double to provide more learning centers in our communities.