Wow, there's a fundamental issue with this list. You have to distinguish between OTA and cable TV these days. Any of these cards/dongles can pick up over-the-air TV with an antenna, but you can't just slap one in and record cable TV anymore. Everything's scrambled, even the local access and network TV rebroadcasts…

Man, I used to listen to these guys a lot circa 1991. I have many albums, all on cassette.

Easy - replace your monitor with a touchscreen model or replace your laptop with a touchscreen model. Otherwise, a touch-centric interface clearly designed for phones and tablets has no place in your life.

It was beautiful outside, but looked like blue-tinted pixellated ass indoors. Almost as if you were looking up close at a massive image being used as a texture. Which is exactly what it was. I did enjoy those explosive boomerangs, though...

Steer clear of Win8 if your intent is to use it in an HTPC, by which I mean something that can record TV, not just stream Netflix. They stripped out Windows Media Center — citing codec licensing costs, yet that savings certainly isn't seen by the consumer — and you will have to shell out a whopping $100 for the…

Same here. And a stick blender emulsifies like nobody's business.

Actually, I know a choral singer who has to learn tons of songs in unusual languages. She has to deal with this stuff all the time.

In the early days of non-evil EA, their "boxes" were more like record sleeves for LPs that opened up and had the 5 1/4" floppy slotted inside. That square, thin format gave lots of room for artwork and manuals and didn't take up a lot of space.

Haven't seen my pet peeve here yet, so here goes:

It's not laziness, that's the rule in English. Vowels in unaccented syllables go to schwas.

I take those with a grain of salt. The company ASUS, for instance. They say it's pronounced ah-SOOS. "Same as the flying horse." Er, Pegasus isn't pronounced that way...

For "etc.", you have to explain that it's "et cetera" - two words - and it sinks in.

It's pretty intimidating the first time. The parts don't seem to fit where they belong, you've got no technique, and finish too— Oh, right. Computers.

I was going to mention this one. I always use non-stick spray to make it stick. (Thanks, America's Test Kitchen!) Works great, just do it over the sink.

Gotta love Full Throttle's opening music. My brother and I still say "You can't beat a Corley" at inappropriate times.

Don't forget to factor in the cost of tattoos and a hipster head condom. If there's one thing that Youtube coffee videos have taught me, it's that the key ingredient to good coffee is tattoos and a head condom.

I bought a Bonavita 1800 a couple months ago, too. It was on sale, and for $135, I couldn't refuse. That thing makes a fine cuppa joe. (I got the thermal carafe model, which keeps it hot for several hours). I love my Aeropress, but you sometimes need to make more than one cup.

TI99-4A (with fancy-pants audio cassette drive), then a Commodore 64, then an Amiga 2000. Though technically, I used networked PLATO terminals (look 'em up!) and an Apple II at school before then.

Don't forget to factor in time afterwards to recover from the random sickness you will invariably contract. I went to C2E2 for *one* day the year before last and was laid up for a week afterwards with a sinus infection.

I sure hope the nosedive/face plant ability of an arctic fox is a gameplay mechanic. Seriously, look up a gif. It's hysterical.