Beautiful example of manipulative argument. Claim first person authority, "I was there. I saw them." Use all caps just to stoke the emotional reaction. Appeal to the belief of others, "The entire world ... believed he had them." Provide unverified credentials for yourself, "I was with the 3rd Armored Division ...".…

I was not quick enough to delete this post when I saw I'd been beaten to the joke.

I can never get this to work on my induction oven.

I think some of the outfits and all the ladies look great, but what's up with the goldish cotton rope that's all full of kinks? Wonder Woman's lasso should not be kinky! ... May I rephrase that?

The buzz I've skimmed is that the Amazon Fire is being rushed to market as, essentially, a RIM Playbook with a slower processor and mucked-up (customized) Android tablet OS. The only selling point of the Fire is the price, which is hard to beat since Amazon is heavily subsidizing these. So early adopters won't pay a…

So in other words, with competition from Redbox and Blockbuster Express and the impending disintegration of the U.S. Post Office which has kept mailing dvds ridiculously fast and cheap, your DVD by mail service is marked for death. Hence, the name Qwikster for quick death. Better to rebrand Netflix as a streaming only…

I second the advice to use a physical timer if possible. I've tried this with a digital timer on my computer, a digital timer on my phone, and a good ol' fashioned wind-up kitchen timer. I thought the quiet tick-tick and the loud BRRRING of the kitchen timer would drive me nuts, but it's proven to be so much more…

I appreciate your letting me know it's not just me. I'll also give Evernote a try next.

I don't see the most important feature of any note taking system being discussed - reliability. I've lost significant revisions to notes on Simplenote a few times now, enough that I rarely use it. My experience may not be Simplenote's fault. I use the AndroNoter app on my moto Droid 1 to access Simplenote, and the…

Hey, did you get my post? ... Help, I can't find my post. ... Where's my post?! ... I spent so much time writing that post. WTF?! ... Puh, puh, p-ohhhhhh-ssst....

Agreed - this is very passive aggressive. If you're going to leave after 15 min, man up and call or text that you're leaving because you don't want to wait around for them. Next time you see them, give them a copy of "Never Be Late Again: 7 Cures for the Punctually Challenged". You can't cure a chronically late person…

It's hard to pin these down because the deals change frequently. Some great options become unavailable for new cardholders and sometimes even for existing cardholders. I find the Chase Freedom card is far and away the best with the option of cashing in every $200 in rewards for a $250 check. That puts it on par with…

The real danger of recycling computers isn't in the big metal cases. It's in all the hazardous chemicals bound up in the circuit boards and other parts. I found this NPR article on what happens to our 'recycled' e-waste very eye-opening. [www.npr.org]

I confess I'm in the 'why would I want this?' group too. I desperately want to stream Netflix to my phone in a dozen different situations. The one thing those situations all have in common is they are when I'm away from or not willing to use my computer. I don't want to trash an app I don't understand. I'm just…

I hate sites that require the 'please hack me' security questions. I make sure I give gibberish answers. Favorite pet? Empire State Building. Favorite teacher? Acetohexamide7852MGTAB.

This article sold me on sticking with my Android.

Well said. Moreover, we have a volunteer military - they need to advertise to get recruits. The flyover wasn't for the 80,000 people in the stadium, it was for the 111,000,000 people watching at home. 5-10 seconds of prime Super Bowl air time is worth $500 K.

This is why I don't date tech-savvy women.

@Captain Fish: Actually Ted.com is funded through the conferences, which are quite expensive. I found this Q&A [blog.ted.com] informative. The key excerpt is below. (So the short answer is, the money has to come from somewhere. Either they charge even more for the conferences or they charge for the books.)

@devemouse: I think it would take some insanely advanced software for an accelerometer to determine how fast I'm moving. The accelerometer can't tell if I'm moving at a steady 100 mph or standing still. It can tell if I make a sudden change in speed, but it can't tell if I'm speeding up or slowing down.