Though if you're going on a long trip and checking any luggage, they're absolutely okay. You just can't carry them onto the plane.

So now I'm wondering... if you buy all the parts and build one yourself, is it cheaper? :D

Your comment acted as though the only way to find the part is to pay full pop retail for an iPad, so why not save $100 and buy a monitor. Looking on eBay myself, I see many listings for the same part for under $100. Let's say the rest of the parts cost around $50-100, because honestly I'm not sure since I haven't…

This is how I feel. Recently got heavily into using cast iron, and while it can be annoying to clean when I make things sticky or over-cook (burn) stuff on it on occasion it's leaps and bounds over the teflon pans. We do have a few nice ones we bought recently, and I'm babying the hell out of them hoping they last a…

That make sense, though for those of us without an iPad to begin with, this is a really cool idea using a cheap part off ebay.

If you had read the article, the person they are talking about purchased the PART of just the screen, not an entire iPad. It was $55. I think you've now answered your own question. With $55, a few other parts, and some time, you have the equivalent of a $400 monitor.

It is most likely the protective plastic you'd see on most glass displays, since it would protect it for transport and such. If I were him I wouldn't take it off before I were done fiddling with the thing, either. Make a nice frame, possibly a stand first as well. No point in marking up or possibly scratching the…

Well, coming from someone who knows full well just how debilitating sleep apnea can be, I hope you can get it straightened out somehow. I'm relatively certain that I failed out of college twice JUST because of my sleep apnea. It ruined my GPA and made it almost impossible to go back to college without re-taking many…

NICK! I see the new comment system is up and running (not sure if this is the best place to reply, but at least it's on-topic) and I wanted to say it's a much better solution in my personal opinion. It's much more like the older system with the newer improvements which I like a LOT. Great job guys.

A good suggestion that I used for a while while in high school (mainly because I had sleep apnea and wasn't aware of it, which based on your habits you might want to get tested for) was to scatter legos all over my room. This, obviously, isn't the best solution unless you can get away with legos being scattered…

You said you have sleep apnea, but are you using a CPAP machine? Also, if you are and you are STILL having problems falling asleep when you shouldn't and feeling tired when you get up in the morning, you need to tell that to your doctor. They should've set you up with a doctor and appointments to check your status…

Sorry, Nick, I just saw your reply to my comment. I want to say that even if your new iteration doesn't address my concerns, just knowing that you are listening to feedback and working on making it better is a great thing. I realize that my personal opinion is, of course, an opinion, but I'm happy to know you guys…

Honestly this approach seems far more useful to me, personally. Stacking the replies in this fashion would make it more likely that a single post might garner more attention than it currently does. For example, this new post I'm making to your comment will, at the moment, be shown on page 4 of the side-scrolling…

This is precisely my issue with it. For many years now the traditional "indented reply" format for comments on a website has been fine, and has been very clear and easy to understand. I'm not sure why Lifehacker (and apparently Gawker in general) seem to feel they need to do anything but.

I agree with timgray, this comment system is even more awkward than the last. I don't fully understand what's so bad about a system with indented replies, like most sites have had forever, and like disqus and other commenting systems use. It's much easier to follow the flow of a conversation and find new…

DuckDuckGo does not use Google. They may in a sense use it AS WELL AS many other sources, but it's not just a privacy layer slapped onto Google's search: http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216399-sources

I really like the design concepts in the entire photo shoot, but I don't personally think it would be good for many Lifehackers. I'm not going to try to speak for others, but the tinkering/crafting/playing mentality I have means my desk usually has a lot of clutter and also that it gets dirty sometimes. If it were…

There is a problem with stealing from both the publisher AND the artist if this is your mentality. Simply don't steal NOR buy the items and move on. You have no right to enjoy content you aren't paying for. The publisher, rather than selling the item and giving the artist a dollar, in reality is being BEGGED by the…

Actually, to ammend that, the Copic that is currently lists in Cydia is NOT the one you want to install. You need to add the repo for iArrays and purchase it from there in order to receive the proper version. Which would explain why it crashed my phone. I'm able to get into it via iFunBox, though, and am working on…

Also, Copic doesn't seem to cost anything anymore, if it ever did. Though it also doesn't seem to work under 6.1 as I installed it and now my phone will not boot past the apple logo.