@Spirit Fingers: Somehow, someone always, always manages to call me at the exact moment the F stops at Herald Square on my way home. Like an idiot, I always pick up and have literally the exact conversation you just described.

Anecdotal evidence to the contrary: the author of the last book I worked on (for a major publisher that definitely exists on this planet) insisted on letting her partner design the jacket. Much to my chagrin, they let him.

@ginazninja: Sigh.

Got my copy in the mail today—can't install until I get home from work, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed that Blizz seems to have saved all of the extras for the $100 CE.

@ginazninja: Impeached—I don't think that word means what you think it means.

@Frazzleberry: Did you watch End of Evangelion? I just pretend the bullshit final episode of the series doesn't exist and slot that in as a two hour series finale. It makes the whole thing that much better.

@Pill_Hell_Tom: EDIT: That's a pig tail, not a pony tail. Breathe.

Um can we talk about how plug suit girl on the left in the first picture is apparently able to ROTATE HER HEAD 180 DEGREES?!

@octasquid: Totally. I'll be subscribing on day one, too. Between this and Netflix I'll be paying $20 a month for what is essentially the same experience people pay $80+ a month for with cable. A few commercials here and there seem like a small price to pay.

@sip: You could always plug your computer into your TV and watch regular Hulu that way if you're not interested in the extra stuff.

I really don't understand why everyone seems so outraged about the fact that Hulu Plus still has ads. It's $10 for what sounds like a ton of content, and the ads, while annoying, are pretty short.

@sip: Might want to save yourself the trouble of signing up. There are commercials.

The power of Apple's marketing language really is pretty fascinating. My little sister is going away to college in a month, and my parents bought her a MacBook Pro to take along. I spoke to my dad on the phone not long after he ordered the laptop, and he was shocked when he discovered it was made in China.

Really? "Hawke?"

@kevito: Also: play 'em.

@kevito: I think you're right that Ico was never a huge commercial success, but Shadow of the Colossus got a Greatest Hits re-release, which means it sold at least 400,000 copies, if Wikipedia is to be believed. No Modern Warfare 2, but certainly nothing to sneeze at.

@Yahweh Took My Prepuce: As a member of the youngun demographic, I wouldn't say I'm uncomfortable with cable, it's more just that I don't really see the point. I pay for Netflix too, and use my Xbox to stream it to my TV. Between that, Hulu (and now Hulu plus!) and the various other pretty convenient ways to watch TV…

I upgraded my 3G last night and have experienced the exact opposite—3.1.3 was unbearably slow at times. Typing lagged, apps took forever to open, and more often than not it just gave up on the app opening/closing animations and stuttered like crazy on transitions and paging through home screens.

@xybur: I'll be that star. I'm not planning on upgrading just yet, but when my 60 GB pro (inevitably) burns out, I'll be careful to heed this advice. Thanks!

@spuntyb: NYC in general is a minefield of weird AT&T dead zones. I work near Hunter College and my iPhone drops calls like clockwork at the exact same spot on the median in the middle of Park Avenue. It's gotten to where I just wait to make the call until after I've crossed the street.