Lots in eastern Michigan. They're starting to creep west/south, too.

Also found in the Midwest and New England, basically anywhere near Canada. There's dozens in the Detroit/Ann Arbor/Flint area.

It really depends where you go. On Lake Michigan, South Haven (5 miles from a nuclear plant) is brown and tastes of runoff. Pentwater, however, is lovely.

"Vostok is thought to hold more fresh water than any other lake in the world..."

via Lifehacker

This is more for video pros who would like external/semi-portable storage for live-editing 4K video, not backups.

The use of Times New Roman and Lucida Grande really sold it for me.

Built-in to OS X, in case your curious. Search for DigitalColor Meter in Spotlight.

Before you invest time in this, you must ask yourself: is the convenience of using your phone as a mouse really worth the hassle of launching the app and connecting, poor accuracy, scratches, battery drain, and poor ergonomics?

Before you buy an FM transmitter, read and consider this one [thewirecutter.com] is the one I own. Wireless Bluetooth, Aux/USB connectivity (w/ charging), and hands-free calling via bluetooth (with Siri support) for your smartphone.

Most third party cell carriers (Ting, Virgin, Republic) lease their towers from Sprint, which uses the CDMA cell standard. The iPhone is compatible with CDMA networks, but it's impossible to either buy an unlocked CDMA phone or to unlock one and connect it to a CDMA network.

If 1Password has a sale that day I might finally pull the (~$65) trigger.

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Keep coming back to this. ZARIA, by ~wasimagined [wasimagined.deviantart.com]

Get yourself a good pen.

Being nitpickey, but FAT32 can have files up to 4 GB, not 4 Gb.

Ima go ape-shit on the person who says defrag Windows 7 or repair permissions regularly on OS X.

Honest answer: nothing.

Much like Twitter, Google is the string, and wishes to become the cup.

Just a few things.