I've had a package stolen once by a neighbor kid. After a friendly chat with the parents I got my driveway shovel the entire winter by that little brat. It was a nasty winter. Never had a package stolen after that.

I've always found the MINOS research interesting. A particle accelerator near Chicago firing 450 miles to northern Minnesota, thousands of feet under ground. Took a tour of it while back, but not sure what they are doing with it now.

Do you really think have a groundbreaking realization here?

So much irony in this comment...

Old games I still play:

You know what other game they need to revive? Jagged Alliance. Ah, the memories.

What did you expect, Instagram?

The only problem I have with my Dyson is that I have to empty it a lot more often than my old Hoover. It just picks up so damn much crap that I never knew existed.

I'd like to thank Apple for crappy maps, because now I found Waze, and like it more than Google Maps.

Gizmodo, I have a breaking news article for you! I have thousands of dollars wrapped up in Canon lenses that do the same thing. I'm sure I can get a response from their tech support saying that I'm doing it wrong, too. How do companies get away with this madness??

I haven't touched iOS on my Apple TV since XBMC 11. Don't think this will change anytime soon...

Having *attempted* to use Apple maps for the past few days, I found the errors to be consistent. When Apple knew the location, it gave horrible directions. It wanted me to stay on the bumper-to-bumper highway past my exit, and then circle back on side roads to the uncongested highway.

The world didn't piss itself. The world was fairly confident that it would be a complete flop. Why does no one else remember this?

Zing!

Ever since I installed XBMC, the only reason I go to my Apple TV interface is to see which movies I want to ... purchase.

This wasn't the case with mine. I had the same problem until I realized that I was talking closer to the phone when it was noisier. Once I started talking to Siri with my phone 12" away, it recognized text pretty well in noisier situations.

I'm curious if they will still use the Google business repository. I don't see Apple getting very far if business information starts getting out of sync. I know I don't want to register my small business with yet another search engine. Google has gotten me plenty of business just by having it appear in the maps.

On an APS C sensor with the 1.6 I'd be almost keen to drop the 50 1.4 for studio portrait, but on a full size sensor you'd be set up very well for street photography.

They ran their student and teacher 80% off coupon, but forgot to shut it off for their suites that were already 80% off. While 80% off of the 80% off price isn't 160% off, it still makes for a great deal. The error ran for about half of a day until they pulled it. Adobe honored all sales that made it through.

Here's hoping Adobe has another "coupon error" with CS6. CS5 Premium Designer Suite was a great buy for $90, but I want CS6 now!