I'm right there with you. I pop mine in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds.

The first thing I really remember figuring out that I was a bit of a tech nerd was a now barbaric Magnavox VHS player. You used to have to get out a set of eyeglass screwdrivers to adjust the frequency to the channel you wanted to record on. I also knew how to set a timer on it which blew my parents away. I'd been…

I remember working telecom in the early 2000's at MCI. Any time there was a train derailment, the switchboards would light up like Christmas. Much of the countries wiring, including MCI's fiber optic cable, runs along train lines. We had software on our computers that specifically tracked Amtrak and would light up…

Live in a rural area, have Dish Network which is having contract discrepancies with AMC and my bandwidth is far too low to watch it online. Torrent.

I'm guessing they're just going to keep it this way in the same way we had to swallow the iPad friendly format Gawker switched to, what, a year or two ago?

Give me my IBM Model M any day of the week. I love typing on those things, but it will annoy the hell out of anyone within earshot.

Dexter has been the one annoying me lately. All Fords, all the time.

The Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios in Orlando was a ton of fun. You got into an 8 seat Delorean and the walls would drop a way into I think a 360 degree screen. The car would fly around. At one point you'd get swallowed by a T-Rex and it would blow warm air on to the passengers. It is always the…

Looks terribly uncomfortable too.

Been reliving my high school days too much it seems:

I do it all the time along with dipping my finger in the oil and running it around the oil filter gasket. I honestly don't know how much of a difference it makes but it takes what? 120 seconds max if you're being overzealous. My time's not that valuable (2 minutes at least) so throwing a couple minutes at what…

This is just an honest question coming from what I'd consider an average American suburbanite but don't most people have dish washers? I was born in the disco era and I've never known a day without one.

There's no emission or safety inspections, they just verify the VIN and send you on your merry way. You can't imagine how many cars are on the road here that shouldn't be.

Any idea on how long it lasts? Every time I find a super comfortable t-shirt that looks good on me, they never last me more than about 6 months. The one's that have held up well for me are the solid LL Bean t-shirts. Get about a year out of them.

Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it!

I have a 2010 GTI, and while I love early generations, the fact that he's suggesting I should bring a tow truck is a deal breaker.

Will be Diablo 3 for me too. I'm holding out till a few weeks or months after the PC release of Payne 3 to see if the PC version isn't another terrible PC port. Too many PC games I've gotten lately that are on PC and consoles have been crappy ports and it's made me wary. I know Payne 3 had a separate PC development…

All of his stand up albums are great. You should also give his book, Fatherhood, a read if you haven't. It's not long and is a fantastic read.

This reminds me of some thread on a car forum years ago where some kid thought that the Armor All he put on his car tires was what caused his car to fishtail around a stop sign when he was hooning.

What do you do for a living?