Don't forget "Google for Sheldon Brown". Bicycles are complex, but in their complexity amazingly easy to fix.

Aha! I knew there was a point I was forgetting, and that one was - as you pointed out - very key. Actually it was that plus Pentium that really sealed it for OS/2, as you pointed out, 16 bit emulation just stunk on Pentium as opposed to Win 95. Pentium just didn't do a good job of running 16 bit applications, but…

OS/2 is, and I'll echo the statement, an OS well ahead of it's time. What many don't realize is how fast it was in comparison to everything else for PC hardware at the time. It really did downright scream, and at the GUI to boot! If you had a 386 or 486DX with more than 2MB of RAM the thing was a rocket, especially…

First, typing this on a current completely loaded MacBook Pro - I'll agree. Users really have come to love Windows 7. He didn't say it was better, but he did make a very good point. I'll even concede that I miss some things about Windows 7 for a primary workhorse. Not a lot, but some things.

The same to you! I actually went back and compared it to some other Google Images and while my point of dealer screwiness stands, I believe you are correct. Perhaps it's just a funny way of making it legal under Maryland law to make it ambiguous, but it looks as if they are legally trying to put the screw in. …

It goes in and out from what I've seen. I remember when my Dad was buying his then-new '96 Taurus SHO and they had a similar pinstripe fee. He walked the dealer around the car and then said "so, where are the pinstripes?"

First - Well played!

What that sounds to me THOUGH is "hey, we want to gouge consumers any which way we can sooo.. let's make this incomprehensible bullshit charge up! Sweet!"

This is an excellent suggestion. A bank, or even a title company, would facilitate something like this and in the case of the bank - likely not even charge you. I've been considering selling my current truck and getting a Raptor, but have been wary because the value is significantly more than anything I've sold on…

I've done it three times, and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I sold all three cars for almost what I listed them for to happy buyers, and had multiple offers on all three. The last two I sold within 48 hours of listing because I listed them low as I had to get them sold (was picking up a new truck that weekend…

The Hungry Hungry Hippos for iPad is just the tip of ThinkGeek's hilarity iceberg. Go there, and try not to keep giggling.

Couldn't agree more, Sam. I remember when the HTC EVO 4G came out and even I who has baseball glove sized hands said "yeaaah.. that's a little big". At the time I had a iPhone 3G and HTC Hero. Said Hero was probably my favorite smartphone size-wise, a close second to my current iPhone 4. Which again, say what you…

With all of this, and seeing some things I've seen over the past couple of years the old caveat holds true: keep work and personal separate. I fully agree with the approach of directing them to LinkedIn and just keeping that professional. I mean, you probably aren't going to give them your personal email address,…

My first car, $1800 for a 1968 Galaxie 500 Fastback with a 390 that was in cherry shape back in 1993. I'm not kidding about cherry shape either, the car was phenomenal. An old farmer was selling it, and the sale was more of an interview process than a sale.

A honest, pros and cons, similar to what I've read on forums on non-site reviews. This really is a good one. I don't know who at Gawker gave the command to step it up, but there's some goodness here lately.

Hear hear, I couldn't agree more. I started quietly moving away from Facebook a year ago, and that's after I was essentially dragged kicking and screaming to it. I'm one of those who proudly never had a MySpace account for various reasons, and soon I won't have Facebook any longer. I also have added Facebook to…

I will also confirm the multiple hard liquor being a catalyst for extreme drunkedness. I don't have any idea how, either, but vodka + whiskey or whiskey + tequila in particular would knock me on my ass. When I drank my MO was generally either a bottle of decent whiskey or scotch and a six pack of beer for the night,…

I was the exact. same. way. In another comment I mentioned one of my more drunk weekends, but it wasn't uncommon for me to drink 18-20 beers in a weekend night, then finish off with some Stoli. Was I drunk? Sure! But I was still functional.

Been there, done that, many many times. I think it's more to do with when you start in the morning you aren't going for a hammerfest as opposed to any other part of the evening.

I am one of those who seriously wants to love the Volt. In particular, I want to get one for my family car, as that's the one that spends 99.9% of the time in the city and right now is a damn Chrysler minivan with the damned 3.8 that gets worse mileage than my V8 Dakota.