Vote: Keurig

HATERS GOONA HATE, but note that I have three french presses and a burr mill. Does the Keurig do as good a job? No, hell no. But it does a good enough job that I plop the little Starbucks K-cup in (DOUBLE HATERADE BRING IT) at 0530, hit the button, and have drink-able coffee shortly afterwards.

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Hear hear. I love my french press but it's SO. MUCH. WORK. I even have the Bodum "travel press" as I got that heavy into coffee snobbery but realized I was spending soooo much time on coffee.

I used to be, and at times still am, a terrible procrastinator. To the point where in high school I was notorious for it with our counselor. Now 36, I've found the solution: Just do it.

Yeah if 12.04LTS is working for you, really, no need to fix it. All of the stuff in 13.04 will be in LTS by the time 14.04LTS hits next year, and then it will be rock solid. I'm likely going to move (back) to the LTS channel with 14.04 and just stay there going forward as some of the annoyances on the rapid channel…

My guess is to give it a little bit, it will probably be fully ironed out for sure by 14.04LTS or more likely in the coming weeks. Could be a twitter API issue, or who knows what.

I can - it doesn't use much. I can't tell any difference, at least while I was using 13.04 beta, between it and Cinnamon or XFCE4. I mean if you had 2GB of RAM or less you probably want XFCE or LXDE, but any modern machine isn't going to notice it.

I was the same way, but then I just forced myself to use it and.. it grew on me. After discovering all the keyboard shortcuts and plus the new speed in 13.04, I hate to admit that I really really like it.

Well yeah. But we're getting it through a local ISP who resells the same service for less than what the cable company does, and makes a profit on top of it. So you know - sticking it to the man!

I'm so glad you decided to make that comment. I really appreciate your parenting advice. It's just so.. Internet Awesome. I bet you'll go to sleep tonight after having a perfectly balanced dinner while listening to NPR and doing your 30 minute walk around the mall to fap to how perfect you are. Am I right?

We kept it through the cable company, but just to (kind of) stick it to them we're buying it through a local ISP who has a reseller agreement with them. So not only is it cheaper for the same service, they also get less profit. Win!

Correct. During "TV Time" right before bedtime we regularly hit the two device limit on Netflix. Which is fine, really, I'm still way ahead.

I have three (young) kids and we took the plunge six months ago and ditched cable. It was, by and large, one of the smartest things we did. And it was easy, it required:

Wait... what? You high?

Ubuntu is a good starting point as, well, most of them are based off it or it's base - Debian. It's pretty trivial to install Cinnamon on Ubuntu (did it recently), or any other of the numerous variants (lubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu, etc).

Not at all! That's the new Otterbox Reflex which is frankly pretty fantastic. I didn't have a case the first month I had it because, well, I'm a sucker who got it on release day. The Reflex is a fantastic mix between being super light and super durable. I love it.

I used to have a gigant wallet with everything I'd ever need in it. Now I have this (top right) with only the stuff I truly need. It has been absolutely liberating.

I've got one of these, in black, which I got for next to nothing on clearance from Cabela's. It's fantastic and durable/beat-up-able as hell. I have a ton of packs (no, seriously, I'm kind of weird like that) and this one is by far my favorite. Thick as heck fabric, big awesome zippers - yeah - it's a beast.

Whoa, sweet! I'll have to pick up a couple of those. This one really hasn't been bad, I've abused it for over a year now and it's still working. Granted I don't use it that much, but when I need it - it seems like I NEED it.

Yeah it both made me laugh and homesick when I saw it. I had no idea he had snuck it into my luggage last year until I was at the hotel unpacking, and it made me laugh and smile at the same time. He had been helping me pack and was kinda bummed about it, so yeah - it's definitely a staple now.

Hah yup, but oddly enough, the thing has survived my pocket for over a year without it. It has nothing vital on it - just the latest malware "triage" and some rescue utilities - but when I absolutely need to transfer a file it's really come in handy more than once.