iPod Touch and Beats by Dre: perhaps not great gifts from a technical standpoint, but FANTASTIC for the "hey, you got me what I actually wanted" one. Don't discount the amount of blind satisfaction that people get from having branded toys that fit the cultural zeitgeist.

Right. It takes me below the prices of competitors, at least.

Not that you'd want to endure the accident to get there, but the black one would look even cooler with a little bit of road rash on it.

For data coverage in the boondocks of Michigan/Illinois, Verizon just can't be beat.

Well it's a house, not an apartment. I'm still not sure, but it's not like I had it out in public space.

As someone who grew up in the inner city, you're probably right.

But can it play Mario clones? It'll never be a TI-83 replacement without them.

This just happened to me. A $2000 bike stolen out of my back stairwell. My regret at not getting renter's insurance was overshadowed by only one thing: my regret that I hadn't put a new inner tube on my commuter bike, which should have been hanging in that stairwell.

I almost went to RIT (the Rochester Institute of Technology) because of their photography program that Kodak helps to underwrite. It's really incredible, and it's a great school to go to if you're interested in imaging of any kind, especially on a technical level. I hope Kodak makes it, if just to keep Rochester…

Text acronyms? Isn't the best part of sexting the pictures anyway? Explaining sexting acronyms seems as useful as a guide on how to read Miss December's profile.

Oh, the price we pay for beautiful metal enclosures...

I use it to set reminders and alarms without having to take my phone off the nightstand. When your memory and anxiety are both at their highest functions at 3:00am, this ends up saving more time than you'd ever imagine.

Travelling outside of the solar system is always cool at first, but soon they're going to have to deal with the vagaries of the Spice market and constantly fending off ecological collapse for all of its allies' colonies... Not to mention the Grox. They're a real pain, those Grox.

Gin: the worst-tasting liquor.

As a 4S owner, I prefer the term "a promise yet-unfulfilled."

Least used/favorite: #terranova

Try working around kids for a long period of time. Swearing on the weekends will give you the spins, it's so potent.

22nm is exciting enough, coming from someone whose 65nm C2D MacBook Pro can get hot enough to cook an egg from a single Flash video.

While every Brit should have a tweed jacket, if you're going to buy a Barbour, get one of their waxed-cotton models. Gore-Tex might be waterproof, but waxed cotton is waterproof in a much classier way. Plus, it requires constant maintenance, just like any vintage British car. I've been wearing a couple of their wax…

Well the monitor was already calibrated for the VGA output of the old graphics card. You're still right, I'm sure it's just a calibration issue—I was just caught by the timing of my problem and the similarity to their claim, justified or not.