Make sure to match the tape sheen to the music. Classical needs glossy to handle the big soundstage, while jazz and to some extent bluegrass (but only by lefthanded players) needs the mellowing effect of satin or even Magictape.

also, there's the visual allure of the pricey equipment: glowing tubes, brushed metal faces, machined knobs and such. What I find weird about the Pono (Pose-o?) Is it doesn't fit in with that. It's got the design style of a cheap colorful gaming controller crossed with a Fisher Price toy.

Please have a look at the larger Monoprice speaker, here: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=1…

It's very small, and for its size it has remarkable sound. I've recently bought and tested this one; the Monoprice brick; the UE Mini Boom; and the Philips SB5200B/37. I am keeping the Anker, and the Philips. Both give superb sound for their size. The UE Mini was the surprise dud in the group. It's much less…

I hear he's already hard at work on the next iPad:

I have the Musemee, and it's actually quite a lot better than my finger, or the usual rounded-tip stylii.

Obviously not, since this ruins a cultural object.

I agree. But something different is in play with a movie, TV show/series, or book: Those have linear narratives, which unfold in time. And one of the very many things the author(s) build into their story is an expectation that a person experiencing it for the first time will see or read it this way. I doubt any…

True, true. No arguing with that, my friend. Many's the time I've said to myself, as I pluck my favorite monacle from yet another unintended hiding place, usually under one of Mssr. Monet's lovely potted bunchberry leaves (the bunchberry being potted, not the leaf, though of course the leaf is of course sort-of…

You're right. Basically, if a company doesn't defend a trademark in situation 1, even if they and the rest of the world think the situation is innocuous (like ikeamods.com), they are setting themselves up for disaster in situation 2, where some other company begins selling IKEA branded merchandise.

I'm not sure that "making money has no part of it". Isn't the whole notion of trademark infringement one coming under the general set of laws covering commerce?

I agree — it's a silly argument. Here's another:

I agree.

It would be fantastic if Ikea could also market these to people in first-world countries (e.g., me) for storage sheds. They could even add a bit to the price to help subsidize these for people who need them as shelter.

It may also act as a second sun deflector. I live in Southern Arizona, and would love to have something up over my roof, about 5 feet up, to bounce sunlight before it gets to my roof.

What about bicycle helmets? Since bicycles don't go all that fast compared to motorcycles, doesn't that mean bicycle helmets aren't very effective?

Yep, mine too. I used to use PINE (a text-only email program running on my employer's server) and it was bliss as far as sorting and filtering was concerned. Fast on-the-fly sorting by date, or alphabetically, or size, or whatever. And filters were easy to set up. I had to migrate to Gmail because of the increased…

Better choice is the Sony SLT line. All the controls of a DSLR, but no moving mirror.

Logitech and Razer both make left-handed mice.