I've been a bit of an Audiobook bender (long commute), but absolutely loving "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything" by Chris Hadfield, all sorts of good "life" stuff. On a less serious note (but still lots of great life…

I really only use phone calls for work stuff. It's gotten to the point to when my parent's call I'm concerned something bad happened and they're not texting me instead.

How well does it work with iOS? Do most of the features work?

Just get verizon! None of your data works when you're on the phone (unless you're on wifi). Definitely a "feature" from Verizon.

I think if I remember correctly it something to do with rebuilding after WW2, portions the US "helped" rebuild are 60Hz. I could be mistaken.

And not a single mention of the economic downturn of the local marshmallow companies!

Fantastic article Thorin!

Lisle, IL (West suburb of Chicago)

I had a similar wiping station when I did PC stuff at work. Ran Ubuntu from a flash drive and I had the case ajar with super long SATA and IDE cables so I could plug in 4 discs at a time and wipe them. I think I used the "shred" command?

"I feel the urge to line up here but I don't know why..." -subtle queues.

I seem to have an issue since my Macbook Air sits in clamshell mode in a desk drawer and I run a monitor, keyboard and mouse to it. When I disconnect power it goes off. Setting probably? Anyone else do this and have any recommendations?

I disagree with the Sent from iPhone/iPad. I keep that on mine just so they know I'm sending from a mobile device so my replies will probably be shorter and they give me some leniency for spelling or typos.

Agreed, I have a friend who was going to buy a nest but found out his new apartment doesn't have central air. This would be perfect for him.

Ah okay, I must have a different version then, my Grid-IT has a zippered pocked on the back.

so Nihilism? haha

Isn't this why Will Smith's character hated robots in I, Robot?

I got the same bottle last summer for vacation and I absolutely love it - probably going to buy a second one just for work.

Definitely... it takes a couple episodes to get into it but eventually I loved it.

Not sure how secure they are but I've been a big fan of using lyrics as passwords. Fairly long phrases but easy to remember. My current password is like 20 characters but super easy to remember.

I use e-meals and I absolulely love them. I play like $60 bucks a year but they send you 7 meals and a shopping list (and they have a pretty useful app) every week and you can pick your family size and diet type (vegetarian, paleo, low-cal, etc.) as well as the store you prefer to shop at. Pretty nifty.