Moretz. Not Mortez.

This is why I only cuddle wombats.

Full of win!

This comment speaks volumes about you.

I would imagine they are nicely within the price range of most of your standard mad scientist lab decor. I mean, when you are scheming to fire a set of rocket spears into the surface of the Moon, energize them to gather the moon's iron into one central area and then park a hypermagnet disguised as a Toyota Prius…

One alien turns to another and says "I aim to misbehave."

Seriously? No Stranger In A Strange Land? No Bradbury, Silverberg, Asimov? Check out this list and article.

I have a pair of Garmin RINOs - a 110 and a 120. They are decent GPS units, weatherproof and sturdy, and they also have FRS/GMRS radios, a polling ability so you can locate each other more easily, and they're much cheaper. The 110 has a few less features and the maps aren't as detailed. Mono lcd screen with so-so…

Hey Nano, um, what happens when you put magnetic flash memory within a small area bounded by four strong magnets?

Nice pen. I am fortunate to have a mate who gives me swell gifts and one of them was a Rotring 600 fountain pen with a medium nib. Hexagonal and heavy, it's my go-to when I have to be creative in longhand. I also have a Lamy Safari in bright yellow, which is apparently a student-level pen. It writes like a felt…

Neal Stephenson is a damned showoff. Any more modest writer would have quit after Snow Crash and the Diamond Age, but Nooooo...he has to keep penning excellent books. Pfah. I bet the quill pen was a handicap imposed by the Secrit Writers Guild.

Damn. I was hoping they were thinking about how to develop FTL interstellar travel and a way to cure people diseases using simple electronics and Dilithium crystals (or face-licking).

OMG, I totally have to tweet this!

If my dog needs to get in touch with me, he can text or email like everyone else has to.

I use something like this, actually a couple of them. It was made of nylon or canvas, used sticks for support and a system of simple ropes and stakes to anchor it to the surrounding ground. It could be dismantled, swept off and rolled up and it would fit into an easily-carried bag. Oh, and the door (and a screen…

Why would you fill them with dirt if there were people inside?

DUCK!

Luke, use the tray...

Gee, if only they would invent a barrier to cover the top of the container - let's call it a "Localized Inspersion Deflector" - to turn back fluid before it reaches the edge of the cup and submits to gravity's charms.

I would love to see Savion Glover as a TNMT. A tap-dancing turtle would totally kick ass!