Isn't the Surface made with Corning Gorilla Glass? That should make the screen a lot more durable (though I'm very careful when carrying my gadgets, anyway).

That holds true if your water gets delivered by electric pump. But if the water gets delivered by gravity and pressure, then toilets and sinks will still work without electricity.

Carbs get a bad rap, but they're not all the same. Simple carbs, like sugar and white bread are empty calories. But muscles depend on glycogen for fuel, and your body produces glycogen from complex carbs, which come from whole, unprocessed grains. And when you burn glycogen for fuel, it's clean; there are no unhealthy…

It was really fun when the Pennsylvania Turnpike converted from sequential exit numbers to mileage-based exit numbers. They had both numbers on the signs for a while, but now I find it more confusing.

That's exactly what I was thinking. If the kids bang them up or lose them, it won't be a big loss. My only question is what else might be happening in the production to keep the price down, like pollution or poor working conditions. That is, is it any worse than higher priced e-readers?

Heat is simply the way we measure the movement of atoms. The slower they move around, the colder it gets. So how much slower can an atom get than "not moving"?

I've started digitizing incoming paper, using Microsoft OneNote and Adobe Acrobat. So when I get a receipt that I want to hold onto, I scan it directly into the Purchases section of my notebook and make the image searchable. If I have a stack of papers that's too big for OneNote, I scan it into Acrobat and save it as…

So these American cities are now flyovers in both meanings of the word.

Oh, the irony. An article with a video about iPad theft, and there is no video to see when viewing this page with my iPad.

It seems to me that the purpose of FS is to tell burglars where you are and what's the minimum time that you will get home.

People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who really do.

I agree 100%. An RT version should be about $300, but an ARM version costing $800 is like paying half the price of a traditional $1600 laptop. Only difference is less storage space.

In the final release, Microsoft will change the technology's name to "spanking". The first phone to use it is code-named Monkey.

I wonder if Cook will share the bounty with his retail employees by bringing in another taco truck.

I remember the Hawkeye as being like an early version of the AWACS. That's some cool shit.

I have so many dead trees on my shelves, I've run out of room. So it's e-versions for me, on Kindle and iPad. But since there's nothing physical to impress people (or my cat) with, I'm starting to back up my e-books onto DVD, and putting the DVDs on the shelf. About two of them holds everything. Not impressive looking.

Hey, the entire State of New Jersey is in the "Fuck You" region! I'm so proud.

They need Dr. Sheldon Cooper to explain products to the customers.

Maybe they'll find the Stargate!

So where the heck is my bicycle?