anybody want to help me compare a 750MHz OMAP to a 1GHz snapdragon? It can't just be down to the clock speed, how does it being OMAP affect it?

I understand that it is dangerous in portable form, but is it really THAT powerful. I have been interested in making a DIY laser cutter and 10W lasers seem to have difficulty with things like very thin plywood.

@stradric: ahhhh

boolean mindBlown == true;

@Lupus_Yonderboy: hearted

I kind of like the idea of waving my hand over my phone to silence a phone call, it would be a nice way of doing it while I don't need to actually look at my phone, so it doesn't really interrupt what I am doing.

Screw intelligent toasters; I want an intelligent toaster oven.

you should add daemon tools lite, very handy if you have .iso files, but not disk drive, or want to play games without there cd's

best ways to deal with poison ivy?

where can I find when my (beta) trial of office 2010 expires in the first place? (not sure if it matters to answer the question, but I got it legally from the Microsoft website)

the only problem I have with boxee and xmbc is that they don't have tv tuner support, I really wish boxee had tv tuner support for live tv (is it on any kind of roadmap?!)

I have a question as I was thinking about cutting cable as well. As far as I can tell, shows hit hulu about a day after they are aired live.

With the recent announcement that the Courier project is canceled I have been thinking about making my own out of a netbook I already known, a touchscreen kit for the the netbook screen. I would then buy a 10 inch usb touchscreen from mimo monitors. I would be creating a completely case from plastic or aluminum or…

anything like this for android (please say yes)?

hey I saw SABnzbd+ in that screenshot, anybody know a way that I could try a usenet free trial thing without giving my credit card number? Or can somebody confirm that it doesn't charge anything?

sorry to double post, but I am unable to edit my old comment to add a question:

I know that lifehacker may not be the best place to ask for advice on robotics, but here it goes:

would you be able to look at this on the default android browser? any other android browsers (dolphin, etc.)?

@bbenedict: looks great, thanks for sharing!

@Jack0205: Iwould think that evernote might be better as it is taggable. bur still, would simplify things