1) my local high school is providing students with Chromebooks. Not charging them for Chromebooks. Providing them. I don't know what that has to do with your argument about students affording them. And, really, shouldn't a gadget blog want kids to have shiny gadgets?

Engadget was (is) reporting, "... giving authors the ability to set their own prices as long as they remain $14.99 or under." That translates pretty clearly into $15 being the highest price. So either Engadget or Gizmodo is wrong. I'm going to go watch the keynote now to see which it is.

So, if I'm reading this correctly: A gadget blog is making the argument that a $500 iPad is too expensive and, with a $15 cap on books, no one will step in to provide books (arguing space on the device is pointless, you can download just what you need when you need it - or didn't you think about that?). Also, did you…

locations spotted: Maryhill Loops Road, Oregon Raceway Park, Highway 97

Just watched the video. They need to revise their camera mount. That's a crazy amount of CMOS jello.

They're not fast enough. ESPN uses Zipline cameras for X Games and I know at least one producer that is building a zipline rig to film rally cars (he also has a DSLR drone)

There are more than just a "few" guys doing it. There are several companies and individuals that specialize in aerial automotive video platforms, or "drones," just like this. They, in turn, produce video for hundreds of different shows - and have been for quite a while. I know we hired our first in 2010, and the…

Crummy free hotel WiFi is a given. However, I often find that lately even crazy expensive hotel WiFi ($30/night) is damn near useless. 90% of the time I'm better off tethering to my iPhone's 3G signal.