@joe.glass: Joe, I agree with you. Ferox is simply following the instinctual coffee snob reflex of detesting the company which, for the record, brought good coffee to most of the world. Let's keep in mind, very very very few of the "independent" coffee houses even existed before Starbucks almost single-handedly…

@BK216: I wish for a jetpack every time I look around the higher parts of our roof at things I'd like to take a closer look at. Drag out a 30 foot ladder and balance it precariously on wet ground? Not worth it . . . but strap on a jet pack and take a quick look around? I'd be doing maintenance checks quarterly!

@Jake712: A renaissance geek! I inherited my geekery from my father as well. When we went to Palm Springs for vacation in the early 80's, my Dad was the one kickin' back poolside with the original Compaq luggable computer, long extension cord stretched back to our hotel room. :-)

@Wolfen: Price and Market Share (well, not exactly apps per se, but they are two things the PC has not copied from the overpriced and undersized Mac market imho).

@sensibile: ::::Yawn::::: David Ron pointed that out an hour ago *without* sounding like a bore.

Certainly interesting . . . thanks for sharing Steve, and LH. I'm curious as are others whether there are multiple people working in the space. I'd assume from the fact there are so many keyboards around that it must be a multi-person office. Otherwise presumably anyone who could engineer a space like this could…

This reminds me of one of the first laptops I ever owned, an IBM ThinkPad 755CV (still have it in the basement "show the kids someday" tech museum). It looked normal in every way, except that the top part of the case popped off from the LCD screen leaving just the screen. It came with a cable to allow you to strap it…

@Katelin Holloway: Interesting, but I'd be far more inclined to speak to someone AFTER the first flight. For example, go to the next leg and tell them something's come up and you won't be boarding the flight. If you told the agent at the first gate, and hidden city is prohibited by the airline, they could just cancel…

The Task Timer expired tomorrow, though the idea of a software timer that sells for $50 is laughable to me. I've not used it, maybe it does something special, but freeware timers are a dime a dozen. (well, technically they're $.00 per dozen).

@chiptaylor: Wow, this sounds like an outstanding way to surround yourself with sycophants. Seriously, you've never had feedback that someone could benefit from, but which you would not deliver because there was some non-zero probability that they'd be offended and retaliate? I've not used this service, but…

@gpzbc: Wow, thanks! someday . . . :-)

@thirdopticaltool: There's a lot to disagree with in your reply, so I'll try to keep it organized:

Not so much a MacGyver story, but more or less PFM. A couple of springs ago we had a lot of rain which ended up flooding our basement and ruining the room that was finished. Instead of just redoing the room with the potential of having it happen again, I decided to fix the issue by putting a drain tile system in. …

@tmlfan81: First they came for the smut, and I didn't say anything because I don't buy smut . . .

I've never been much of an Apple Fan to begin with, mostly because as a very technical user I've felt that they don't give me enough control over the device (forcing me to use iTunes, for example, to load my iPod, and yes I know about Rockbox and other options to break that hold). But this one just reeks of…

While I tend not to think this is much of a fire hazard, you could probably substitute silicone spray on the balloon instead of Vaseline and still ave it work. Or perhaps wrap the balloon in wax paper instead.

@arttmonkey: Meaning what, exactly. That ambulance chasing class action lawyers (sorry, but they're the bottom of the lawyer food chain imho) are just "running a business"? In that sense, so is a mafia protection racket, but in both case they are unproductive "businesses" leeching off the productivity of a real…

@Miral007: There are definitely more categories that could be derived, but I was trying to separate out those things that someone is explicitly OUT of the market for, and which are large categories. So, for example, there are often 20 TVs and 20 computers in the listing, but if someone doesn't need a TV and isn't…

I LOVE the Deals of the Day, but I'd love it even more with a tiny bit more categorization. For example, there are lots of TVs, but on a given day most people are not in the market for a TV. Same thing with a laptop. But other smaller things might be subject to an impulse buy for an unusually good deal. So…

Tort Reform please. Class action lawyers should be limited to fees no more than 1000 times the average amount collected by claimants. This notion that a billion people were each harmed by $.05 and therefore they each get a nickel while some lawyer gets $100,000,000 is just a massive recipe for squandered resources. …