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I'm going to guess Sir-_-Show didn't mean the suits were against the rules, but that they were supposed to create an advantage that made the contest uneven. Read more

I have a close friend who is younger than I and refuses to text or use social media. It's a hassle to share photos with him, as they have to be sent to him individually. I can't include him when I text friends to ask if they want to hang out; I have to call him specially. It turns out that I don't share many photos… Read more

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This is great work done in a short amount of time.

Costco also had them for $100, at least as of Friday.

Reminds me of the chicken shack where Queenie worked when she was in Hell.

I love the current AppleTV remote. It's simplicity, especially compared to the Roku remote, is brilliant. I could see offering a more complicated remote for gaming, but for those of us who use the AppleTV for music and movies/TV, the current remote is perfection.

Next please explain why cats sometimes chew power cables.

Anyone who does original work will seem like he's copying himself. It's only when what you do is fairly similar to what everyone else does that the minor variations stand out.

Does Gizmodo have ads? Oh, right: I have Adblock. Never mind.

My partner and I are getting married in April. We wanted a small ceremony, so when the property manager of the house we're renting for the event said we couldn't have more than 20 people, we were cool with that. We're having a reception a month later in our hometown, so that we'll be able to celebrate with a larger… Read more

I now know what the term "Kwazy Kupcake" really stands for.

That's why we have a Chromecast, two Apple TVs, a Roku, and two TiVos: something for everyone.

It looks beautiful.

But the Roku has a remote.

Remotes are nice when you have guests staying at your house.

How does a glass-and-steel building burn? Was it filled with kerosene?

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It has the fastest autofocus ever on a smartphone, so it's not the same as any existing phone.

It reminds me of the screen of an Ericson "web phone" I had back in 2000. I hope it updates faster.