The most useful credit card for traveling to europe would be one with a chip and pin so I am not annoying every waitress who needs to find a manager, or stranded on a sunday trying to find a gas station with a human who can swipe. I still have not been able to find a US card with chip and pin - does anybody know of…

I really could have used this while traveling a few months ago. For example, in candada with data roaming off, I was often at a bar and would love to pop online for a few minutes with my iphone. There were several networks available, but the public ones all had per-day fees. It would have been really nice to just open…

Can anyone confirm that the disk image is still contained inside and can be burned to a DVD?

After trying some cheaper products, I have their step light and their outdoor security spotlight. They both work great, light is much brighter than others that I have tried, very sensitive motion detection, and well, after many months I have yet to replace batteries. If I have a complaint it is that they are too…

Wiping your ipad on your shirt: free. Unlimited uses.

It should be noted that the Amazon card's points can be redeemed cash - statement credit or checks - not just amazon gift cards.

Any idea exactly which building this is? I assume somewhere in Downtown Crossing.

Chatting in IRC in 1991 with some kids in Japan. Or was I on Prodigy first? Well, Prodigy wasn't on the real internet then anyway.

I saw this with my own eyes, surprising not lousing up my commute too badly. This happened YESTERDAY morning, not today. The truck was carrying newspaper ink, not regular ink cartridges. Too much was absorbed into the asphalt so they had to rip up the top layer, and in pure Massachusetts style, they left it like that.…

Square's reader is art in its simplicity: It's simply a cassette tape player head wired to your iphone's mic input in the headphone jack. Their app decodes the audio made by swiping the magstripe on your card. Launch any audio recorder iphone app and you'll be able to record the same sound. Likewise, hook up your old…

Baseball has been presented like this before:

Does it store a local copy of your email? Being able to back up that local copy would be another point for it.

An I after a G makes the G soft, so I've pronounced it jiff since the days of Compuserve. Pronunciation of abbreviations has nothing to do with the words they stand for.

I've been banking with Schwab for years now, since they first offered their no-fee interest checking. I'm mostly thrilled with it, especially when the ATM reimbursements come in (and that includes travelling internationally!). The biggest annoyance is no ATMs to deposit to, and transfers must go in and out of your…

We have the same law in mass, thankfully it only applies to audio.

I tis cool to have worked at one of those sites...

Despite my Apple fandom, I have never purchased music from iTunes; always amazon. It's not so much price, just that I prefer it in universal mp3 format that plays on any hardware now and in the future.

His father's right: the Start menu has been lame from day 1.

I'd like the opposite: a yellow stick to shove in the spokes of the arrogant bikers that choose not to follow any but their own rules, ignoring both traffic and pedestrians.