SUVs get hated on a lot these days for their gas mileage, but they're really awesome for camping. One reason why: I can fold down my back seats. Instant flat bed, more than enough for a 6' + man. Also, a 4WD truck like my Explorer is invaluable for accessing the kind of mountain camping and backpacking spots that I…

I think it really depends on the age of the kid and how fine your dragnet is. Keeping an eye on your eight-year-old to make sure they're not talking to creeps online is one thing, but I think it's pretty ridiculous when people try to stop their fifteen-year-old from watching porn or chatting with certain friends the…

This. I was very glad to have it back in 2007, but when I still had it in 2009, I hated it with a passion. It was literally the cheapest phone Virgin Mobile sold, and it was slow as hell and did nothing at all except send texts and make calls (and not that many, either, or I'd get chewed out by my dad).

I don't think the title of the wallpaper is actually "Hero". They use the "hero.jpg" title for a lot of the images posted to Apple.com, particularly of products (like these earpods). I assume it's meant to refer to the "hero shot", or the best picture out of a particular set.

I have a safe that I store a few things in, but I keep all of my "critical" documents in a safety deposit box. That's the only way I feel like my birth certificate, car title, high school diploma, etc can be really safe.

Lol. Your username is totally related. Is that you, Jim?

I actually think this looks awesome. I have a huge fetish for utilitarian tech like this. I mean, it gets the job done, doesn't it? At least the TV seems to be an LCD and is probably at least 720p. What would you have them do, install an iMac in the booth? This is almost certainly good enough to get a clear view of…

Already posted here once, but mine is a knockoff Aeron, the Lorell 86200:

Just looking at that thing makes my ass hurt.

Yeah, that would be my concern. Every now and then someone I don't know too well asks to borrow my phone to make a call or check their Facebook or something, and I wouldn't be comfortable handing them my credit cards, ID, and cash (is there a place to store cash?) as well.

I'm not sure if I would have had the same issue with the OtterBox I purchased for my old Galaxy Nexus, but I ultimately quit using it because it didn't fulfill one of its stated functions: protection from even minor water damage. I got the case so I could take my phone on a weeklong boating trip, and on the second…

Just from skimming the reviews today, I saw that there seems to be a newer model from the same manufacturer, the "LLR86205" that is said to offer "more adjustment options", whatever that means. Might be worth looking in to.

Yeah, I've certainly owned some really crappy chairs for not much less. The same exact thing happened to me with a chair from Sam's Club. This one, though, was the best-reviewed Aeron knockoff on Amazon at the time I bought it, with several reviews from volume office purchases noting its long-term durability. Mine has…

It's not an Aeron, but it looks and feels pretty damn close. $169 on Amazon.

It's not exactly the same. Siri and Now have many overlapping features related to voice input, although they take somewhat different approaches to answering queries. Google Now's headline feature, though, is the predictive "cards" that appear based on info you've searched about before- for instance, it'll pop up a…

Oh, I think it'd be perfectly feasible. Just take a look at the way sites like The Verge let you scroll through their top stories. Unless there's something I'm missing, I don't see why they couldn't take advantage of touchscreens in that way.

My suggestion? Give users a choice. Allow us to switch between different commenting layouts in much the same way that we could once choose between "Recommended" and "All"- except this time, make it permanent. I was initially a bit confused by Kinja as we've known it until the recent updates, but after I figured out…

$550 (I took off the expenses for your peripherals and monitor) is what you should be spending for a decent midrange gaming desktop- not a "budget" build. I recently put together an HTPC for a client which, aside from the SSD, delivers realistic performance that isn't too much less than what you built- for about $350.…

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Honest question. I live in New Mexico, and there are absolutely massive stretches of four-lane highways out here- two lanes west, two lanes east. Some of these highways, like the one between Santa Fe and Los Alamos that I frequently travel, are actually surprisingly congested at points. They also widen for some parts,…