I agree; a few years ago we had a 5-day power outage in a large area after a (weak) hurricane: those people with cellphone only were quite desperate.

"Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste."

I thought there was plant-based gelatin out in the meantime - anyone knows?

Ahh - so that's where Gizmodo's typos come from! Speed-accuracy tradeoff!

Must have been that onion soup and three-bean chili I had last week over there.

No love for Maxell? Ferro Chrome! I remember that the Metal Oxide tapes were not recommended for older tape players, because allegedly they were too abrasive for the tape heads - don't know whether this was only a high school myth or not.

Also as assignment: the speed at which shellacs had to be played!

You ran to your boombox, and recorded the song? Ha - I positioned my cassette player in front of the radio speaker, so that it would record the song via the built-in microphone. Every recording was accompanied by the 'swoosh-click' of the recording/stop button, and the microphone white noise. After a while I…

Soooo - if you don't have a space vehicle, and the launch of such a system is still a few years away, you make animations of what will be. Maybe.

Way too expensive. On a related note: Does anyone out there know sumptn' about the rumored Airport Express update?

I guess it's a reference to the famine in Ireland in the 19th century, which triggered a wave of emigration to the US.

What really pisses me off is when people are sitting next to you in the subway/bus/train with music blaring out of their earphones, and they refuse to crank it down, or tell you to move somewhere else. Ugh! That's where the wonderful little wire clippers come in...

I'm just waiting for the moment that I want to warn someone wearing earbuds from a piano falling on them, and they can't hear me... Ha!

Yeah - something from the 'Meddle' album. And the installation needs a better graphic card - animation didn't look smooth enough.

Hauling bag, ugh. That's why I try to be light and quick, alpine style. Might not be possible here though, there's bloody little to hold on to...

Nice! And has ample space for storing beer, to beat that seasonal affective disorder that's bound to happen up there.

The story: interesting.

You're absolutely right! Good movies have posters like this:

Microsoft will release THIS again!

I don't' think it's a good idea to use these comparisons (Himmler, Gestapo, this-Nazi, that-Nazi) as figures of speech. These were people and systems that did horrific things, and their names should stay in that context. Using them 'just so' offends the memory of those who suffered.