As cliched and lame as it is? Moleskin all the way.

I've tried knock-offs, as well as a number of other good brands. And cheap brands, and styles, and everything really.

When it comes to sketching, moleskin is leagues beyond any other carry around notebook I've used (for sit in a studio and draw stuff, different…

My primary alarm is the intro to twin peaks. usually it means I don't actively want to break my phone upon getting up.

Ideally I set things up to wake before my alarm (by FAR the best mornings), but most of the time my wake up period is too long.

Today, interestingly enough, I discovered a fantastic way to get myself…

you know it looks gorgeous, and at first I was wowed by that. by the end of the video I felt "meh, another video game". I figured I was just inured to trailers and the novelty had worn off. But looking back, it's the people. Especially the arm movements within the cockpit of the ship. It isn't quite the uncanny…

That... description of skyrim suddenly made my relationship with the game click. ME and ME2 absorbed me so whole cloth my girlfriend of the time said "thank god you finished them in under a week, I'm not sure how much more I could take, you were completely absent". Skyrim I'd toss the controller away if I saw a…

Morally I consider it just as much a violation of privacy as what the NSA is doing. And I think what the NSA is doing is wrong on a far deeper level than the american public seems willing to admit to itself. I not only don't expect this to change, I expect this to be accepted publicly, and the stuff that they get…

Take heart, A lot of the gamer girls I know are in their early thirties. Though I'll admit there's more preference to tabletop than video games amongst that demographic. (again just my experience). I will admit that just about all the gamers I know over 40 are male though.

I have a friend I've known since oh, middleschool? She was one of the better programmers I knew in high school. She went into college planning on being a computer scientist. Due to the misogyny and self-entitled male crowd in CS she ended up dropping it and pursuing a different career. I imagine she is still a…

First, I tend to find magic more interesting than Baseball. Basketball, Football, and American Football depends on the company I am keeping, but for most of my friends MTG is probably more interesting.

Why. hmmm. I suppose I find magic to be a bit like watching chess. The interest, to me, comes from trying to…

Same here. And I don't really get it, I've back a dozen dozen Kickstarters and every time people seem to get very upset that they don't immediately get everything the next day.

Frankly, I'm not sure how much use I will get out of my ouya (probably about as much as I get out of my OnLive microconsole), but I'm glad I…

I suppose I feel that, it wasn't the reporting it to the authorities that was particularly problematic, he apparently said it in a sufficiently open forum that a canadian woman discovered it and reported it, but rather that "make an example of them" is what is said by villains in B movies, not something we should be…

While I agree mostly with this, and think that any effort to encourage people to be more attentive to their environment is a good thing (seriously, the number of people that open doors in my face, or walk into me on the street (those few I can't manage to dodge), and the like is ridiculous. People, please, SOME…

I don't know, Petit seems to be doing fine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_…

Now that NeverWet is finally on the market, I'd like to see a hive five for umbrellas. I usually like golf umbrellas with solid construction and wind flaps (vents?), but I'm intrigued if lifehacker readers can steer me to the best of these. Then I can neverwet it and be set on umbrella's for life.

Didn't see this in the article (though I may have missed it), but smart watches can really save you battery life too. The biggest drain on my GNex battery is the screen. Now when i get text, I just check them on my watch. Also true about chat and calendar notifications. 9 times out of 10 these are messages I can…

I usually try this with my laundry, and just like Nordlead said, it just ends up on the floor or swept back into the hamper. Thing is, it's still easier to make a mess than put things away, I'd rather keep things tidy by not using my bed as an interim step.

Oh I understand, but my current TV is 37" and at 1080p it's pretty solid where it is, but jumping up to 50" would probably make what I have to look for now, much more obvious. Plus it's bigger than I need. Not complaining, obviously this is a great deal, and perfect for a lot of people, it's just too much TV for my…

Fair, thanks for explaining your reasoning. Though I kinda wish I could vote twice in that case.

given the size of my living room a 40" would be much better. At least that would come in at the lowest end of proper viewing distance. For a 50" at 4k I'd need to be 12-22 feet away, which would require rearranging my living room and viewing from the kitchen. Though I suppose I could game and cook more easily that…

I know gas grills have come a long way in recent years, but I find it rather odd that you have included both charcoal and gas in one list. I feel like the Weber One just wins charcoal hands down, so I suppose that may be why. But it's odd to see it placed in competition with gas. Especially the Weber Genesis, which…

Okay, I'm going to present some scenarios in the hopes of understanding the different sides of this.

Scenario 1. Uber does not do a kickstarter, so they present to publishers. Total annihilation is ancient now, it's closest spiritual successor is supreme commander and supreme commander 2. It has been my general…