I think you have the analogy backwards. The apps are the razor, and the iPad is the blades, since most of the apps are free or very cheap, and Apple makes the big bucks off the iPad sales. After all, if Apple makes $200 per ipad and they make 30% on the app sales then you would have to buy $700 worth of apps and songs…

For some reason it made me think of the film "Blade Runner". Aside from that it did not do anything special to me. If you do like this sort of thing I suggest try listening to more jazz, which is all about the Holy Shit moments.

One thing to keep in mind in computer warranties is that the hard drive rarely craps out in the first year. It is after a couple of years of bashing around and being used heavily that you start to get problems with hard drives, and fail they will, have no doubt about it.

Usually getting a warranty on cheap items is not worth it, but if the warranty covers everything and it was cheap then it can be great. I got a $35 office chair at staples and I got the $5 warranty. I used the chair for a year and then the gas cylinder stopped working, so I got a new chair for the cost of the $5…

You should mention that students can get Amazon Prime at half price, which makes an even better deal, and that membership lets you play thousands of movies and tv shows on your fire AND computer for less than $40 year, as well as get one free book rental per month on your kindle.

Three things:

I suspect that having a low power laser mounted on pair of glasses reflecting the laser onto your retina is the way to go for eye mounted displays. It solves most of the problems with eye mounted displays.

It's utterly mysterious to me why somebody would risk their only body and life to go for a bike ride like that. I can understand risking your life for something worthwhile like saving lives or because it is necessary, but risking death for entertainment is just nuts.

75% of ipad users use their devices for checking email/facebook, browse the web, watch some tv shows/movies, listen to music and play a few games. The Fire does all that pretty darn well. Where it falls down is with more demanding users who want to run skype and other more niche apps.

you can probably get some android app that streams itunes video to your fire.

I have not checked luggage for nearly a decade. If I can't carry it on board or buy it when I get there, I mail it ahead.

Looks nice, although I wonder why not just have a text list of the filters instead of the giant icons, then you could see 30 or more of them without scrolling.

To make sturdier cutters, just get some aluminum flashing from the hardware store. It comes in widths ranging from 9-22" and is still cuttable with sturdy scissors.

No mention of Tree Style Tabs (which lets you have tabs running on the side of the window rather than the top)? Also Fire Gestures lets me close, go to next window and open last closed window with mouse gestures is awesome. These two add ons are the main reason I won't even consider changing browsers.

Didn't one of the Google guys just say a couple of weeks ago that speaking to your phone is dumb?

Why not keep the syrup in a little bowl that you can dip your pancake bites into?

Use Dirty Aquarium Water to Fertilize Plants, and use plants to clean dirty water, that's called Aquaponics!

Have you actually used the android and MS versions of Siri? Your complaints make me fairly sure you have not. Siri is far from perfect, but it is also by far the best of the competing products.

my $5 plastic microwave cooker makes 6 cups cooked in about 28 minutes (2 cups in about 20min) and it always comes out fine.

my $5 plastic microwave cooker makes 6 cups cooked in about 28 minutes (2 cups in about 20min) and it always comes out fine.