“Because rails are not enough.”

You have a point. Even Apple’s pad could likely require the destination device to manage its own power. On the other hand, Apple embeds microprocessors into its lightning charging cables so anything is possible.

What today still uses Nickel-Cadmium? Not smartphones, those are all Lithium-Polymer.

This is why you’re going to wait for Apple’s Qi charger... even if you don’t use an iPhone.

Monopoly is family-friendly until someone puts hotels on Boardwalk.

That’s the “go” code.

Can you imagine someone making an All Your Base reference today and having it land?

Felt a little like a slight towards Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Yeah, they will definitely remain untouched by the time you return.

Have you seen his arc in The Clone Wars? If not, here’s a short, spoilery explaination:

Blasted sand, getting everywhere.

It’s still available on the SNES original. ;)

Most of us are at an age where every console prior to the ‘Cube was probably thrown out or sold by our parents.

List of things he didn’t have fully rendered and programmed at the time.

Underrated wordplay.

The John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John role-reversal of the song is pretty poetic though:

Well, it wasn’t a commemorative ornament like something from Hallmark. It was a plain, red bulb with silver glitter. It might have been hand-decorated and that would be something to be bummed about. But my parents never explained its origin.

“Scientist said that the noise being made by the star sounded very familiar.”

If it wasn’t your intention to fall asleep with a trans person, it’s fair enough to be surprised in the morning.