TiVo. I can't imaine going back to watching TV on someone else's schedule.

Those are awfully expensive keyboards to go pour Pepsi on.

Yes, the hardy pioneer days, when "that device in your pocket was solely a telephone."

If you've never heard of Vertigo, Spartacus or The Shining, I weep for the state of our schools.

Yeah, because rolling out a big gas bag, inflating it, and tying it down is totes easier than putting up a tent. And your guests will be well protected against rain, unless it's the kind of rain that brings wind with it.

You become an adult the day you realize that whatever subversively kinky shit you think you invented, your grandparents probably did. And better than you, if half the rumors about your grandma are true.

I wish I lived in a world where Jeeves and Wooster was the first parenthetical for Hugh Laurie.

On a mouse, "traditional." On the rare occasions when I use a mouse these days. On a trackpad, natural. I can't imagine using it otherwise; I use the three-finger drag gesture a lot, and it would drive me nuts if things changed direction back and forth every few seconds.

Yes, because if there's one thing the USSR was famous for, it's safeguarding worker safety.

Two words: Thomas Riker.

A transporter scans you, transmits data, reconstructs you elsewhere, and then DISINTEGRATES YOU. Lag isn't the big problem here.

Yeah, but when you account for the number of time zones between it and us, it's actually arriving earlier than it left.

Or if you feel like you're already lugging enough weight around, just hang your camera bag from that hook.

A conventional internal combustion engine is about 15-20% efficient. 80+% of the chemical energy in its fuel goes to waste heat. Electric cars run somewhere around 40% efficiency, factoring in the inefficiencies in generation, transmission, charging, and the operation of the vehicle itself.

Another benefit of the…

Assuming that you can get chemically stable stock, microfilm is actually a really good medium for a time capsule. Whatever technology comes along, it's a pretty safe bet that bright lights and strong lenses will be available. You could even encode machine-readable information on optical film, kind of like a mile-long…

My first car was a '69 Dart, and GPS was not a factory option. I can't get used to thinking of Dodge Dart as the name of a modern car. Same problem with the Impala and the Charger.

Replace your car charger and check the cable. If that doesn't work replace your phone. Your battery shouldn't be running out while it's plugged in.

The whole point of a time capsule is that it saves the silly and ephemeral for folks in the future to be entertained by. If you want the wisdom distilled through old folks' long lives, that's what history is for. http://storycorps.org/ in particular.

On my TiVo and home theater box: Every day. On my desktop computer: Whenever I'm copying video over to the home theater box, and then whenever I haven't bothered to disconnect it, which is most of the time.

A tablet does everything I used to take a laptop on vacation for — Web surfing on planes and in airports, travel guide-type stuff, and uploading pics from my digital camera — with lot less bulk, longer battery life, and a less-pricey gadget at risk of getting lost or stolen.