I do the wishlist thing, also for comparison shopping 'coz I tend to forget prices, specs...

The advantages of building you own are:

I think we should take this as a story on how John Hodgman would work if he weren't a millionaire employing various underlings to do all his work for him. I'm actually surprised he does his own TV appearances, but I guess the spotlight is always nice when you've got nothing to do :-p

Printing.

Very useful tip. Thanks a lot !

But why did you pay $99 for it to start with then ? Just get any Android stick (they start at $50), add the controller of your choice, and enjoy the Playstore, Emulators, Media players... Ouya is only trying the ole' console lock-in on the back of Android... go for the real, open, thing instead

Vote: D-Link DUB-H7 (buy on Amazon.com D-Link product page)

The proposed method has several issues:
1- it's testing the download speed of a file that's out the on the internet. That speed is impacted by:
1a- how busy your net connection is
1b- how full the pipes between your home and the server are
1c- how busy the server is

mousewheel click in Opera open in new background tabs ?

Be very upfront about it. Explain your problem, and ask for give and atke: there must be something your friend can help you with, that'll save you as much time as you're devoting to him ?

good one !

People often have problematic issues with 3-letters TLAs, and thus repeat twice what the TLA actually means to say. Also, US Americans love repeating redundancies, such as for example "high rate of speed". (*)

In France, restaurants usually offer both pre-defined "menus", with a restricted choice of usually 3 of each course (3x appetizers, 3x main course, 3x cheese/dessert). And because 3 is such a nice number, there are usually 3 "menus".

Except I want to listen to music when I've got no 'net, too: in a train on a plane in the rain... what a pain !

Very nice homescreen, I think I could use it for my parents' phone since it has all the info available at a glance and nice big icons.

I'm replacing normal (granulated) sugar with what I think you call "icing" sugar (much finer-grained), and putting a little bit (10-20%) less of it since, oddly, it seems to sweeten more effectively. I think I'm getting the best of both world: a much smoother texture, but keeping the "real sugar" flavor, too. Maybe I…

What worked for me when I was younger was a bit harder to set up, but a lot easier to follow. It involves budgeting expenses, but also segregating them by periodicity and linking them to accounts:

I've found that a tablet or two next to my computer alleviate the need for multiple windows on my main screen. Android lets you blow up the fonts (in the "Accessibility" section of settings), and with 7" or even 10" tablets starting at $100, it's a very cheap way to do multi-windows (-screens). For that price you're…

I do it w/o reservation. Simple method:

Diet makes you thinner; exercise, not so much.