Wow! It's hideous.

US branded marketers are the worst offenders; always add a few inches. European retailers on the other hand are right on the mark.

@djblois: Department store salesman: "sir, ahem, let me explain you how you're supposed to wear those"

@♫ Realityism ♪♫: Just a word of caution on FM transmitters: test them if possible beforehand. I bought one to broadcast my ipod's signal and the radio barely gets the signal if the ipod is in a different room.

I have 3 kids; to me: Computer + Kitchen = Grimmy Keyboard. No-thank-you.

I would have thought the tacky-elaborate designs were meant to conceal stains.

I wonder if an old Pentium MMX with 133 Mhz with 32 megs in RAM could work as a Media Center hooked up to my TV and network drives.

@phunnyballs: Don't know about calling it a fail but definitely not clever marketing.

Arggh... can't get it to work :(

I used to rush downstairs to the coffee shop in my previous job when I positively had to concentrate for 2 hours max.

Darn! Can't afford to read this article now. Want to bookmark it. Can't make up my mind between Instapaper and Read It Later.

Google Translate... crappy at times yet amazing nonetheless. Best of all: free!

I'm in sales in the professional services sector. It never stops to amaze me; prospective client after prospective: they all get impressed with this BS-speak. Sad but true.

You have those in the US!! Jeezz... is there something you can't have? Hands down I've had my best afterhour meals in street stands in Mexico.

@Micho: I stand corrected. There's one move that moved me almost to tears: Taare Zameen Par.

@atrus123: I'm a Westerner that lived in India 3 years: loved the people, loved the food, loved the music. As far as movies: couldn't stand them more than 5 minutes (particularly the Hollywood rip offs).

What's chicory?

@limitless.opportunity: The weigh is there. I can see it when it tips down. Offered little against a full size brick.

Back when I was working in India as an expat I once received a call from an Airtel employee I spoke with the day before to file a complaint. Supposedly he was calling to check on things and later said he was actually off duty and calling from his personal phone; he wanted to make friends and what not. I thanked him…

@my name is jonas: I think you nailed it. Most likely that's what's going on.